Quality Assurance Specialist - Eurofins Environment Testing, Calscience, Tustin, CA - Eurofins USA Environment Testing

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

The Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist is responsible for performing internal audits, assisting with external audits, overseeing the maintenance of QC records, certifications, review and revision of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training records, Demonstrations of Capability (DOCs), arranging and managing proficiency testing (PT) samples. Additional responsibilities may include investigating systematic problems within the laboratory, assisting in writing client-facing CARs, and other functions in support of the QA Manager's responsibilities as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

As assigned by the QA Manager, the duties and responsibilities may include all or some of the following items:

• Conduct group meetings
• Perform data audits
• Perform audits for client inquiries, etc.
• Assist in conducting and responding to external audits conducted by clients and regulatory agencies
• Review Quality Assurance Project Plans, and technical and QC specifications in contracts and proposals
• Assist in maintaining laboratory certifications
• Assist in arranging and manage scheduling, ordering, login, and reporting of PT samples
• Monitor new regulations and communicate them to the laboratory
• Review and write SOPs
• Maintain historical indices of technical records including SOPs, QC records, laboratory data, etc.
• Assist in and monitor laboratory’s compliance with the reference methods, SOPs, and agency-specific requirements
• Maintain training records, including Demonstrations of Capability (DOCs) for all analysts
• Assist in identification of systematic problems within laboratory and recommend resolutions for ongoing or recurring nonconformance
• Track customer complaints and assist in identifying improvements
• Oversee and review MDL studies
• Generate control charts, control limits, and update LIMS
• Perform or arrange for calibration of laboratory support equipment

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ):

• 5+ years of direct QA industry experience
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of environmental analytical methodologies
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, including TNI
• Computer skills; presentations, organizing MDLs, LIMS, DMS, etc.
• Clear communication through language and writing
• Professional demeanor

Ability and/or Skills

• Analytical laboratory techniques
• Laboratory QA requirements
• Statistical principles
• Technical and business writing skills
• Organizational skills
• Management skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to analyze problems and effect solutions

Compensation range: $26 - $38 per hour depending on experience and qualifications.

Position is full-time, Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm with possible overtime and weekends as needed.

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

Candidates currently living in a commutable distance to Tustin, CA are encouraged to apply.

We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays and vacation, personal days, and dental and vision options.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work.  We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

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: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.