Avantor, a Global Fortune 500 company is looking for a dedicated Quality Assurance Engineer/ Food Safety to optimize our BPS manufacturing/ QARA organization. This Aurora, OH role is full-time, on-site.

Minimum Education Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree

Required Experience (4+ yrs):

• Leading, coordinating and maintaining a site food safety program FSSC Certification
• Applying quality engineering principles, tools and techniques to develop and optimize systems and processes so that they are aligned with company strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Using root cause analysis and risk assessment tools and techniques to perform investigations and determine appropriate corrective action.
• FSSC (Food Safety System Certifications) certification or comparable
• Reviewing and approving quality assurance procedures and reports.
• Leading, conducting and managing internal audits.
• Maintaining SOP’s and Quality Management Systems
• Monitoring compliance with ISO and FDA Quality System Regulation standards.

Preferred Experience:

• Providing support for customer and regulatory audits.
• Updating approved supplier index.
• Maintaining supplier qualification documents and qualifications of service providers that assure compliance with procedures and programs.
• Deviation and complaint investigations, including root cause analysis tools and technical writing.
• Collecting, reviewing, and interpreting data for trend reports, metrics, quality system reviews and complaints.
• Participating in, coordinating and maintaining validations
• CQE/CQA certification.
• Leading, coordinating and maintaining environmental monitoring programs.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

Avantor® is a leading life sciences company and global provider of mission-critical products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries.  A GMP manufacturing facility, the Aurora, OH location specializes in manufacturing biochemicals.

Collaborating/ interfacing effectively with team members the Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for quality assurance activities with oversight of the food safety program.  While performing other duties as assigned, this role will be accountable for:

• Leading the food safety committee
• Investigations
• Quality Management System SOP’s
• Validations
• Performing Incoming Audits
• Maintaining Halal, Kosher, and FSSC 22000 certifications and all associated documentation.
• Quality continuous improvements.

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)

Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level.

Full time onsite position (no remote working options) that frequently will be present and visible in the production areas, laboratories, and warehouse facilities.

Work assignments are diversified.  Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems.  New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.

A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis. Minimal physical effort is required.  Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.

Some rare travel may be required. 

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
 
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
 
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.