Quality Associate-, QA Assurance - Day shift

Position: Quality Associate-I, QA Assurance - Day shift (Sunday to Thursday 7:00-15:30)
This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter
This is where your creativity addresses challenges

You are creative, detailed, and a heads-down do-er. You embrace a challenge and truly apply the collaborative powers of your team to produce great results. You are motivated by work that is never the same from one day to the next. As a Quality Associate-I, QA Assurance - Day shift, you are unafraid of navigating through necessary internal processes to facilitate a product you deeply believe in.

You can absorb and act on complex procedures and data and train your team or peers if needed. You take pride in getting things done quickly without sacrificing safety or quality.

Your Team at Baxter
Within Quality, each role has impact. Baxter’s products reach patients worldwide. Whether you build a new process or tackle a novel production challenge, individuals in Quality are trusted to apply creativity. Your specific role will touch some part of our global operation.

The mission of Baxter is to save and sustain lives. This mission is embedded into everything we do. This means if there is a decision to be made where quantity and quality are at odds, we will always choose quality. Our patients come first, always.

The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant or an office where there are opportunities to collaborate. As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to build top-of-the-line products.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something. This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps develop a better product for our customers.

What you'll be doing

Deliver direct daily assistance on product quality concerns to guarantee adherence to GMP, regulatory, and procedural standards

Support plant overtime and planned shutdowns, and other shifts as necessary

Provide technical assistance in reviewing and approving procedural changes, addressing product quality concerns, reinspection, new product introduction, and Protocols

Partner with Quality and Production personnel to identify and implement mitigating actions

Ensure timely follow-up on quality exceptions and their preventative/corrective actions

Initiate/investigate and approve non-conformance events in the Trackwise system

Perform final release of products to distribution, ensuring product conformity to specifications, SOPs, and regulatory requirements

Maintain control of defective WIP materials to ensure adequate segregation, movement, documentation, and timely follow-up within the plant

What you'll bring

University Degree or equivalent experience in Microbiology, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, or Engineering

ASQ certification or other…