QC Supervisor (1st Shift Weekends)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: QC Laboratory Supervisor (1st Shift Weekends)
Job Description

This role leads quality control laboratory operations during 1st shift weekend coverage, ensuring accurate analytical support for routine processes and new products within a regulated GMP environment. The position manages laboratory activities from equipment maintenance and sample management to data integrity and documentation control, while supporting continuous improvement and compliance with Health, Safety, Environment, and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Accept responsibility for overall laboratory management during the assigned shift and act as the primary QC lead for 1st shift weekend operations.
• Provide analytical support for routine processes and new product introductions, ensuring accurate and timely testing of raw materials, intermediates, in-process controls (IPCs), stability, and cleaning samples.
• Manage maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment, ensuring all instruments remain in a qualified and compliant state.
• Oversee documentation related to raw materials, intermediates, IPCs, stability, and cleaning samples, ensuring records are complete, accurate, and compliant with current procedures.
• Review existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standard operating procedure qualifications (SOPQs) and write or update SOPs/SOPQs as new equipment, methods, or technologies are introduced.
• Participate in the description and refinement of technical procedures and analytical methods, and initiate change controls in documentation, systems, and quality control laboratory reports as required.
• Support the introduction and implementation of new work procedures within the laboratory, ensuring smooth adoption and compliance by the team.
• Approve or reject raw materials, intermediates, IPCs, stability samples, and cleaning samples in accordance with established specifications and SOPs.
• Ensure proper maintenance and calibration of all laboratory equipment, including chromatographic and spectroscopic instruments, in alignment with GMP requirements.
• Prepare analytical records in accordance with current SOPs and SOPQs, ensuring they are suitable for approval or rejection decisions.
• Maintain order and cleanliness within the laboratory, supporting a safe, efficient, and compliant work environment.
• Oversee the entry of analytical data and calculations into laboratory systems, verify accuracy, and ensure analytical records and bulletins are generated and printed as required.
• Control and manage the sample library, including proper storage, labeling, tracking, and retrieval of samples.
• Write and investigate deviations, out-of-specification (OOS), out-of-trend (OOT), out-of-expectation (OOE) results, and other laboratory events, ensuring thorough root cause analysis and appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
• Promote and ensure compliance with Health, Safety and Environment procedures, GMP regulations, Data Integrity principles, and quality system requirements after receiving appropriate training.
• Encourage continuous improvement by identifying, defining, and implementing initiatives that enhance process efficiency and optimize the use of laboratory resources.
• Collaborate with laboratory leadership and cross-functional teams to support audits, inspections, and customer project requirements as workload increases.
• Provide guidance and day-to-day oversight for other analysts working on the 1st shift weekend coverage as the team grows.

• Degree in Sciences, with a preference for a degree in Chemistry or Pharmacy.
• At least 3+ years of chemistry laboratory experience within a GMP environment such as food, pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical, or similar regulated industries.
• Strong background in analytical chemistry, including hands-on experience with wet chemistry techniques.
• Demonstrated experience working in a GMP-regulated quality control laboratory with a focus on raw materials, intermediates, IPCs, stability, and cleaning samples.
• Proficiency in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC).
• Experience with mass spectrometry and other analytical techniques such as FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy).
• Knowledge and practical understanding of GMP, pharmaceutical or medical device quality systems, and laboratory best practices.
• Proven ability to perform data review and ensure data integrity, including adherence to ALCOA and ALCOA+ principles and proper use of audit trails.
• Experience writing and reviewing analytical records, SOPs, and technical documentation in a regulated environment.
• Ability to investigate deviations, OOS, OOT, OOE, and laboratory events, and document findings in accordance with quality procedures.
• Training or experience in Health, Safety & Environment practices relevant to laboratory operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Word, for data handling and documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to maintain laboratory order and compliance.
• Capability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced QC lab while meeting deadlines and quality expectations.

• Experience using chromatographic data systems such as Empower and Chromeleon.
• Familiarity with Agilent instrumentation and associated software platforms.
• Exposure to HRGC (high-resolution gas chromatography) and other advanced analytical techniques.
• Experience working with pharmaceutical, medical device, or contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) projects.
• Understanding of audit trail review and electronic data management in compliance with data integrity requirements.
• Training in analytical techniques including HPLC, HRGC, GC, FTIR, and related methods.
• Ability to support and mentor junior analysts as the weekend QC team expands.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with laboratory management, peers, and cross-functional partners.
• Motivation to grow within the organization as new customer projects and responsibilities are introduced.

This position is based in a QC laboratory operating on a 1st shift weekend schedule. The standard schedule after training consists of four working days followed by three days off: Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Monday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Initial training lasts approximately three months on a Monday–Friday 1st shift schedule (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) to ensure full familiarity with laboratory procedures, systems, and equipment. The laboratory environment is highly regulated and GMP-compliant, focused on pharmaceutical, medical device, and related products. You will work with a range of analytical technologies, including HPLC, GC, mass spectrometry, FTIR, and chromatography data systems such as Empower, Chromeleon, and Agilent platforms. The role involves close collaboration with laboratory leadership and, over time, oversight of additional analysts assigned to the 1st shift weekend coverage. The setting emphasizes safety, data integrity, and continuous improvement, with established Health, Safety and Environment procedures and GMP guidelines. Work is performed in a typical laboratory setting that requires adherence to standard lab attire and personal protective equipment appropriate for handling chemicals and operating analytical instruments.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Morton Grove, IL.

The pay range for this position is $34.00 - $38.50/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Morton Grove,IL.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 27, 2026.

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