Quality Lead

Clariant•Colton, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you'll champion quality throughout the product lifecycle by leading quality systems, driving process improvements, supporting new product introductions, and ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and ISO requirements. Your expertise will help deliver reliable products that exceed customer expectations.

Requirements

Experience with quality systems, process improvements, and new product introductions.
Knowledge of customer, regulatory, and ISO requirements.
Experience with quality control systems management and audits.
Experience with Management of Change activities impacting Quality Control.
Understanding of government flow-down directives.
Ability to mentor and train Quality Control technicians.
Skills in designing, developing, and implementing quality practices and processes.
Proficiency in optimizing QC methods for accurate analytical results.
Ability to maintain reporting structures for analytical results.
Capability to identify root causes of quality problems and coordinate corrective actions.
Experience in ensuring contract compliance for supplier purchase orders, manufacturing, and services.
Experience with incoming inspection of materials.
Proficiency in operating laboratory equipment, including calipers, gauges, and optical inspection equipment.
Ability to perform tasks requiring lifting below, at, and above shoulder height.
Experience reviewing drawings and releasing finished products.
Proficiency in data collection and maintaining records in SAP/SharePoint.
Experience maintaining certificates of conformity, creating certificate packages, archiving batch files, and retaining samples.
Experience managing Quality Systems and Processes, including ISO 9001, Quality Policy, validation protocols, Management of Change, Management Review, and QA strategy.
Experience managing quality inquiries.
Experience managing new products and new material validation processes.

Responsibilities

Leads the Quality Control team in all system management audits, including internal and customer audits.
Leads Management of Change activities that impact Quality Control activities.
Responsible for Clariant compliance and subsequent adherence to government flow-down directives.
Mentors and trains Quality Control technicians on policies and procedures.
Designs, develops, and implements best quality practices and processes for product development, including new QC methods, and optimizes existing methods to ensure accurate analytical results.
Ensures that a reporting structure for analytical results is maintained and that accurate results are reported.
Identifies the root cause of quality problems and coordinates modifications or other corrective actions.
Ensures contract compliance by reviewing and approving quality requirements for supplier purchase orders, manufacturing, and other related services.
Performs incoming inspection of all materials to ensure compliance with specifications.
Operates laboratory equipment, including calipers, gauges, and optical inspection equipment.
Makes/tests RH solution for production, requiring lifting below, at, and above shoulder height of solution containers and dry boxes during the process.
Reviews drawings and releases finished product for shipment.
Performs data collection and maintains accurate records and files in SAP/SharePoint. Maintains certificates of conformity information, creates certificate packages, archives batch files, and retains samples.
Manages Quality Systems and Processes (auditing and documentation, including guidelines, procedures, and GMS), ISO 9001, Quality Policy, validation protocols, Management of Change, Management Review, and QA strategy (processes, specifications, standards, and testing) with Sales, Operations, and Project Managers, as applicable.
Manages quality inquiries.
Manages new products and the new material validation process in coordination with Sales, Supply Chain, and Production.