Quality Assurance Specialist

Job description

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

What makes us proud?

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

What makes us proud?

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The successful candidate will be highly responsible, detail oriented, motivated, and a self-starter with a basic understanding of food safety, quality control and quality systems. In addition, this individual will possess the ability to effectively communicate and develop professional relationships with internal and external parties.

This position will require collaborative work with cross functional groups including Operations, Supply Chain, Customers.

Key Accountabilities

·  Assist in the execution of Roquette's Quality Assurance programs for manufacturing operations related to active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, human food, and animal feed production.
·  Assist in the execution of FDA and GMP compliance, HACCP implementation, documentation, complaint investigation, non-conformance investigation as well as minor technical support related to Quality.
·  Support the execution of Quality department initiatives to achieve site Quality and Food Safety KPIs.
·  Follow direction for the implementation of QA management and food safety programs.
·  Approve product release and determining finished product disposition.
·  Conduct statistical analysis, problem solving and trouble shooting.
·  Perform task-based Quality Assurance responsibilities per the direction of site Quality Assurance Management.
·  Contribute to Quality culture improvement goals.
·  Perform reviews of manufacturing and quality control records.
·  Prepare records for excipient and active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing.
·  Perform facility inspections to ensure good manufacturing practices are performed.  Report results to Quality and Operations management.
·  Be an active member of site HACCP teams (PCQI training is preferred).
·  Assist with the internal audit program.
·  Assist with the preparation, performance, and follow-up of customer, certification, and regulatory audits.
·  Assist Quality Control and Operations with nonconformance investigations. 
·  Support the Change Control Program.
·  Prepare/revise site Quality documentation.
·  Assist the Global Customer Quality Request system by answering technical questions associated with Roquette Quality programs and products.

Qualifications/ Requirements

Education:

BS degree in a biology, chemistry, food science or related technical field.

Experience:

2 years of Quality Control or Quality Assurance experience in the industrial, food, or pharma industry

Roquette is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. 

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com