Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance Specialist

Our client is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to support quality systems, compliance, auditing, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing environment. This role helps ensure products, processes, and quality procedures meet ISO 9001 standards, regulatory expectations, customer requirements, and applicable valve product certification standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support the Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with ISO 9001 standards.
• Ensure procedures, work instructions, and quality records meet regulatory and organizational requirements.
• Support internal, external, certification, and customer audits.
• Plan, conduct, and document internal audits to verify compliance and quality system effectiveness.
• Coordinate and track calibration of inspection, measuring, and test equipment to ensure accuracy and traceability.
• Address audit findings through corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Develop, review, and update SOPs, work instructions, and quality documentation.
• Manage document control processes, including versioning, approvals, distribution, and employee access to current documentation.
• Support valve product certification processes, including API, ASME, and customer-specific standards.
• Verify compliance with product specifications, material certifications, and testing requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Coordinate and document Management of Change (MOC) activities affecting processes, materials, or products.
• Evaluate the impact of process or product changes on quality, safety, and compliance.
• Ensure approvals, risk assessments, and documentation are completed before implementation.
• Identify process improvement opportunities using Lean, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, or similar tools.
• Track quality metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Quality Management Systems in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 standards.
• Experience with internal audits, audit documentation, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Experience managing quality documentation, SOPs, work instructions, and document control processes.
• Knowledge of calibration tracking for inspection, measuring, and test equipment.
• Ability to collaborate with production, engineering, and quality teams.
• Strong attention to detail, documentation accuracy, and compliance practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with valve product certification requirements.
• Familiarity with API, ASME, or customer-specific product standards.
• Experience with Management of Change (MOC) processes.
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, or continuous improvement methods.
• Experience supporting customer or certification audits.