Quality Assurance Assistant

ALS • Middletown, KY

23h • Onsite

About The Position

At ALS, we encourage you to dream big. When you join us, you’ll be part of a global team harnessing the power of scientific testing and data-driven insights to build a healthier future. The Quality Assurance Assistant is responsible to assist with the overall implementation and management of the laboratory Quality Assurance (QA) program and ensuring that quality objectives established by management, regulatory programs and project plans are met. ALS is a global leader in testing, providing comprehensive testing solutions to clients in a wide range of industries around the world. Using advanced technologies and innovative methods, we help our clients leverage data-driven insights for a safer and healthier world. Our people are the heart of our business, driving testing solutions and innovations to solve complex challenges and create lasting value for our clients. With over 20,000 team members across 70 countries, you’ll be part of a global network.

Requirements

• Proficient with electronic applications including MS Word, MS Excel, Sharepoint, etc.
• Adept at using AI to improve efficiency and automation within QA systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work with colleagues and multiple clients in a professional and organized manner.
• Have a general understanding of analytical laboratory quality assurance concepts and experience in implementing these concepts in the laboratory.
• Have the ability to interpret state and federal certification and accreditation program requirements per ISO/IEC 17025, TNI standards, and DoD QSM.
• Have the ability to convey accreditation standard concepts or requirements to the lab staff.
• Have the ability to identify and define problems; collect, analyze and interpret data and information; draw appropriate conclusions; propose solutions and/or corrective action.
• Have the ability to organize and prioritize work and to manage projects in a timely and effective manner.
• Have the ability to reorganize and reschedule work on short notice in order to meet revised deadlines and be sufficiently flexible to understand and handle multiple and varied projects, which may not fall within this job description.
• Have the ability to work in the laboratory to perform measurement verifications when required.
• BS/BA in Chemistry or related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of various analytical chemistry techniques and procedures used in an environmental laboratory.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the environmental laboratory industry with working knowledge of QA requirements for environmental laboratories or specific laboratory sections is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the QA Manager to successfully oversee laboratory QA activities, including measurement verifications for support equipment.
• Maintain the document control system.
• Monitor and assist with reviewing and revising QA records, including but not limited to the QA manual and maintaining standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate proficiency testing programs for certification/accreditation programs.
• Maintain certifications/accreditations for regulatory agencies and client certification or approval programs.
• Cross reference and maintain certification and PT database.
• Act as a secondary point of contact during laboratory audits.
• Assist with coordinating and conducting scheduled internal audits with laboratory staff.
• Assist with generating audit responses and initiating changes in procedures resulting from audits.
• Report and review results of PT and QC sample analysis.
• Provide technical assistance to Project Managers and laboratory staff on QA/QC issues.
• Facilitate and/or perform training and maintain and track training documentation.
• Perform QA/QC and Ethics policy orientation for new employees.
• Assist with scheduled on-site evaluations by clients and regulatory agencies.
• Coordinate with outside calibration laboratories to perform calibrations for support equipment.
• Maintain current approved subcontractor list.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Supported to develop new skills and reach your full potential.
• Investment in people with programs and opportunities that help you build a diverse career.
• Safe, flexible and rewarding career that makes a positive impact on our people, the planet and our communities.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where the strengths and perspectives of each employee are both recognised and valued.
• Reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process are available upon request.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees