Quality Assurance Specialist - 12 Month Fixed Term

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. Pay Range £25,800 - £41,340  Placement within the salary range will depend on experience, qualifications Job Summary Bio-Techne is a world-leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality life science reagents and is seeking a QA Specialist to join their QA Compliance team at their manufacturing site in Bristol. The successful candidate, reporting to the QA Compliance Team Leader, will play a key role within the QA department, working closely with internal colleagues to ensure that quality systems and QA processes are effectively implemented and maintained to support us in meeting company, customer and compliance requirements. This site is ISO 9001:2015 certified with both Research Use Only (RUO) product and GMP product manufacturing capabilities. Key Responsibilities Execute and maintain Quality Management System (QMS) processes, ensuring timely and accurate administration and progression of requests relating to documentation, logbooks, change controls, deviations, non-conformances, and CAPA activities, in line with procedural requirements, target due dates and priority level. Support supplier quality management activities, including qualification, monitoring, documentation review and ongoing maintenance of the supplier program. Support investigation and timely resolution of quality issues. Facilitating deviation, non-conformance, and customer complaint management processes, ensuring records are complete and compliant. Support customer quality queries and complaints in line with quality and business expectations. Generate quality metrics, process performance monitoring and compliance data. Provide routine reporting and administrative support to help identify risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, supporting projects that enhance quality system efficiency whilst maintaining or strengthening product quality, compliance performance and customer satisfaction Required Qualifications BSc/BA degree educated Experience of working within a Quality Assurance or Quality Systems function within an ISO 9001 Management System, or similar Experience in core QA / QMS activities such as documentation control, non-conformance management, change control processes Experience of working within a cGMP environment is desirable Personal Qualities and Attributes Methodical, process orientated and highly organised Excellent attention to detail Strong team player with the ability to establish and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with peers outside of the department Strong time management skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English Self-motivated with a flexible and can-do, positive attitude Be a champion of our EPIC values: Empowerment, Passion, Innovation, Collaboration. Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources. Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and a vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.   Why Join Bio-Techne: We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families. We invest in our employees’ financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan. We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more. We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging.  We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table. Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or take part in any other stage of the recruitment process, please contact hr@bio-techne.com for assistance.