Quality Management Systems Leader

Job Title: Quality Management System Leader

Job Location: Calvert City, KY

Job type: Full-Time

Type of role: On-Site

About Lubrizol

The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Join Our Thriving Team as a Quality Management Systems Leader

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the specialty chemical industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do

Our Quality Control Management System Leader is our Site Lead for all Quality Management System (QMS) activities including internal auditing and management review programs and our QC Lab Systems activities.

What We're Looking For

• Responsible and accountable for all site QMS activities to be executed promptly and effectively.
• Establish and sustain the site QMS in line with the required industry standards (e.g., TS16949, ISO 9001).
• Lead and manage the audit program to ensure that all nonconformities raised during audits are effectively corrected and independently verified.
• Manage all external registration requirements to ensure they are met. Liaise with external entities on all matters relating to registration.
• Ensure training for the Quality Management System is effective.
• Ensure internal audits of the QMS are process-based per the audit plan and that they are effective.
• Develop, implement, and manage key leading / lagging performance indicators (KPIs) related to the QMS.
• Ensure all required inputs for the Management Review Meeting (MRM) are reviewed/assessed.
• Work as part of the Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting, and implementing continuous improvement activities (QMS).
• Support QC lab systems through leadership and active participation in LIMS/SAP and all local area network and Sharepoint sites.
• Provide subject matter expertise for LIMS design, implementation, and maintenance for all site activities.
• Support lab analyst regarding maintenance of LIMS/SAP activities.
• Support the QC lab in the control of records, document control, QC data statistical systems, QC reports, and serve as a liaison with others within and outside the QC lab.
  
  

Skills That Make a Difference

• ISO 9001 Trained
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in a related field
• 5 years experience leading a QMS within the manufacturing industry
• Ability to communicate complex scientific findings and recommendations in one-on-one discussions and departmental meetings.
• Excellent technical writing experience in a regulatory environment such as protocols, reports, and SOPs.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to learn new techniques, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, keep accurate records, follow instructions, and comply with company policies.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office, data analysis software, and other related applications
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are essential in this collaborative work environment.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with minimal to no direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
  
  

Considered a Plus

• Proficient with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• 4 years of experience, preferably in a chemical industry and ISO9001/14001/45001 environment.
• Experience with a Lab Information Management System (LabVantage, Sample Manager, LabWare, StarLIMS or similar).
• Demonstrated success implementing LIMS and computer system validation.
• Experience in areas such as quality control lab, COA management, lab instrumentation interfacing, Quality Data Management, change control, and IATF/FDA/GMP environments.
  
  

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.

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