Quality Assurance Assistant Job Description
Quality assurance assistant
provides technical support to manufacturing in the areas of Good Microbiological Laboratory Practices, lab staffing, training, and auditing.
Quality Assurance Assistant Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provide automation test and measurement support
Develop, administer and maintain Food Safety, Standard Operation, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Safe Quality Food (SQF), and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans and procedures
Conduct safety training sessions, including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), for plant personnel
Perform monthly GMP, HACCP, and SQF internal audits, procedures, paperwork, and inspections
Identify defects effectively and efficiently
Clearly communicate with vendors in writing and/or verbally regarding defective and unacceptable merchandise
Apply the core quality measuring tool - Quality Assurance Card (QAC) according to company guidelines this core quality measuring tool according to company guidelines to drive and improve quality standards globally
Meet weekly and monthly quality quota targets and reporting deadlines
Make impartial quality decisions based on fact
To analyse data, identify trends and areas for improvement in quality of verbal and written communications
Quality Assurance Assistant Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Quality Assurance Assistant
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: SQF, PQ, OQ, IQ, DQ, PCQI, HACCP, UL
Education for Quality Assurance Assistant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the quality assurance assistant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Business, Public Health, Public Administration, Science, Health Care, Education, Engineering, Biology, Nursing, Chemistry
Skills for Quality Assurance Assistant
Desired skills for quality assurance assistant include:
Food manufacturing plant operations
Food safety programs
Microbiological and sanitation concepts
Chemistry lab terms
Laboratory work
Measurement
Microsoft Office
Compliance as it applies to your role
Apparel construction and fabrication and various fashion categories
HACCP
Desired experience for quality assurance assistant includes:
Provide detailed reporting, trend analysis, QAC scores and feedback as required by location, brand or team
Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and share ideas with the quality team
Maintain consistency and apply a logical approach to using and handling sensitive data
Deliver objective verbal and written feedback to consultants in response to quality results
Work collaboratively with the training team, to make both recommendations for quality training focuses and to measure quality results following training
Must possess a positive attitude and always lead by example
Quality Assurance Assistant Examples
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Quality Assurance Assistant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a quality assurance assistant. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for quality assurance assistant
- Assess, coach, inspire QA Specialist
- Assist with designing and updating training materials/job aids/QA program
- Complete all necessary preparation and documentation participate in recruitment/hiring/interview process
- Participate in progressive disciplinary process
- Reviews quality assurance standards, studies existing policies and procedures, to evaluate effectiveness of quality assurance program
- To perform other assigned duties as necessary
- Responsible for updating and assuring document accuracy and control for QA departments
- Learn and be functional in all QA/Training positions as a backup
- To participate in designing the call monitoring formats and suitable quality standards
- To provide trend data to the site management team
Qualifications for quality assurance assistant
- To use quality monitoring data management system for compiling and tracking performances at team and individual levels
- To coordinate and facilitate call calibration sessions for the organization staffs
- To provide feedbacks to the team leaders and managers
- To prepare and analyze internal quality reports
- Able to work within an Agile Development cycle
- Scripting/Programming Language experience ( of Python, Perl, PHP, bash/csh)
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of quality assurance assistant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for quality assurance assistant
- Handle receipts and credit card reconciliation and create expense reports
- Provide calendar management for Vice President his leadership team, where needed
- Manages and supervises the resources of the Quality Management Section
- Conduct quarterly and annual performance review of each employees and recommends retraining, lateral transfer, salary increase or termination
- Foster a food safety culture through open communication and education with plant manager, engineers, and employees
- Collaborate with plant management on implementation and ongoing improvements of the environmental monitoring program for both indicator organisms and pathogens
- Evaluate microbiological testing program, implement improvements and ensure testing is carried out according to the reference method, using proper technique and with appropriate interpretation of the resulting data
- Provide guidance in trouble-shooting food safety issues, that includes defining microbiological investigation protocols and conducting root cause investigations
- Lead quarterly Food Safety and Customer complaint meetings
- Identify and implement appropriate quality assurance testing policies and procedures
Qualifications for quality assurance assistant
- Knowledge of internet protocols (HTTP, TCP, UDP, SSH)
- Experience in using network debugging tools like Wireshark, Charles Proxy
- Experience in of C++, C, Java
