Senior Quality Technician - Afternoon Shift
About The Position
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. This position is eligible to receive a target annual cash bonus based on individual and company performance, in accordance with company policy. This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Please note that we use Artificial Intelligence to assist with note-taking during interviews. Position Summary: The Senior QC Technician will lead a Consumables Manufacturing team in the swing shift to meet company goals related to safety, quality, continuous improvement, and daily production targets for cartridges.
Requirements
- BS in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related discipline preferred
- 4+ years’ experience working in a life science quality control environment, and familiar with QC workflow
- Excellent communication skills
- Technical wet lab skills
- Strong organizational skills with an attention to detail and quality
- Able to work and lead QC team independently with minimal guidance
- Working knowledge of ISO and/or regulatory compliance requirements
- Working competency with Excel, Word, Outlook, and other analytical software tools
- Good written and verbal skills
- Knowledge of Lean/Continuous Improvement, or a willingness to learn
Responsibilities
- Align with production supervisor/manager on priorities and communicate daily QC work schedule to the QC team
- Allocate daily work assignments to the team to support production schedule and achieve targets
- Perform QC assay runs on consumables cartridges
- Process assay results and perform basic statistical analysis
- Ensure cartridge QC documentation is complete and accurate and generate cartridge Certificate of Analysis
- Develop a working knowledge of all QC processes; leverage knowledge to troubleshoot issues; identify non-conformance and implement corrective actions
- Champion continuous improvement activities
- Ensure adherence to SOP and Work Instructions, and overall compliance to ISO 9001 standards
- Promote cross-training to mitigate single-point failures, and production surges
- Coordinate and ensure sufficient materials for QC operation
- Promote safety and proper operation of all equipment
- Display technical skills and leadership skills; function as a role model, maintain morale and ensure effective communication with team
- Support inventory management tasks (physical and ERP/business systems) as directed
- Lead and support company EPIC values, and lead by example.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned
Benefits
- competitive insurance benefits including: medical; dental; long-term disability; life and group income protection; and personal accident and travel.
- Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Group RRSP) and a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) option.
- mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
- employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives
- accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
