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QC Supervisor (1st Shift Weekends Jobs in Morton Grove, USA at Actalent
Position: QC Supervisor (1st Shift Weekends)
QC Chemist – 1st Shift Weekends
This QC Chemist role oversees weekend first-shift quality control laboratory operations, providing analytical support for routine processes and new products in a regulated GMP environment. The position carries responsibility for managing laboratory activities during the shift, ensuring accurate testing of raw materials, intermediates, in-process controls, stability, and cleaning samples, and maintaining full compliance with quality, health, safety, environmental, and data integrity standards.
Responsibilities
- Accept responsibility for overall laboratory management and decision-making during the assigned weekend shift.
- Provide analytical support for routine manufacturing processes and the introduction of new products.
- Manage the maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment to ensure reliable performance and data accuracy.
- Oversee documentation and traceability of raw materials, intermediates, in-process controls (IPCs), stability, and cleaning samples.
- Review existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standard operating procedure qualifications (SOPQs) and write new SOPs and SOPQs as required for new equipment, technology, or processes.
- Participate in the description and optimization of technical procedures and analytical methods, including method review and updates.
- Initiate and manage change controls related to documentation, systems, and quality control laboratory reports.
- Support the introduction and implementation of new work procedures and analytical practices in the laboratory.
- Approve or reject raw materials, intermediates, IPCs, stability samples, and cleaning samples in accordance with current specifications and SOPs.
- Create and complete analytical records according to current SOPs and SOPQs to support material and product approval or rejection.
- Maintain order, cleanliness, and good laboratory practices within the QC laboratory.
- Enter analytical data and calculations into the appropriate systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with data integrity principles.
- Generate, review, and print analytical records, bulletins, and related documentation as required.
- Control and manage the sample library, including proper storage, tracking, and retrieval of samples.
- Write and investigate laboratory deviations, out-of-specification (OOS), out-of-trend (OOT), out-of-expectation (OOE) results, and other laboratory events, documenting findings and corrective actions.
- Promote and comply with Health, Safety and Environment procedures, quality standards, GMP requirements, and Data Integrity principles after receiving appropriate training.
- Support continuous improvement by identifying, defining, and implementing initiatives that increase efficiency and optimize the use of laboratory resources.
- Collaborate with laboratory management and, over time, provide guidance and direction to other analysts working on the same shift.
Essential Skills
- Minimum of 3+ years of hands-on chemistry laboratory experience in a GMP-regulated environment such as pharmaceutical, medical device, food, chemical, or related industries.
- Strong experience in analytical chemistry and wet chemistry techniques.
- Practical experience with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in a QC or analytical lab setting.
- Experience working under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations and quality systems.
- Ability to perform testing and data review for raw materials, intermediates, in-process controls (IPCs), stability samples, and cleaning samples.
- Working knowledge of gas chromatography (GC) and related chromatographic techniques.
- Understanding and practical application of data integrity principles, including ALCOA and ALCOA+ standards.
- Experience conducting data review, including audit trail review, to ensure completeness, consistency, and accuracy of analytical results.
- Ability to write, follow, and revise SOPs, SOPQs, analytical records, and technical documentation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and Word, for data handling and documentation.
- Ability to investigate and document deviations, OOS, OOT, OOE, and other laboratory events in a structured, compliant manner.
- Degree in a scientific discipline, with Chemistry or Pharmacy strongly preferred.
- Training or familiarity with Health, Safety & Environment requirements in a laboratory setting.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize workload, and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced QC environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for clear documentation and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience in pharmaceutical or medical device QC laboratories is highly beneficial.
- Hands-on experience with gas chromatography (GC) and high-resolution gas chromatography (HRGC).
- Familiarity with mass spectrometry and FTIR as part of analytical workflows.
- Experience using chromatography data systems such as Empower, Chromeleon, and Agilent platforms.
- Prior involvement in approvals and…
Title: QC Supervisor (1st Shift Weekends
Company: Actalent
Location: Morton Grove, USA
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