- Experience in using Agile tools (like JIRA, Greenhopper)
- Bachelor Degree, or Laboratory Technician or Pharmacy Assistant with broad knowledge of the pharmaceutical or Feed/Food industry
- Expert level skills with Microsoft Excel
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of quality assurance assistant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for quality assurance assistant
- Participate in Industry associations as it relates to food safety rules and regulations
- Clear communication between DC & office
- Upskill and educate teams to follow the corporate quality control processes
- Issues and incidents resolved, working with the given timeframe
- Accuracy of record keeping and measurable data
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Sainsbury’s Values
- Implement processes, trackers and forms to improve the ways of working
- Provide timely information to stakeholders regarding compliance with suggested remedy
- Manage General Managers’ electronic schedule to ensure efficient time management
- Prepare clear & well-written communications on behalf of GM, both within Volkswagen & with outside recipients, including VW Group as required
Qualifications for quality assurance assistant
- At least 5 years of Quality Assurance experience in a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) environment
- Experience performing batch record review and lot disposition is essential
- Experience regarding DP formulation, sterile filling, and finishing is highly desired
- Experience managing complex manufacturing or testing investigations and quality events and issues
- Experience performing systems related internal and external audits
- Experience utilizing an EDMS or TrackWise quality management system is a plus
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a quality assurance assistant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for quality assurance assistant
- Identify non-conforming products and collaborates with local and regional QA to determine/document root cause(s) and corrective actions
- Support Planning in conversion of batches (rework, torn bags) and shelf life extension for manual consumption
- Act as site QC representative on matters related to GLIMS and coordinate with super-users from the QC labs
- Ensure base release linked with S environmental monitoring
- Coordinate with related cross function team such as MS, R&D, and local quality on risk assessment of non-conforming materials
- Attend daily meetings and update status of quality issues to TPM team
- Support developing and enhancing the governance and reporting structure
- Support preparation of reports for the Vendor Risk Management (VRM) Committee and the Risk Management Committee and act as a backup for the reporting analyst when the reporting analyst is unavailable
- Support initial risk assessment and Control Partner Assessments processes and ensure they are properly performed in reviewing New & Existing vendors by Performing QA’s of all relevant risk assessments within agreed SLA’s
- Support the process of Managing and updating Third Party Risk Management policies and procedures
Qualifications for quality assurance assistant
- Possess effective communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, and teamwork skills
- Job requires Good Laboratory Practice standards and experience working in a GLP regulated research environment
- Experience with EN 15038 (ISO 17100) and/or ISO 27001
- Experience with ISO 9001 and/or other international standards and regulations
- Exceptional attention to detail the ability to see the big picture
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate the needs of leadership
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of quality assurance assistant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for quality assurance assistant
- Manage the Quality Assurance reviews of Suspicious Activity Alerts, the filing of suspicious activity reports (SARs), the filing of Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), performing Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) on high risk customers, and monitoring and reviewing of OFAC screen results
- Identify and report key risk indicator (KRI) metrics produced from the quality assurance reviews
- Develop, create, implement and manage the internal BSA testing of the FCRM alert thresholds and overall tuning and optimization based on the strategy set by the Quality Assurance Manager
- Execute the Quality Assurance (QA) program through performance of QA reviews on the internal audit function
- Assistance may be needed for other work
- May utilize and/or operate material moving equipment, carts, and use some inspection tools including hand tools and precision devices
- Deal with a range of enquires from internal and external customers in a professional manner, establishing their requirements and adapting the standard responses accordingly
- Ensure that work is undertaken and documented in a regulatory compliant way and be prepared for regular audits and inspections, contributing to the development of the quality management system for the area of QA & RA
- Process safety reports, produce documentation, plan and organising meetings, take minutes and ensure any travel arrangements are made
- Take responsibility for basic administration on Q-Pulse and the production of regular status update reports
Qualifications for quality assurance assistant
- Hands-on experience in large scale software testing and release
- 4+ years consecutive experience in an administrative role supporting a Director or VP
- Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Food Science, Biology, or Chemistry
- SQF Practitioner
- Food safety management experience
- Experience working in a lab environment, including the understanding of methods for monitoring for the presence of pathogens and spoilage organisms in foods and food processing environments and in the interpretation of the test results