Quality Control Lead

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Location: Allendale, NJ (Onsite)

Schedule: Monday–Friday | 1st Shift 7am-3:30pm

Type: Contract-to-Hire

We are seeking an experienced Quality Control (QC) Lead to oversee daily QC inspection activities within a regulated manufacturing environment. This role provides hands‑on support to production, incoming materials, and packaging lines while ensuring compliance with GMP, ISO, and internal quality standards.

The QC Lead will serve as the main point of contact for inspectors and technicians on the floor, ensuring work is executed accurately, documentation is complete, and nonconformances are identified and escalated appropriately.

• Lead daily QC inspection activities for incoming materials, in‑process products, and finished goods.
• Perform and verify visual inspections, defect identification, sampling, and material disposition.
• Ensure adherence to inspection criteria, SOPs, and product specifications.
• Support packaging line quality checks, label verification, and line clearance documentation.

• Review, approve, and maintain QC documentation, including batch records, inspection forms, NCRs, and deviation reports.
• Ensure all QC activities comply with cGMP, GDP, ISO 9001, and internal quality requirements.
• Assist with creation and revision of SOPs, WI’s, forms, and inspection standards.

• Provide day‑to‑day leadership to QC Inspectors/Technicians; assign tasks, monitor workflow, and verify completion.
• Train new team members on inspection methods, documentation requirements, and quality expectations.
• Serve as QC representative in production meetings, troubleshooting discussions, and material review boards.

• Support or lead deviation, nonconformance, and CAPA investigations.
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend corrective/preventive actions.
• Partner with Manufacturing, QA, and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues and drive process improvements.

• Maintain a clean, organized, audit‑ready QC work area.
• Support internal audits, customer audits, and external regulatory inspections as needed.

• 3–5+ years of QC experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, biologics, or regulated manufacturing required.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, GDP, and ISO quality systems.
• Experience with visual inspection, raw material/component inspection, or packaging line QC required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor QC staff in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to make decisions independently.
• Proficiency with documentation systems; experience with ERP/MES/QMS systems a plus.

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