Quality Assurance and Safety Program Manager; Laboratory System Quality Specialist

As the Quality Assurance and Safety Program Manager for the Department of Agriculture, you can make a real impact on food safety in Pennsylvania. This role supports statewide efforts to ensure that testing and inspection work is dependable and effective. You will help strengthen the systems that keep communities safe and support agriculture. This is a meaningful leadership role with wide-reaching benefits.

As the Quality Assurance and Safety Program Manager for the Department of Agriculture, you can make a real impact on food safety in Pennsylvania. This role supports statewide efforts to ensure that testing and inspection work is dependable and effective. You will help strengthen the systems that keep communities safe and support agriculture. This is a meaningful leadership role with wide-reaching benefits.

This position leads the development and direction of major quality and safety programs that support statewide laboratory and inspection services. It ensures that food safety and testing activities meet strict scientific and regulatory standards. As a Quality Assurance and Safety Program Manager, you will perform the following duties:

• Quality System Leadership:
  Design and guide a full Quality Management System that connects inspection practices with laboratory services
• Program Enforcement:
  Apply quality policies and procedures to ensure compliance with scientific and regulatory expectations
• Procedure Standardization:
  Develop and unify Standard Operating Procedures across regions and laboratory groups
• Record Management:
  Maintain document control and ensure proper handling, security, and organization of laboratory records

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to 2 days per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:
  
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• T wo years as a Forensic Scientist 2 ( Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) ; or
• Two years as a Forensic DNA Scientist 2 ( Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) ; or
• Four years of professional laboratory experience analyzing chemical, physical, or biological substances or materials and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, forensic science, microbiology, or a closely related physical or natural science, which includes or is supplemented by 16 college credits in chemistry or microbiology.

• This position requires possession of an active PA non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more…