Senior Quality Technician: CAPA, ISO 17025

PerkinElmer; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 3,320,000 - 3,974,000; Full time

Job summary

PerkinElmer’s Richmond-area lab seeks a Sr. Technician, Quality to support QA/QC activities within an ISO 17025 accredited setting. You will handle CAPA, document control, calibration records, and training programs while guiding technician staff.

The role involves ensuring traceability, participating in audits, and maintaining trained personnel competency across quality functions; onsite Mon–Fri shifts with potential weekend overtime.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with 2+ years of relevant laboratory or manufacturing experience.
• OR Associate degree in a science-related field with 1+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and mentor others in a regulated laboratory environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain controlled documents, including SOPs, work instructions, forms, and quality records, and coordinate revisions, approvals, archival, and retention requirements.
• Coordinate calibration and maintenance activities for laboratory instrumentation, maintain equipment qualification and calibration records, and ensure measurement traceability.
• Perform scanning, indexing, and electronic filing of laboratory records and quality documents; support records retrieval and archival activities.
• Coordinate laboratory training programs, maintain training records, and support onboarding, qualification, and competency assessments for laboratory personnel.

Skills

CAPA principles

Deviation management

Root cause analysis

Document control

Metrology/calibration

Training & qualification

ISO 17025 awareness

Data integrity

Cross-functional communication

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree in science

Tools

LIMS

Electronic documentation platforms

Job description

PerkinElmer’s Richmond-area lab seeks a Sr. Technician, Quality to support QA/QC activities within an ISO 17025 accredited setting. You will handle CAPA, document control, calibration records, and training programs while guiding technician staff.

The role involves ensuring traceability, participating in audits, and maintaining trained personnel competency across quality functions; onsite Mon–Fri shifts with potential weekend overtime.