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Quality Engineer I - Reagents

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Location: Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Position Type: Unfixed Term
Job Function: Quality

A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for more than 60 years, bioMérieux provides diagnostic solutions which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety.

In North America we have more than 6,200 team members across 11 sites or subsidiaries, including Salt Lake City-based BioFire Diagnostics and one subsidiary in Montreal, Canada.

Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

Description

Position Summary  
This is a full-time exempt position. The Quality Engineer I is responsible for assisting with the maintenance of technical aspects of the Quality Management System, including investigations, validations, corrective actions, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts. This person will be working with bioMerieux employees outside of Quality Assurance on a day-to-day basis and must have a customer focused attitude.  The person represents Quality Assurance on complex technical and process issues.  They are an advisor to assist resolving problems where they support specialty experts and guide process compliance.  
Schedule: 4X10s Monday-Thursday. Every fifth week Sunday-Wednesday.
Primary Duties  
  • Performs all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of the bioMerieux Diagnostics, LLC Quality System
  • May support the NCR, CAPA, validation and risk management systems to ensure the following:
    • Relevant procedures and requirements are considered and applied
    • Timely completion of support activities
  • May assist teams with investigation methodologies and validation strategies
  • Assist team with notes, action item recording and follow through, and communication to senior leaders as needed.
Qualifications  
Training and Education  
  • Required – Bachelor’s Degree in a Science or Engineering discipline. Minimum ten years professional experience in a Quality Assurance, Quality Control, laboratory or life science or other manufacturing setting that has a formal quality system may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Knowledge of good manufacturing practices, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and/or 21 CFR 820 is required.
Experience  
  • Minimum 1-year previous on-the-job experience requiring professional communication and interactions utilizing skills outlines below
  • Previous experience in an Engineering, Scientific, or Investigative role is preferred.
  • Experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, laboratory or life science or other manufacturing setting that has a formal quality system is preferred.
  • Application and use of Continuous Improvement and QA tools (Pareto, flow charts, Ishikawa, process capability, histogram, 8D, etc.) a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  
  • Fundamental understanding of problem investigations (identification, scope determination, impact assessment, and remedial action)
  • Technical writing skills
  • Writing procedures, flowcharting
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally
  • Application of Quality Risk Management principles
  • Attention to detail (e.g. document reviews, investigation write ups).
  • High level of written and verbal communications skills
  • Ability to communicate with Statisticians and perform statistical calculations as instructed. 
  • Wisdom to seek help when needed.
  • Proficiency in MS Office tools, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
Physical Requirements
  • Ability to remain in a stationary psotion, often standing, for prolonged periods

Please be aware that recruitment related scams are on the rise. Fraudulent job postings are being placed on other websites, and individuals posing as bioMérieux Talent Acquisition team members are reaching out via email or text message in an attempt to collect your personal and confidential information. In some cases, these scammers are also conducting bogus interviews prior to extending fraudulent offers of employment. Beware of individuals reaching out using general phone numbers and non-bioMerieux email domains (i.e. Hotmail.com, Gmail.com, Yahoo.com, etc.). If you are concerned that an interview experience or offer of employment might be a scam, please make sure you are searching for the posting on our careers site https://careers.biomerieux.com/ or contact us at [email protected].

BioMérieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant’s identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMérieux’s or its affiliates’ application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at [email protected], or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).

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