What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Specialist - Minnesota position at ANDPAK INC?
A Quality Assurance Specialist's role involves reviewing processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing changes to enhance quality.
Candidates must be familiar with regulatory and quality standards to ensure that our products and services meet all necessary requirements before they reach the consumer. The ideal candidate would have a unique blend of technical expertise, attention to detail and excellent communication skills to ensure the highest quality standards are met, including:
- Analytical skills to evaluate data and make operational decisions
- Attention to detail in order to detect defects in products and processes
- Knowledge of quality assurance methods and tools to ensure effective testing procedures
- Problem-solving skills to identify, understand and rectify issues in the production process
- Excellent communication skills to effectively convey problems, solutions, and updates to team members and management
- Ability to work well in a team environment to achieve common goals
- Technical aptitude to understand the design, function and usage of the product or service being tested
- Understanding of regulatory and compliance standards within the specific industry
- Project management skills to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement quality control procedures to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards and guidelines
- Identify and set quality assurance standards based on understanding customer expectations and industry requirements
- Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with established quality assurance standards
- Prepare and present reports and metrics related to quality assurance and compliance activities
- Plan, conduct, and monitor testing and inspection of materials and products to ensure finished product quality
- Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues
- Assist in the development of training material for quality assurance and compliance staff
- Review the implementation and efficiency of quality and inspection systems
- Collaborate with operations teams to identify areas for quality improvement
Qualifications
- Proven work experience as a Quality Assurance Specialist or similar role
- Thorough knowledge of methodologies of quality assurance and standards
- Excellent numerical skills and understanding of data analysis/statistical methods
- Strong attention to detail and a results-driven approach
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Certification of quality control is a strong advantage (ISO 9000 etc.)
- BSc degree in relevant field
Benefits offered:
- Medical, Dental and Vision the first of the month following hire date
- Company sponsored Life Insurance and AD&D as well as optional life insurance
- Flexible Spending Plan
- 401k plan, eligible as of hire date
About our company, Andpak has decades of experience in the field of specialist contract packaging, with numerous brand leaders and household names among our customers. We specialize in single or dual cartridges & syringes, barrier & Injection kits, markers & pens. We also specialize in bottle and can filling of all different sizes, as well as flexible packs such as Clip-Paks, BustSeal-Paks, tubes, sachets and pouches.
Our objective is to offer the widest range on the market and also offer to design with a unique packaging solution based on application needs.
Color pigmentation, UV traces, filler addition to pre-selected materials, and viscosity adjustment are all services available from Andpak.
Andpak is a part of the ADDEV Materials Group, which allows us to have an international reach while being able to provide local services. Today ADDEV has 5 sites around the world including four sites dedicated to our Custom Packaging activity, two in North America and two in Europe. Our main production center is based in Morgan Hill, CA, a site in Brooklyn Park, MN, a site in Holywell Green, UK and a site in Toulouse, France.
Thanks to our wide industrial capabilities around the world, we are able to provide the largest custom packages range on the market. We have specialized rooms to handle specific material packaging requirements. Andpak uses automated as well as manual lines to ensure repeatability and quality of filling based on customer requirements. We also have various on-site testing capabilities of packaging solutions.
ADDEV Materials is an international mid-size company, specialized in the custom packaging of surface treatments, adhesives & sealants, paints & coatings, and the converting of tapes, foams, technical films, fibers & electrical insulatives for industrial customers in the following sectors: Aerospace & Defense, Mobility Industry & Healthcare, Power & Electronics. The company gathers 800 people, in 16 industrial plants in Europe, North America and Asia, with an annual sales turnover of 210 million euros.