QA Analyst I

The Opportunity:

In this role, you will report to the Onsite Supervisor and will work closely with the Avantor's Lab and Production Services professionals to serve our customers by performing customized, mission-based lab work and research protocols that help return time back to science.

Location: Novato, CA

Shifts: Hybrid Onsite: Tuesday/Wednesday (10am to 2pm) Monday, Thursday and Friday: Remote.

Hourly Rate: $70K - $85K

Benefits:

• Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision and Wellness programs (eligible for medical coverage on day 1)

• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO), Company paid holidays, Choice holidays etc.

• Financial Well Being: Spending Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), tuition assistance, employee stock purchase plan discount

• Added Protection Coverage: To include critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, legal, identity theft protection, pet, auto and home insurance

• Recognition: Celebrate your peers and earn points to redeem on gifts and products

What we're looking for

• Education: Bachelor's degree in science, chemistry or engineering strongly preferred

• Experience: Three to Five years' experience the pharmaceutical or manufacturing industry

• Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Teams experience preferred

• Knowledge in GMP, GLP, GDP and ISO regulations

• Experience creating, maintaining and auditing quality program

• Certified in Quality Program, preferable

• Microsoft office (Excel) skills, intermediate level

How you will thrive and create an impact

Avantor's Lab and Production Services team is a crucial part of the Avantor Services group serving over 500 customers in biopharma, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and high-tech industries with customizable, flexible solutions and end-to-end laboratory operations support.

In this role you will:

• Responsible for supplier change notification management.

• Manage the process of assessing and responding to SCNs

• Responsible for the continual improvement of the Quality Management System.

• Works closely with managers and supervisors to plan, schedule and implement QA related activities.

• Prepares routine and special reports to staff, and regulatory agencies as required.

• Implement correction action in processes as required.

• Reviews and approves report of analytical results/Certificate of Analysis for compliance evaluation.

• Serve as document owner responsible for document creation (Internal SOP, Work Instructions, etc.), maintenance, and compliance for processes where QA Specialist is knowledgeable.

• Identifies and generates corrective action plans, provide follow-ups and communicate results to management.

• In charge of the internal and external audits. Answers customer and suppliers audits completely and timely.

• Provide support to customer regarding audits.

• Ascertain whether procedures, documents or other information describing or supporting the quality systems are known, available and dues by associates.

• Evaluates quality events, investigations, discrepancies, noncompliance issues (SCAR'S), corrective and preventive actions reports and possible complaints.

• Identify correction actions in procedures and processes.

• Participate in quality and planning meetings and applicable Corrective Action Team activities.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

Pay Transparency:

The expected pre-tax pay for this position is

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.comand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Equal Employment Opportunity is THE LAW Poster, EEO is the Law Poster Supplement, and Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision.

3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.