QA/QC Supervisor

Position Summary

Complete quality documentation and testing requirements for release of product.  Ensures data information is consistent and accurate for raw materials, in process, and finished products and verifies products meets or exceeds standards and customer requirements. 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

The individual is responsible for maintaining compliance with the Mandatory Standards and Requirements (MMSRs) within their sphere of influence.  In addition, compliance with all FDA, OSHA, and EPA regulatory agencies is required. Responsible for bringing all environmental, health and safety and/or quality incidents or concerns to management for resolution.  

• Responsible for assuring that the site maintains full cGMP compliance with mandatory regulatory requirements (ICH Q7, 21 CFR 110/117/507), the Nutrition Quality Policies and Huber’s EH&S policies and procedures where applicable. 
• Maintains records of the raw material/finished product documentation and testing results. 
• Helps to direct all product and raw material sampling and testing; ensures that all necessary quality tests are performed utilizing standard laboratory procedures to allow raw material receipts and product shipments within established guidelines.  
• In the absence of the Quality Manager has authority to make product shipment or no shipment decisions based on quality testing results, including authority to reject product and prescribe specific disposition of materials. 
• Responsible for Document Control and maintenance of site-level procedures, forms and batch records. Assures that policies and procedures are kept up to date and are consistently applied within the organization. 
• Responsible for acquisition, recording, distribution and maintenance of accurate quality information and records as required by cGMP’s and Nutrition Quality Policies.  Ensures the plant Quality record keeping is effective by keeping precise, accurate and orderly records.  Creates Master Batch Record (MBR) templates and issues Batch Records, with Quality review approval.  Organizes, interprets and communicates data in appropriate report forms, facilitate appropriate action response.   Maintain records so they are easily auditable. 
• Assures generation of accurate, timely certificates of analysis and requested documents are provided to customers as appropriate. 
• Participate in the maintains of the HACCP Plans, and helps to coordinate HACCP annual reviews. 
• Assists in the creation of Annual Product Quality Review testing, reports, as well as reporting product trends, First Pass Yields, Cost of Poor Quality, and other Performance Metric events and criteria. 
• Assists in the coordination of all Environmental, Pest, Glass & Brittle Plastic sampling, record keeping and/or document maintenance. 
• Assist in ensuring good housekeeping practices throughout the plant and maintains cleanliness of working area. 
• Follows all company policies and procedure and ensures compliance, when applicable, federal, state, local and corporate environmental and safety regulations.  
• Works in accordance with Huber vision, principles and the desired culture. 
• Responsible for the QC Lab instrumentation and calibrations. 
• Completes inspection and shipment of sample requests. 
• Performs other duties as required and directed. 

Specialized/Technical Knowledge or Required Skills

• BS degree – Technical preferred. 
• Education -- minimum of high school diploma/GED and applicable work experience. 
• Experience – minimum five years total lab experience.  This may be from within Huber or documented from previous employment.  Higher education may be substituted for experience. 
• Requires the ability to read and understand scales, charts, drawings, formulas or specifications which are prepared by others and required taking information such as measurements, type of materials, etc.   
• Read notes, forms or reports to obtain information or instructions; calculate accurately using arithmetic including decimals and fractions; use some knowledge of the specialized field in with job responsibility lies. 
• Able to prepare and maintain a wide variety of reports. 
• Advanced knowledge of Pharmaceutical regulations, Food regulations and/or Plant operations. 

Salary Range

$74,200-$118,300

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