Quality Control Supervisor

Job description

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

Want to help us make a difference?
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.

What We Offer:

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Enjoy a highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.

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Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, 6.2% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.

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Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.

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Paid maternity leave, and paid parental leave (including adoption/surrogacy/foster care leave) for non-birthing parents. Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement program.

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Annual wellness benefit and wellness centered programs.

The Role:

Oversees the daily operation of analytical and microbiology laboratories that are responsible for quality control testing of food ingredients.  Supervises laboratory personnel, approves timesheets and coordinates shift work schedules.  Laboratory responsibilities include the execution of microbiological assays for bacteria, yeast/mold and pathogens in manufactured food products and the operation and calibration of lab equipment (pH meter, autoclave, microscopes).  This position will also participate in customer audits, conduct annual employee competency training and complete out-of-specification (OOS) investigation reports.

What You'll Do:

·  Supervises laboratory technicians in a Quality Control laboratory
·  Utilizes microbiological techniques such pour plating, pathogen identification to verify quality compliance of food and pharmaceutical ingredients
·  Facilitates the onboarding of new lab employees and conducts annual training sessions for existing lab staff 
·  Writes, reviews and updates laboratory SOP’s and documents
·  Understands and applies regulatory and compendial standards established by FDA, USP, and ISO.  

What You'll Have:

·  Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, biology or microbiology. Masters degree preferred.
·  Supervisory experience in a Quality or Industrial laboratory setting preferred.
·  General knowledge of microbiological techniques such as with pour plating, bacterial enumeration and Gram-staining
·  Preparation of selective media using such as soy broth, trypticase soy agar, Sabouraud’s agar.
·  Proficient at operating autoclave equipment, Karl Fisher analyzers, UV-VIS spectrophotometers, HPLC systems and pH meters.

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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