QA Specialist

PB Leiner; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PB Leiner is seeking a QA/Quality Assurance professional to support Quality leadership with system ownership and development, focusing on HACCP and Food Safety requirements at the Davenport, IA plant. You will drive compliance across audits, calibrations, and batch release documentation.

You will implement training programs, monitor KPIs, and maintain customer communications and product specifications while ensuring accurate lab results and timely releases.

Qualifications

• FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment or at management discretion.
• Good Laboratory Practices for food and pharmaceutical excipients.
• General office software tools and data processing (Word, Excel).
• Chemistry and Microbiology laboratory procedures.
• Preventative Control Qualified Individual (PCQI) or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment.
• HACCP Certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment or at management discretion.
• SAP functional knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, monitor, and maintain procedures related to Food Safety/HACCP, GMP, Calibrations, Pest Control, Mock Recall, and other regulatory requirements.
• Participate in the audit process for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSSC 22000, GMP and GLP.
• Generate and assist logistics and customer service with certificate of analysis, SARFs, and batch release documentation for shipment.
• Monitor preventive controls and report noncompliance to management.
• Ensure accurate results from the lab and conduct formal release of product.
• Manage and maintain plant and lab equipment calibrations.
• Build, maintain, and execute training programs (departmental and plant wide).
• Document, monitor and maintain customer relations with communications and product specifications.
• Maintain KPIs and root cause problem solving activities; serve on Food Safety, Internal Audit, GMP Audit, and Safety committees.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Skills

FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor

PCQI

HACCP Certification

Good Laboratory Practices

Chemistry & Microbiology lab practices

Education

Bachelor Degree + 3-5 years relevant experience

Tools

SAP

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

PB Leiner is one of the world’s leading producers of high quality gelatins and collagen peptides. We supply a growing market in food, pharma, health nutrition and technical applications. In all our efforts, we strive to be The Clear Solution for our customers. We spot and exploit opportunities, and try to anticipate future trends for them. We pursue outstanding quality and choice, as well as smooth delivery. We have a global presence in terms of both our plants and sales support, and count approximately 1,100 collaborators worldwide. PB Leiner is part of Tessenderlo Group

Job Description

This position will provide support to Quality leadership through system ownership and development as well as support for the plant regarding HACCP and Food Safety requirements.

Key Results Areas for this job are:

• Develop, document, monitor, and maintain procedures as related but not limited to Food Safety/HACCP, GMP, Calibrations, Pest Control, Mock Recall, and other regulatory requirements.
• Participate in the audit process for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSSC 22000, GMP and GLP.
• Generate and assist the logistics and customer service department with certificate of analysis, SARFs, and any other batch release documentation required for shipment.
• Monitor preventive controls and report noncompliance to appropriate management.
• Ensure accurate results from the lab and conduct formal release of product
• Manage and maintain plant and lab equipment calibrations
• Build, maintain, and execute training programs (departmental and plant wide)
• Document, monitor and maintain customer relations with customer communication requests and product specification accuracy
• Maintain and communicate KPIs and root cause problem solving activities as appropriate
• Serve as a member of the Food Safety Team, Internal Audit Team, GMP Audit Team, and Safety Committee
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

Required Knowledge

• FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment or at management discretion
• Current Good Laboratory Practices for food and pharmaceutical excipients
• General office software tools and data processing (Word, Excel)
• Chemistry and Microbiology laboratory procedures
• Preventative Control Qualified Individual (PCQI) or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment
• HACCP Certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment or at management discretion
• SAP functional knowledge

A Bachelor Degree with 3-5 years revelant experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.