Supervisor, Quality Control

Supervisor, Quality Control - night shift in Springfield, MO

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life‑saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

We proudly offer

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

This Quality Control Supervisor position will lead evening‑shift laboratory operations and a team of Quality Control Analysts who perform analytical testing in support of API manufacturing. This role combines scientific expertise with hands‑on leadership to ensure raw materials, in‑process samples, finished APIs, stability samples, and special projects are tested safely, accurately, and on schedule. Working closely with Manufacturing, Quality, and other site teams, the supervisor develops team capability, resolves laboratory challenges, and promotes a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping ensure every product meets the quality standards our customers, and their patients, depend on.

This position primarily supports evening‑shift operations and requires flexibility to work outside normal business hours based on operational needs.

• Lead, coach, and develop Quality Control Analysts, creating an environment where employees feel supported, accountable, and empowered to perform their best.
• Assign and prioritize daily work to meet testing timelines, manufacturing needs, and departmental objectives.
• Monitor team performance, productivity, and compliance, providing timely feedback, recognition, training, and performance management as appropriate.
• Ensure employees are properly trained and that required training is documented before independently performing assigned work.
• Provide technical guidance on laboratory procedures, SOPs, specifications, protocols, controlled forms, investigations, and applicable manufacturing documentation.

• Oversee and, when needed, perform routine and non‑routine analytical testing of raw materials, in‑process samples, finished APIs, stability samples, and special projects.
• Review analytical data and documentation to ensure results are accurate, complete, timely, and scientifically sound.
• Apply strong knowledge of chromatography, including HPLC, UPLC, and GC, as well as other common analytical techniques and instrumentation.
• Coordinate multiple testing priorities and projects to support established schedules, deadlines, and business needs.
• Support the maintenance, calibration, qualification, and validation of laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Provide technical expertise in the evaluation and interpretation of analytical results and laboratory issues.

• Ensure laboratory activities are performed in accordance with cGMP requirements, approved procedures, data integrity expectations, and applicable company and regulatory standards.
• Lead or support investigations involving out‑of‑specification results, deviations, laboratory events, change controls, and CAPAs, ensuring conclusions are scientifically justified and actions are completed on time.
• Author, review, and revise Quality Control SOPs, test methods, protocols, and other controlled…