Quality Control Supervisor

Azenta Life Sciences; Wotton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Azenta Life Sciences in Wotton is seeking a QC Supervisor to oversee the quality control process, ensuring timely product turnaround and zero defects. The supervisor will act as a primary contact for quality issues, conduct inspections, and facilitate continuous improvement in quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in quality control and manufacturing, strong organizational and leadership skills, and excel in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Prior experience of leading a team.
• Experience within Quality control.
• Manufacturing within life sciences advantageous.
• Comfortable working in clean rooms and special conditions.

Responsibilities

• Completing part inspection on products produced in house and by sub-contractors.
• Measuring parts using calipers, micrometres, CMM.
• Creating graphs in excel to enable comparison of QC results.
• Completing inventory transactions in the ER.

Skills

Leadership

Quality control

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Tools

CMM

Job description

QC Supervisor

The QC Supervisor is tasked with supporting timely turnaround of products, manufactured and procured. Assisting manufacturing as we strive toward zero defects by conducting audits and random sampling. Working with a quality first mind set where we ensure the customer receives product that exceeds their expectations. Will be the day-to-day contact for the Quality department.

Responsibilities

• Completing part inspection on products produced in house and by sub-contractors
• Measuring parts using calipers, micrometres, CMM
• Creating graphs in excel to enable comparison of QC results
• Completing inventory transactions in the ER
• Assisting the production team as required, including completing first off production checks
• Assist with the MRB when necessary
• Raising re-work instructions check the quality of the re-work, occasionally completing re-work
• Working in the biological QC lab running product functional test (experience not required)
• Raising & Investigating non-conformance
• Assisting in data reviews and KPI updates
• To assist in maintaining a clean and safe working environment
• Assisting in CAPA and complaint activities as required
• Identify errors and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures
• Compliance – Support manager to ensure effective internal control structures and procedures are in place, ensure audits are completed in all areas, and that any corrective actions are robustly put in place to drive continued improvements
• Tasks related to continuous improvement activities

Qualifications

• Prior experience of leading a team
• Prior experience within Quality control
• Manufacturing within life sciences advantageous
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and flexible individual (adapt to differing situations)
• Comfortable working in special conditions as necessary: clean rooms; low humidity; or static – free
• Experience with using CMM is desirable
• Strong work ethic and organizational skills.
• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills are essential to the role