Position Summary: A Senior QA (Quality Assurance) Specialist ensures that products, services, and processes meet strict quality standards and regulatory requirements.
This role involves leading or guiding quality initiatives, troubleshooting quality issues and promoting a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.
Work You’ll Do:
Quality System Leadership-
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Train end-users on standard procedures, tools, and compliance requirements.
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Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive quality assurance protocols and standards.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to internal QA policies and external regulations.
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Manage document control: author, review, and approve SOPs, policies, work instructions, and testing protocols.
Testing, Analysis & Reporting-
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Plan, develop, and execute manual and automated testing strategies for product or software validation.
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Analyze test outcomes, perform root cause analysis, and determine corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
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Prepare and present detailed quality reports, metrics, and insights for management and regulatory bodies.
Process Management-
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Assess, authorize, and oversee IT/software quality by conducting audits, evaluations, and performance monitoring.
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Support the change management process to ensure that updates don’t negatively impact product or process quality.
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Drive and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives in IT processes.
Basic Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering, Quality Management, IT, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or related field.
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7–10 years of professional experience on quality management systems (QMS), testing methodologies, and regulatory compliance (GMP, ISO, Six Sigma, etc.)
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Strong experience with both manual and automated QA/testing tools and practices.
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Experience working within Agile or Scrum methodologies
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Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, and root cause analysis abilities.
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Experience with document and data management, reporting, and audit processes.
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Advanced communication skills for stakeholder engagement and report writing.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Professional certifications, such as Six Sigma, ISO, ASQ CQA/CQE, or similar.
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Familiarity with quality functions within software or manufacturing contexts
Who we are:
Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems.
EEO: The policy of Milacron is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. We are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at
recruitingaccommodations@milacron.com
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