Quality Control Specialist I

Catalent•Manassas, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Quality Control Specialist I Position Summary Work Schedule: 1st shift, 6AM-2:30PM 100% on-site in Manassas, VA Our Manassas, Virginia site is a part of the Consumer Health division and provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors, ingredients, and colors available, we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love. T he Quality Control Specialist I is responsible for executing quality control activities for raw materials, packaging components, and finished products. Responsibilities include verifying incoming documentation, managing material status, coordinating sampling and laboratory testing, reviewing analytical results, and issuing Certificates of Analysis (COAs).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or a related field required.
Minimum 1 year of experience in food, nutraceutical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to interpret SOPs, specifications, and analytical test methods.
Working knowledge of cGMP and quality management systems.
High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem ‑ solving skills.
Collaborates with Quality Assurance, Operations, Warehouse, Planning, and Procurement teams to support timely material release
Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
Frequent standing, walking, reaching, bending, kneeling, or crouching; occasional sitting, climbing, balancing

Nice To Haves

Preferred certificates: HACCP, PCQI, SQF.

Responsibilities

Verify incoming material CoAs and related documentation for accuracy and specification alignment.
Manage material disposition status (Quarantine, On ‑ Hold, Released, Rejected) and support hold and nonconformance workflows.
Perform in ‑ house raw material identification testing using approved analytical methods.
Prepare composite samples for finished products per applicable SOPs and batch requirements.
Log sample receipt and coordinate shipment of finished goods samples to contract laboratories.
Send samples to external labs and track analytical progress to support release timelines.
Review laboratory reports for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to specifications.
Generate and issue finished product COAs consistent with specifications and customer requirements.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
Potential for career growth within an expanding team
Diverse, inclusive culture
152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!
Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world.
Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market.
Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us.
Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative.
dynamic pace.
meaningful work.