- Be a quality champion within a chemical manufacturing plant
- Full-time position overseeing the site's QC testing activities
- Collaborate across the Lara site to meet production targets
ROLEReporting 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
- 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)
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