Quality Auditor

Job Description

Job Title:

Quality Auditor

Reports To:

Quality Manager

Summary:

The Quality Auditor serves as the lead quality authority for their individual plants. Work closely with Quality Coordinator, develops, implements, maintains, and continually improves the facility’s quality management system to ensure compliance with internal, customer, and regulatory requirements.

• Provides supervision of Quality Inspectors/Auditors.
• Provides technical support to plant personnel on various quality functions and specialized software applications.
• Serves as the facility ISO 9000 Management Representative.
• Communicates quality results to the organization, and as needed to the customer.
• Establishes and maintains the organization’s quality documentation system, including the quality policy, quality objectives, quality manual, quality procedures, work instructions, quality records, and other supportive quality documents to ensure compliance with specified requirements.
• Serves as a liaison with the customer regarding quality issues, and works closely with the customer to continually improve the organization’s quality management system to meet or exceed the customer’s requirements.
• Manages internal and supplier audit process; establishes scheduling; prepares checklists; assigns audit teams; conducts audits; issues corrective actions; and monitors effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Responsible for processing vendor claims and monitoring supplier performance.
• Effectively interacts with all departments, suppliers, and customers in support of integrated management system processes.
• Serves as a technical resource for problem-solving regarding quality issues and chromatographic problems, both at the local and sector levels.
• Serves as liaison with external auditors, and maintains quality system certification.
• Maintains and follows all company policies and procedures for OHSE, personal protection, and hazardous materials/waste handling according to established guidelines.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts intended to add value and promote customer satisfaction.
• Supports and promotes OHSE objectives and ISO 14000, and OHSAS 18000 requirements.

The individual in this position must be able to work flexible hours, including weekends when needed. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or university in chemistry, engineering, quality, business, or related field.
• 3-5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience should include supervision of a work group, management of quality systems, computer software experience, including database management, and technical expertise in chromatography and statistical process control; strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of ISO Standard requirements, and experience with Agilent gas chromatographs, chromatographic software and quality management software systems is desirable.
• CI training to include LSS, Green Belt, Quality systems.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee frequently stands, sits, and reaches with hands and arms, occasionally stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls, and must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Must be able to travel both domestic and international.

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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