Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Highlights

The Quality Assurance Specialist at the Fords QC Lab is responsible in safeguarding the integrity, accuracy, and compliance of all quality assurance activities within a fast paced manufacturing environment. The main responsibilities of this position include

• Creates MOCs for new products, new laboratory instruments, new personnel, and updates to controlled documents
• Determine the quality status of materials stored in tanks and maintain all associated records.
• Determine the quality status of all finished products packaged in drums, totes, pails, cans, and other container types.
• Communicate material status to the Shipping and Packaging Department via email, LIMS, or phone in a timely manner.
• Maintains ISO documentation on the network drive and in SharePoint.
• Provide support for external audits.
• Assist the Head of Quality Assurance with LIMS and SAP QM master data setup.
• Prepare internal and external waivers for batches that do not meet internal or customer specifications.
• Handle and process sample orders.

Experience / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline, along with a minimum of 1 year of experience in quality management systems.
• Ability to analyze test results and identify discrepancies or trends.
• Strong attention to detail for maintaining QA lab records and ISO documentation.
• Strong general computer skills (Microsoft Office, file management, and digital recordkeeping).
• Clear verbal communication for interacting with production, warehousing, and third-party labs.

Location Fords
Employee Type Regular

Who we are

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with about 12,000 employees in 32 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS has achieved leading positions in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index and the MSCI ESG and ISS ESG ratings, among others, for its commitment to sustainability.

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What we offer you

• Compensation We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program. The established pay range for this position is $74,500 to $109,200. Please note, the actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level.
• Comprehensive Benefits We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.
• Work-Life & Flexibility We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global "Xwork" program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.
• Training & Development We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.
• Diversity LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs.

LANXESS has a value-based performance culture. We are seeking a range of human interests, backgrounds, and experiences that can be engaged to achieve respect, ownership, trust, professionalism, integrity and healing across all sectors.

We are looking to find diverse and talented people to join our team. Studies have shown that some individuals are less likely to apply if they do not meet 100% of the criteria. We are looking to equalize the gap! If you are excited about this role but your past experiences do not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We will look to assess your talent against our competencies, values and requirements to get the best organizational fit. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles we have available!

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