Quality Assurance Technician

The Quality Assurance Assistant assists the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager during audits and client visits. Helps maintain reference data in LIMS and performs spot audits internally at the request of the QA Manager. Performs customer service requests for Project Management staff supplies SOPs certification information and method information. Works with the laboratory to maintain SOPs and other method performance documentation as directed by the QA Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Perform QA data audits to ensure laboratory is in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Assist in scheduling of proficiency testing samples and other QC samples. Process and report QC samples as routine samples to appropriate agencies.
• Issue controlled and uncontrolled documents to enforce current policies and SOPs.
• Assist QA Manager in maintaining the laboratorys reference data.
• Prepare or post certification applications.
• Assist in internal and external audits and client visits.
• Ensure maintenance of training records for all employees.
• Assist in identification of systematic problems within laboratories.
• Recommend resolutions for ongoing or recurring nonconformance.
• Maintain historical indices of technical records including SOPs QC records laboratory data etc.
• Ensure maintenance of records archives.
• Assist operations personnel in writing QA SOPs.
• Assist departments in generating MDL spreadsheets and calculations reviewing MDL studies.
• Answer questions on methods from laboratory personnel.
• Subcontract laboratory information maintenance.
• Laboratory surveillance to ensure equipment calibration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Education : BS or BA in chemistry or related field or working towards an applicable degree.

Experience : 1-2 years laboratory experience is preferred.

Preferred Candidate will have the following experience :

Additional Information :

Position is onsite located at our Cedar Falls location.

Position Pay Range starts at $17.75 / hr

Position Hours are M-F 8 AM- 4 : 30 PM

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes the actual base salary may vary based upon but not limited to relevant experience and skill set base salary of internal peers business section and geographic location.

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We embrace diversity!  Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and / or expression race nationality age religion sexual orientation disability and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025 through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page : USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Quality Assurance,Coordinate Measuring Machine,Food Industry,Food Safety Experience,ISO 9001,Math,Food Processing,Quality Control,cGMP,QA / QC,HACCP,Manufacturing

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1