Senior quality assurance technician job description

What You Will Do

• Demonstrates strong leadership qualities, is a role model for the QA team and exceeds Peet's key performance standards by adhering to Peet's employee guidelines.

• Coordinates the work of the QA department often with other departments to meet customer requirements.
• Supervises team of department QA/QC techs in the QA Manager's absence and ensures the QA team meets or exceeds Peet's Quality, Safety and Food Safety standards. Informs QA Manager of employee performance opportunities or any other topics that require attention (ie. software, equipment, process improvement).
• Attends daily shift meetings and all weekly meetings that require QA representation such as, but not limited to, daily huddles, inventory and material holds
• Helps develop and ensure a pleasant and productive work environment.
• Ensures department tasks are done accurately and in a safe, timely fashion.
• Assists in on-boarding new, temporary, or seasonal employees.
• Monitors lab supply levels and reports to QA Manager.
• Oversees departmental housekeeping efforts to ensure compliance with internal as well as AIB food safety standards.
• Ensures safety and sanitation standards are met through compliance with plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Supports and demonstrates innovative behaviors by providing and identifying opportunities to improve that drives continuous improvement ideas that helps increase efficiency in day-to-day activities
• Makes a proactive contribution in dept/plant intentions and projects

Who You Are

• Mastery of departmental operations, procedures, and policies.
• Ability to influence change within the team in attempts to develop people and efficiency in overall operation.
• Attention to detail and the ability to enforce/uphold standards.
• Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated history of consistently good performance at Peet's.
• Ability to work with computers for accurate word processing, data entry, and basic spreadsheets.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, make recommendations, and draw conclusions.
• Orientation towards teamwork and an ability to lead and supervise a group of people.
• Forklift certifiable and ability to follow strict safety guidelines.
• PCQI and HACCP Certification is desired

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What You Will Do

• Demonstrates strong leadership qualities, is a role model for the QA team and exceeds Peet's key performance standards by adhering to Peet's employee guidelines.

• Coordinates the work of the QA department often with other departments to meet customer requirements.
• Supervises team of department QA/QC techs in the QA Manager's absence and ensures the QA team meets or exceeds Peet's Quality, Safety and Food Safety standards. Informs QA Manager of employee performance opportunities or any other topics that require attention (ie. software, equipment, process improvement).
• Attends daily shift meetings and all weekly meetings that require QA representation such as, but not limited to, daily huddles, inventory and material holds
• Helps develop and ensure a pleasant and productive work environment.
• Ensures department tasks are done accurately and in a safe, timely fashion.
• Assists in on-boarding new, temporary, or seasonal employees.
• Monitors lab supply levels and reports to QA Manager.
• Oversees departmental housekeeping efforts to ensure compliance with internal as well as AIB food safety standards.
• Ensures safety and sanitation standards are met through compliance with plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Supports and demonstrates innovative behaviors by providing and identifying opportunities to improve that drives continuous improvement ideas that helps increase efficiency in day-to-day activities
• Makes a proactive contribution in dept/plant intentions and projects

Who You Are

• Mastery of departmental operations, procedures, and policies.
• Ability to influence change within the team in attempts to develop people and efficiency in overall operation.
• Attention to detail and the ability to enforce/uphold standards.
• Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated history of consistently good performance at Peet's.
• Ability to work with computers for accurate word processing, data entry, and basic spreadsheets.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, make recommendations, and draw conclusions.
• Orientation towards teamwork and an ability to lead and supervise a group of people.
• Forklift certifiable and ability to follow strict safety guidelines.
• PCQI and HACCP Certification is desired

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**Date:** Oct 4, 2022

**Location:** Elkton, MD, US, 21921

**Company:** Terumo

At Terumo Cardiovascular, we develop, manufacture and distribute medical devices for cardiac and vascular surgery with an emphasis on cardiopulmonary bypass, intra-operative monitoring and vascular grafting. This includes a full-line of perfusion products, endoscopic vessel harvesting products and surgical stabilization products.

Our mission is to work as a team to save one more life, today and every day. We do this by providing lifesaving technology to cardiac surgery teams around the world.

**Job Summary**

1. In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.

2. Inspects and releases raw materials, components, sub-assemblies and finished goods according to procedure.

3. Maintains and follows proper ISO procedures and GMP requirements.

4. Compiles, verifies, and reviews Device History Records to ensure compliance per procedures.

5. Performs accurate transactions within the business management system (i.e. JDE).

6. Supports manufacturing with prompt in-process inspections and guidance on acceptance criteria.

7. Performs first article inspections.

8. Supports engineering/R&D projects with prototype inspection, validation tasks and inspection method planning.

9. Performs preventive maintenance on customer equipment on site or in a laboratory environment.

10. Calibrates equipment and assists with CMM.

11. Trains other technicians and cross-trains throughout the Quality Assurance team.

12. Revises documents as needed to assist Quality Engineering.

13. Performs other duties as assigned.

**Job Details/Responsibilities**

**Job Responsibilities (continued)**

**Working Conditions/Physical Requirements**

The position exists in normal office environment, as well as labs and controlled environments, which may require following gowning procedures. May occasionally work with or in the region of machinery requiring close attention to safety. May also work in areas requiring the use of eye protection and hearing protection. May occasionally involve exposure to chemicals and may require adequate ventilation and/or the use of personal protective equipment. May occasionally work outside with shovels, spreaders and other grounds keeping implements.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)**

**Qualifications/ Background Experiences**

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and five (5) years of quality assurance/quality inspection experience. Experience utilization of sampling plans and statistical charts experience is preferred.

_Terumo Cardiovascular is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and genetic information._

**EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans**

**Nearest Major Market:** Philadelphia