Laboratory Supervisor, Quality Control (Biotech)

 

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there's no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that's the kind of work we want to be part of.

Lonza Quakertown, PA has an exciting opportunity for a Laboratory Supervisor, Quality Control. The successful candidate will support a great team, in a great organization.  We are looking for someone with prior leadership experience, the ability to coach and develop a team, and someone with prior HPLC experience in a GMP environment (preferred).

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise the QC analysts, including assigning and scheduling daily tasks and projects. In addition to scheduling lab staffing.
• Oversees all Quality Control testing and reviews laboratory records, reports and other documentation for accuracy, appropriateness and timeliness
• Develop, optimize and validate test protocols, asses other analytical procedures to ensure consistency among testing methods
• Ensure corporate, cGMP and GLP compliance of all activities within the department
• Performs testing and/or sampling in a primary role and/or back-up role as needed
• Participate in compliance audits, investigations and CAPA implementation
• Management of Environmental Monitoring, Microbiological and Cleaning Validation/ Verification
• Training of personnel on laboratory equipment
• Maintaining laboratory equipment including calibration, preventative maintenance and performance qualification/validation.
• Writing of laboratory related procedures
• Other duties as required

Key Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in a Scientific Discipline
• 5 years of related experience
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of cGMP and GLP regulations and standard industry guidance.
• Proficiency with MS office suite
• Documentum and Trackwise knowledge
• Strong skills at team facilitation, team organization, communications of priorities.

Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.