Qa/Qc Supervisor

Victoria
Full Time

19/03/2024

CLIENT

Based in modern premises in Lara, Victoria, our client is Australia’s largest independent manufacturer of crop protection products. They provide toll formulation, regulatory, global procurement, storage, and handling. Other services include laboratory and product development with a strong customer service culture focusing on safety, environmental sustainability, and quality management.

With toll formulation and manufacturing as their primary focus, they boast highly efficient manufacturing facilities in key growing regions around Australia.
ROLE

Reporting to the QA/QC Manager, this permanent full-time position presents a great opportunity for an analytical chemist with experience working in an industrial laboratory supporting the manufacturing of bulk chemical products. You will directly supervise a small team (2–5 people) conducting QC activities in the site’s testing laboratory, which shall include reviewing batch documentation to ensure products meet specifications prior to release. Although not a hands-on role in the laboratory’s routine testing, you’ll need to be sufficiently familiar with chromatographic techniques that are used to analyse in-process and finished products to perform troubleshooting  (i.e., HPLC & GC). Other testing performed within the chemistry laboratory includes: density, pH, moisture, etc.

Whilst you must be comfortable working in an industrial environment, familiarity with site-specific processes associated with the production of various agrochemical will be acquired through on-the-job training. The training matrix associated with you being signed off as competent for each of the role’s various responsibilities is quite comprehensive.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Maintain the site’s daily QC testing requirements and delegate duties to laboratory staff

• Ensure GLP & HSE standards are maintained within the chemistry laboratory

• Act as the Lara site’s QA representative, ensuring every aspect of the company’s cross-contamination policy are fully implemented

• Facilitate the implementation of all quality-related initiatives at the site and ensuring continuing improvement is made towards each stated objective

• Investigate out-of-specification results and quality incidents, undertaking troubleshooting where necessary to maintain production schedules

• Management of customer service complaints—managing requests, investigating issues, and customer report writing

• Mentor, coach and train staff to ensure their duties and accountabilities are understood and ensuring the site’s quality objectives are being met

• Collaborate effectively across all levels of the workforce—operational staff and management—strive to meet the site’s demanding performance targets

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for this role, you must meet the following requirements:

• Tertiary qualification, preferably a degree in chemistry or a similar discipline

• Previous experience in a similar manufacturing environment, such as chemicals, paint, lubricants, petroleum, and pharmaceutical industries

• Several years of experience operating HPLC & GC—sufficient to be able to undertake verification of transferred methods and perform troubleshooting

• Experience with facilitating batch correction/adjustment, as part of QC processes and meeting requirements for batch release

• Proven track record of being results-oriented, using your initiative to make things happen, and with a commitment to meeting targets and deadlines

• Strong organisational and time-management skills that are necessary to sustain productivity within a busy work environment

• Capacity to lead a small team of technically competent QC chemists, any familiarity with the analysis of bulk agrochemicals will be advantageous

• Prior employment within a GMP environment and/or a manufacturing facility with ISO 9001 certification

• Confident people manager; specifically, demonstrably effective interpersonal skills within the context of a manufacturing environment

• Capability to champion quality within a production environment, standing firm where necessary to ensure adherence to expected quality requirements

• Understanding of technology transfer from laboratory- to production-scale batch size—able to write method of manufacturing for production operators

• Facilitate root-cause analysis, leveraging relevant RCA tools (e.g., 5 Whys)

• Experience in working with dangerous goods and hazardous chemicals

• Process-oriented work ethic with a keenly honed attention-to-detail mindset

• Innate ability to work collaboratively and in a manner fostering adaptability

• Computer literacy – MS Office (required)

APPLICATIONS

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Daniel on 0415 573 ***.

Subsequently, to be considered further for this role, click ‘Apply’ to submit an up-to-date resume and a cover letter addressed to CS Executive Group. MS Word documents are our preferred format for uploaded files (i.e., .doc or .docx).

THANK YOU

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