Quality Technician

Job Title: Quality Technician

Job Description

As a Quality Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of pharmaceutical materials. You will be responsible for inspecting incoming active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, packaging, and pharmacy materials to ensure they meet accuracy, labeling, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming pharmaceutical materials for accuracy, damage, labeling issues, and compliance.
• Review Certificates of Analysis (COAs), Certificates of Conformance (COCs), and supplier documentation.
• Verify lot numbers, expiration dates, quantities, and supplier information against company specifications.
• Maintain quarantine, release, rejected, and expired material status within inventory systems.
• Coordinate sampling, testing, and documentation activities.
• Support lot traceability and material tracking throughout the product lifecycle.
• Document and escalate discrepancies, temperature excursions, damaged shipments, and quality concerns.
• Assist with investigations, corrective actions, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Purchasing, Inventory, Quality, and Compounding teams to support production schedules.
• Maintain accurate records in compliance with SOPs, USP standards, and applicable regulations.

Essential Skills

• Experience in quality control and pharmaceutical material inspection.
• Proficiency in Certificate of Analysis (COA) review and lot traceability.
• Strong skills in inventory management and documentation.
• Knowledge of GMP/USP compliance and material release processes.
• Attention to detail and regulatory compliance knowledge.
• Ability to conduct root cause investigations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and inventory systems.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ohio Registered Pharmacy Technician certification.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to follow SOPs and work independently.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.

Work Environment

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, with hours from 8am to 4pm or 9am to 5pm. The role offers a unique opportunity to impact quality and patient safety directly, within a growing operation that provides long-term opportunities. This is an excellent step into QA for pharmacy and compounding professionals, where you can experience a strong blend of quality, compliance, and pharmacy operations.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Fairfield, OH.

The pay range for this position is $29.00 - $30.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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 Contract to Hire position based out of Fairfield, OH.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 30, 2026.

This is a fully onsite position in Fairfield,OH.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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