Senior Lab & Quality Assurance Technician

About the role

Bpi Genethics is recruiting a Senior Lab & Quality Assurance Technician in El Socorro. The incumbent oversees all lab operations, ensures compliance with quality standards so that products conform to specification and food safety practices are followed, and assists with documentation covering HACCP, food safety and good manufacturing practices.

Key responsibilities

• Verify and approve quality assurance records for incoming raw materials and packaging, and document all laboratory tests (analytical and microbial), certificates of analysis and daily water checks.
• Ensure Good Manufacturing Practices are followed in production according to company policy and international standards.
• Coordinate control data for MO creation, release and clearance of finished goods, and prepare Certificates of Analysis for batches.
• Plan and coordinate the investigation, analysis and R&D of new ingredients, processing technologies or products, and prepare technical reports and recommendations.
• Assist with regulatory documentation and product testing required for approvals from Chemistry, Food and Drug Divisions or other agencies, and supply quality control data for regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate quality checks internally (maintenance, warehouse, production) and externally (suppliers), communicate non-conformances and prevent non-conforming products from being delivered or processed.
• Coordinate routine and non-routine analyses of in-process materials, raw materials, environmental samples, finished goods and stability samples, interpret results against specifications and control limits, and recommend release decisions.
• Oversee calibration, validation and maintenance of laboratory equipment, and participate in out-of-specification and failure investigations.
• Supervise the compounding process, coordinate inline quality checks, and inspect raw materials on receipt.
• Monitor the water purification system (RO, DI and filtration), analyse water quality trends, investigate deviations and implement corrective and preventive actions, maintaining water system logs and validation documentation.
• Use ERP systems to monitor inventory movements, batch traceability, material usage and quality transactions.

Required profile

• BSc degree in Chemistry, Food Science or a related subject.
• At least three years in a similar capacity in a manufacturing environment, or a relevant combination of training and experience.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills, good physical dexterity, a strong team player, and flexibility, honesty and reliability.