Quality Specialist

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At Novonesis, we use biology to create sustainable solutions that improve everyday life and address global challenges. Our work spans food and beverage, human health, agriculture, and industrial biotechnology—helping industries meet global challenges through innovation.

Quality and food safety are at the core of how we operate, enabling us to build trust with customers worldwide. At our Salem, VA site, you’ll join a collaborative team working across production, laboratory, engineering, and sanitation to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant manufacturing operations.

If you’re motivated to grow your career in quality and compliance while making a tangible impact in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this role offers the opportunity to do just that.

The Role & Your Impact As a Quality Specialist, you will lead daily quality and compliance activities in a biotechnology manufacturing environment, ensuring adherence to GMP and food safety standards. This is a highly cross-functional role with direct impact on manufacturing performance, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives. You will serve as a key partner to operations—translating requirements into practical actions, resolving issues in real time, and strengthening quality systems to support safe and efficient production.

Key responsibilities include:

Lead daily quality and food safety activities within manufacturing operations

Conduct GMP inspections, audits, and process verification to ensure compliance

Partner with operations teams to identify and resolve quality issues in real time Investigate deviations, non-conformances, and customer complaints, and drive corrective actions

Maintain and enhance food safety and quality management systems

Drive continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen process reliability and compliance

Leverage digital tools and data (including AI-enabled systems) to improve trending, reporting, and workflows

Ensure accurate documentation and support internal, regulatory, and customer audits

Build strong cross-functional relationships with operations and technical teams

What You’ll Need to Be Successful Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or a related fieldOR 3–5 years of manufacturing or production experience in food, biotech, pharmaceutical, or industrial environments with interest in quality/compliance

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Ability to work perform effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Proficiency with basic computer systems and digital tools

Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities

Willingness to learn and apply new technologies, systems, and AI-enabled tools

Additional Skills & Interests We Value Experience in biotech, food, pharmaceutical, or ingredient manufacturing

Familiarity with GMP, HACCP, and food safety systems

Experience with digital systems such as SAP, LIMS, MES, or Power BIKnowledge of lean manufacturing or continuous improvement methodologies

Experience working cross-functionally within operations environments

What We Offer The opportunity to contribute to solutions that impact billions of people globally

Hands-on experience in advanced biotechnology manufacturing

Clear opportunities to grow into roles across quality, compliance, and operations leadership

Development in AI-enabled manufacturing and data-driven decision-makingA collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainability

Ways of Working / Working ConditionsA highly operations-facing role with regular presence on the production floor

Close collaboration with cross-functional teams including operations and engineering

Fast-paced environment requiring adaptability and proactive problem-solving

Exposure to industrial manufacturing conditions and GMP-regulated environments

Compensation & Benefits Expected salary range: $64,467-$88,644

Benefits you will enjoy:401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution

Minimum of 3 weeks of vacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time Health, Dental, Vision & Life insurance

Healthcare savings account option with generous employer contribution

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