Lead Metrologist, Quality Control

Lead Metrologist Quality Control

Position Summary

• Work Schedule: Standard Hours; Monday through Friday

• 100% on-site

Join Catalents flagship softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America located in St. Petersburg FL with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year. This role offers competitive pay day-one benefits and career growth in a state-of-the-art turn-key facility.

The Lead Metrologist plays a critical role within Catalents Quality Control laboratory ensuring all measurement and test equipment remains calibrated qualified and fully GMPcompliant to support accurate testing and product release across manufacturing operations. This position partners closely with Manufacturing Technical Services Validation and Quality teams contributing to protocols continuous improvement and the training of junior colleagues while maintaining the highest regulatory and safety standards. Supported by a closeknit collaborative Quality team with a strong culture of internal growth handson learning and longterm career development this role offers both technical leadership and meaningful impact.

The Role

• Manage the QC calibration program for laboratory instruments and equipment including scheduling execution documentation and compliance with internal procedures GMP and regulatory requirements.

• Perform review and approve calibrations verifications and preventive maintenance; investigate instrument failures or outoftolerance conditions and support impact assessments deviations and CAPAs.

• Maintain complete and accurate equipment records calibration certificates asfound/asleft data and master equipment lists in accordance with data integrity and SOP requirements.

• Establish revise and govern metrologyrelated SOPs work instructions calibration standards plans and templates to ensure consistency traceability and audit readiness.

• Serve as the metrology Subject Matter Expert during audits inspections and crossfunctional activities supporting IQ/OQ/PQ lifecycle management validation and engineering utility impacts.

• Qualify manage and periodically requalify calibration service vendors including review of certificates for uncertainty traceability acceptance criteria contracts KPIs and onsite service coordination.

• Train laboratory staff on proper instrument use and verification practices trend equipment performance data and forecast resources and budget to support continuous improvement and operational demands.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Metrology Engineering Chemistry Physics or related scientific discipline required. Advanced degree preferred but not required.

• 5 years of experience in metrology equipment calibration or laboratory instrumentation in a GMP-regulated environment required.

• Demonstrated understanding of CVS calibration principles measurement uncertainty and equipment lifecycle management required. Experience leading investigations CAPAs or change controls strongly preferred.

• Experience with laboratory instrumentation typical to QC environments (e.g. balances pipettes pH meters HPLC/GC incubators spectrophotometers).

• Individual may be required to sit stand walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds.

• Vision requirements include ability to differentiate color have 20/30 vision in each eye with or without corrective lenses read written documents and frequent use of a computer monitor.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Tuition reimbursement to support educational goals

• WellHub program to promote physical wellness & Access to Perkspot discounts from over 900 merchants

• 152 hours of PTO plus 8 paid holidays

• Medical dental and vision benefits effective day one

• Defined career path with annual performance reviews & strong potential for career growth within a mission-driven organization

• Inclusive culture with active Employee Resource Groups & Community engagement and green initiatives

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

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