Quality Assurance Director
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Job Summary
The Quality Assurance Director oversees the Quality System for the Environment Health & Safety conventional labs in the US and communicates the status of those systems to executive management. This is accomplished primarily through training auditing and informational site meetings. The QA Director role is critical to the regulatory compliance and customer service of the company. The QA Director may delegate specific tasks to additional staff with the understanding that the QA Director retains oversight authority and responsibility in these areas.
- Manages supports and coordinates QA efforts across conventional lab sites
- Assure quality systems and testing processes comply and meet the current standards of regulatory
- agencies and customer expectations; ensure quality systems are as consistent as possible across US laboratories.
- Implements quality improvements to enhance lab compliance efforts to promote operational excellence that increase laboratory efficiency and/or decrease quality costs thereby providing the company with a competitive advantage.
- Assists site locations in drafting responses to audit reports from customers and regulatory agencies; involves staff in feedback from audits and inspections for the purpose of instruction and continuing staff development.
- Acts as a regulatory resource for SGS customers. Ensure that all customer requests for information
pertaining to current regulations are met promptly and effectively; address all customer problems and complaints - Ensures laboratory staff and management are current with industry regulations and compliance news by attending industry meetings and workshops and by acquiring and evaluating current guidelines; organize ongoing training on issues pertaining to regulatory compliance.
- Leads projects designed to measure specific quality parameters and provide organized evaluated
information to corporate officers and department heads. These include trending programs to measure key performance indicators of all US sites. - Participates in intercompany quality decisions and communicate staff developments and ideas between all SGS facilities.
- Ensures a Quality Assurance review system operates efficiently and effectively at all SGS US locations.
- Oversees and coordinates the quality system to ensure that TNI standards ISO17025 DOD standards are satisfied as required.
- Oversees and coordinates state accreditations to ensure we have the redundancy necessary to support operations.
- Oversight of the quality system which includes CARs responses to Data Inquiries PT programs MDL studies etc.
- Implements KPIs scorecard for local QA functions
Qualifications :
- 5 years of environmental laboratory experience with a minimum of 3 years in a leadership or management capacity
- Thorough knowledge of environmental regulatory standards and programs
- Proven expertise in QA methodologies testing frameworks and industry best practices
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions
- Excellent leadership communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience managing and developing high-performing teams
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
- Bachelors degree in science related field (or equivalent in training experience)
- Minimum 5 years experience in a TNI or ISO 17025 laboratory setting
Compensation
The expected salary range for this position is $120000 $150000 annually. This range represents the minimum and maximum base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Actual compensation within the range will depend on skills experience and qualifications.
Our Benefits
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following subject to your location and role.
- Health: Medical dental and vision insurance life insurance employee assistance programs.
- Wealth: In addition to base pay we offer 401(k) with company match (immediate vesting upon enrollment).
- Happiness:
- Professional Growth: Online training courses virtual and classroom development experiences tuition reimbursement program
- Work-Life Balance: Paid-time off and family leave
In compliance with applicable state and local pay transparency laws we provide clear and equitable compensation information for all applicants.
Additional Information :
SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such we recruit hire train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability age marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetics status as a protected veteran or any other characteristics protected by law.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required.
This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties responsibilities or requirements but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the companys rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
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Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
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About Company
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