What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Control Technician position at Actalent?
Duties
- Receives, assesses, and releases all incoming Raw materials, ensuring they are within documented specifications. Initiates proper documentation for accepting, rejecting, or deviation of Raw materials
- Follows all Quality Systems, related SOPs, Control Plans, and current work instructions.
- Performs job tasks according to documented test methods and SOPs with on-the-job training.
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date documentation for all test results, following Good Documentation Practices
- Tests batch prior to release to production, ensuring specifications are met.
- Communicates with the mixing departments on batch releases, failures, and resamples. Initiates any necessary documentation for non-conforming results
- Prepares, dates, and standardizes laboratory reagents, titrants, and standards
- Reviews batch records for Good Documentation Practices
- Reviews existing methods and specifications on an ongoing basis and recommends changes and/or corrections.
- Assists in review and writing of SOPs and Work Instructions
- Provides support for trials, validations, and R&D projects as needed
- Assists with Co-packer testing and method validations
- Performs general lab duties, including cleaning, ordering, and inventory
Top Skills Details:
Quality control, Chemistry, titrations, and wet chemistry
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
- B.S. would only consider someone with an Associate's if they came with significant experience IN WET CHEMISTRY Would want to see exposure to UPLC or HPLC on the resume
- Two years ideal experience range with WET CHEM and exposure to analytical instrumentation - just enough to prep the samples and learn how to run that basic testing on the job
- *Need to have an understanding of, and ability to explain, the actual chemistry behind a result. Demonstrated ability to work backward to optimize methods/fine-tune, troubleshoot, and discern WHY and WHAT next steps
- No specific instrumentation experience is needed- they only use HPLC and UPLC regularly
- Ability to work with Lab instruments such as NIR, UV/VIS, UPLC, etc.
- Ability to read, interpret and execute written procedures
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Possess excellent time management, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to accurately complete paperwork/documentation.
- Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors and/or employees.
- Proficiency in Windows-based applications (Word, Excel, etc.) and Outlook, Internet Explorer.
- Must have excellent teamwork, flexibility, and leadership skills.
- Must be able to handle chemicals within permissible levels.
About Actalent:
Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We’re supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
