Lead Technician, Quality Control, Schenectady, NY

dsm-firmenich•Schenectady, NY

6d•$34•Onsite

About The Position

Join us as a Lead Technician in Quality Control. At our Schenectady, NY location, we blend vitamins and nutrients for customers and operate as a Food manufacturing site. Your role is to analyze and / or test under GMP raw materials, intermediates and finished products applying validated or compendia methods. You will also perform/applies knowledge and skills to diverse and complex reactions. Another part will be to release testing products according to current compendia, regulatory and corporate quality systems and principles. The dsm-firmenich Health, Nutrition and Care (HNC) Business Unit in the North America Region has three premix manufacturing sites. Schenectady is the largest site and is a focal point for the business performance in the region and globally.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Scientific discipline preferred; Associate Degree + 2 years of relevant experience may be considered.
Broad / General knowledge of quality control techniques and methods.
Broad understanding of safety, laboratory hygiene and GMP rules.
2 - 4 years of experience in a lab of the Life Science Industry utilizing various instrumentation. (ICP is preferred as well as HPLC, IR, etc.)
Experience in Microsoft Office. (Outlook, Word, and Excel)
Ability to perform and troubleshoot all lab specific analytical methods.
Complete analysis on raw materials and finished products within an agreed upon turnaround time.
Ensures SOP’s (LOP's and TM's) and specifications are up to date and in compliance with current Compendia and updates them if required.
Performs and documents all work in adherence with cGMP guidelines.
Ability to work autonomously according to SOP’s and Specification sheets.

Nice To Haves

Lead Technician Quality Control experience in a regulated, ISO, lab certified or manufacturing environment (Dietary supplements, infant formula, 3rd party testing etc.)
Experience with lab investigations including root cause and ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma)
LIMS platform experience
SAP experience

Responsibilities

Autonomous accomplishment of analysis in the laboratory.
Prepares standards, mobile phases, and reagents.
Maintains, calibrates, validates, monitors and troubleshoots laboratory equipment (ICP preferred, HPLC, IR, etc.).
Analyzes raw materials, intermediates, stability samples and finished products for required tests by various analytical and instrumental methods.
Performs calculations, collects and prepares data for evaluation.
Reviews data to ensure accuracy prior to reporting.
Orients and trains new colleagues.
Perform administrative lab tasks, such as updating Specification sheets and SOP’s. (LOP's and TM's)
Keeps supervisor informed of work status and suggests follow-up action to resolve atypical results and any problems encountered.
Investigation of OOS/NI and supports other Laboratory team members with investigations.
A team leader within a lab unit / Enforcement of GMP and safety rules / validation of results.
Maintains and trains in good documentation practices.