Quality Assurance Technician Job

Position Summary:

As a Quality Assurance Lab Technician, you will support operations by analyzing and ensuring incoming raw materials, production batches, and outgoing shipments follow standard Quality Assurance procedures and meet quality specifications. Shift schedule rotates days, nights and weekends – 12-hour shifts - 6am/pm-6pm/am

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

General Duties:

• Prepare and refill all lab solutions and solvents, as needed.
• Proper handling, maintenance and disposal of sample retains, per applicable work instructions.
• Restock lab supplies as needed.  Check lab inventories and notify the QA Manager of needs.
• Proper disposal of waste pails and solvents, as needed.
• Maintain required laboratory housekeeping standards.
• Perform customer service duties during off-hours, including receipt and processing of customer orders.
• Functions as plant security monitor during off business hours.
• Safe work practices; proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Special projects as designated by QA Management and other job duties, as assigned.
• Analysis and documentation of calibration standards and audit samples.

For incoming Raw Materials:

• Analyze materials delivered by certified vendors per the standard procedures for receiving, testing and verification ensuring that all incoming material meets requirements as listed in QA database.
• Enter all results into the QA database, if applicable.
• If materials that do not meet specified requirements, notify the QA Management for approval or material disposition.
• Enter Purchase Order receipts of incoming raw materials into ERP/CRM Database, if applicable.

For Manufactured Products:

• Generate product formulations (Process Orders) for the Production department using ERP/CRM Database and Excel formulations.
• Make sure all products do not exhibit non-typical properties that may fall under the required specifications, before disposition.
• Run all tests according to specified test methods to ensure that produced material meets the requirements before disposition to a storage tank, drums, tank truck, or railcar.  If not, make recommendations to production to adjust the material into specification, if possible.
• If a situation arises where a product formulation or procedure does not make provisions for an adjustment to bring material into specification, contact the QA Management for guidance.
• When batches are completed, enter the batch receipt into the ERP/CRM Database.

For Outgoing Shipments:

• Run all tests according to specified test methods to ensure products meet all customer specifications before approval is given for loading.
• Print domestic bill of lading for shipments. Check pertinent customer information on domestic and international bill of lading before the material is certified. 
• Ensures that the appropriate SDS is attached to the bill of lading.

If required, generate a Certificate of Analysis for the material being shipped.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma, or equivalent, with 1 year of experience working in a technical lab OR Bachelor’s Degree in a Science discipline, is required.  (Chemistry degree, preferred.)
• Department of Transportation (DOT), and International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG) training experience, preferred.
• SAP experience, preferred.