Quality Assurance Specialist I

doTERRA International LLC • Pleasant Grove, UT

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

At doTERRA we encourage all employees to seek out opportunities that will expand their skill set. We strive to help achieve personal career goals by providing opportunities of growth and movement throughout the company. Investigates products suspected of not meeting specification, identifying trends of repeat product investigations, working with various departments including QA, QC, R&D, Purchasing, Manufacturing, raw material suppliers and manufacturers on investigations.

Requirements

• 0-2 years in Quality Assurance experience required.
• Knowledge of business analysis and computer tools: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Must be able to demonstrate working understanding of 21 CFR 1 1 1; 1 17; 120 and FSMA.
• Must have excellent analytical skills.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, both internal and external (i.e., suppliers, tech. support, etc.) by possessing excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills in English
• Discretion and judgment are required.
• Outstanding organizational skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to multi-task required.
• Must have the ability to work as a team, as well as to work independently
• Ability to work with others to facilitate completing work assignments.
• Must be able to work in a manufacturing environment and travel to contract manufacturing and warehouse locations as needed to complete investigations and inspections.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to walk, stand or sit for 8 hours unaided.
• Must be able to demonstrate ability to detect mm level defects visually, take and give oral instructions in a manufacturing environment.
• Long periods of standing, bending, and repeated lifting (2-5 lbs.)
• Must be able to handle moderate noise level (<75db)
• Must be able to work in manufacturing environments (clean rooms and warehouse)

Nice To Haves

• BS degree in food science, microbiology, chemistry, biology or related field preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with Global Complaint Lead to manage complaint reports and files.
• Coordinates with QA, QC, Legal, R&D and Product Support for SAER and AER investigations.
• Reviews customers and international complaint investigations and provide timely root cause as applicable in order to increase consumer satisfaction and safety.
• Reviews batch records, retains, testing data, manufacturing, maintenance and sanitation records as part of complaint investigations
• Ensures that product complaints and ÂERs are investigated in a timely fashion
• Provides summary of issues to Global Complaint Lead for decisions on investigations
• Ensures all documents associated with an investigation are included in the investigation file
• Reviews complaint and product return trends to generates weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on complaint investigation outcomes
• Identifies if other batches are implicated because of investigations and informs QA management
• Complies with all regulatory bodies, cGMP and other requirements and enforcing adherence to requirements.

Benefits

• Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level