Quality Assurance Specialist

1 week ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Actalent Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Quality Assurance Specialist to join our team at Actalent. As a Quality Assurance Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our products and services.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Quality Control: Perform wet chemistry lab analysis on raw materials, in-process, and finished products, including pH, viscosity, specific gravity, physical properties, and IR Spectroscopy and FTIR.
  • Micro Testing: Perform micro testing and swabbing to ensure the quality of our products.
  • Raw Material Inspection: Check all incoming raw materials, including chemicals, bottles, and labels, to ensure they meet our quality standards.
  • Line Audits: Conduct line audits to ensure that filling and compounding operations meet customer requirements.
  • Documentation: Write logs and reports of all findings in Microsoft Excel and other data management systems.
  • Communication: Send daily emails to the Lab Manager and Quality Director to update on findings from the shift.
  • Collaboration: Interact with the corporate team in San Francisco to discuss any issues that may arise.
  • Shift Change Notes: Prepare shift change notes and document all testing and quality metrics during the shift.
  • Department Results: Document department results and KPIs during the shift as needed.
  • Quality Metrics: Work in Excel and SAP to document quality results.
  • Product Manuals: Ensure product manuals are complete, accurate, and distributed to contract manufacturers on a timely basis.
  • Specification and Part Number Information: Respond in a timely manner to contract manufacturer requests for specification and part number information and clarification.
  • Quality Documentation: Research and resolve contract manufacturer and in-house quality documentation concerns and needs.
  • Quality Testing: Conduct pH, viscosity, COA, specific gravity, packaging functional testing, and other quality tests on submitted cases of finished products from contract manufacturers and in-house manufacturing.
  • Lab Maintenance: Keep an orderly and organized lab, ensuring all laboratory testing equipment is properly maintained and calibrated as needed.
  • Inventory Management: Maintain an accurate and organized inventory of laboratory supplies and communicate lab supply needs to the QA manager before running out.
  • QA Variance Documentation: Initiate QA variance documentation in a timely fashion as needed.
  • Data Analysis: Create Excel data analysis spreadsheet reports based on laboratory testing as needed.
  • Data Presentation: Compile and organize data into presentational formats as needed.
  • Test Result Records: Maintain accurate laboratory test result records.
  • Supplier-Related NCRs: Work closely with the quality specialist in processing supplier-related NCRs as needed.
  • Daily Work Responsibilities: Work closely with the QA manager and other quality technicians in delineating daily work responsibilities.
  • Backup to Quality Lab Manager: Act as backup to the quality lab manager in his absence.
  • Quality and Process Improvement: Participate in quality and process improvement initiatives.
  • Process and Quality Improvement Opportunities: Recommend process and quality improvement opportunities as they are identified.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree: Bachelor's degree in applied sciences.
  • Wet Chemistry Experience: Wet chemistry experience (can be from school).
  • Quality Experience: Quality experience is a huge plus.

Pay Rate: $20.00



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