Senior Quality Engineer

Are you a resilient, self-motivated, Quality team member who enjoys challenges? Taconic Biosciences is looking for a dynamic flexible individual with a life sciences background that enjoys solving problems and making things better! If you have worked in a Lean Six Sigma environment and have at least 4 years of Quality experience, this opportunity may be for you. Apply today!

Taconic Biosciences is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our dedicated Quality team in this onsite position working at both the Germantown, NY and Rensselaer, NY sites. Internally this role will hold the title of Operations Quality Assurance Lead.

The Salary Band: $78,000 - $92,000, exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

What we offer:

• Insurance within 30 days or less which includes options for medical, dental, vision, pet insurance and more!
• 20 days paid time off plus 6 additional holidays and 1 floating holiday
• Annual Bonus Program
• Work life balance
• 401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Career advancement opportunities
• Commitment to training and providing you with the skills you need for success
• All employees receive access to 24/7 telemedicine (including mental health), short- and long-term disability and life insurance

If you are looking for a rewarding career and the opportunity to grow, apply today!

The Role:

As the Operations Quality Assurance Lead you will work with a global team of professionals across all functional areas of the company. While the position has core responsibilities, it must also meet the ever-changing demands of a growing business. The Operations Quality Assurance Lead will perform audits, disposition non-conformances, ensuring effective containment, and perform quality processes as needed. This position will also be lead for the global corrective action system, ensuring effective root cause analysis and corrective actions, trending and analyzing data, and ensuring timely closure. If you are resilient, self-motivated and enjoy challenges, this is the role for you!

Duties of the Operations Quality Assurance Lead include the following:

• Facilitate continuous improvement of Taconic Biosciences quality systems.
• Partners with all areas of the business to support implementation and understanding of quality systems.
• Provide containment actions for customer complaints and non-conformances.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that SOPs accurately reflect the processes needed to meet Taconic and animal welfare requirements.
• Support Response Team process.
• Tabulate, trend and report quality metrics.
• Follow DMAIC process (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and utilize Lean Six Sigma tools to support investigations and process improvements.
• Provide training on quality related topics to Taconic employees.
• Support external audits of Taconic facilities.
• Perform internal audits of Taconic facilities and processes.
• Manage Document Control System for Taconic facilities.
• Facilitate change management program.
• Support equipment calibration and validation program.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university in engineering, technical, or scientific discipline required, or technical/managerial experience at an equivalent level.
• MS in engineering, technical, or scientific discipline preferred.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant training and/or experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Experience in developing and leading projects.
• Expertise in DMAIC, or equivalent, problem-solving tools required.
• Experience leading and performing quality owned processes; audits, managing non-conforming material, containment, and root cause corrective action (RCCA), document management, calibration management, validation and verification management, and the like.
• Must be adept at performing trend and data analysis, identifying priority trends, and driving effective solutions.
• Must be adept at creating and maintaining automated status, tracking, and reporting.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization.

Travel:

• Occasional travel is required, generally 2 to 5 trips per year.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Primarily sedentary work in an office/home setting doing computer work; occasional visits to production sites for audits, meetings, and process walks.

About Us:

With a history of over 65 years of excellence, Taconic Biosciences is a global team of the best problem solvers in the industry. We partner with our clients to develop winning research strategies that accelerate the discoveries for prevention and treatment of disease.

Taconic employees all over the world show up every day to deliver the best solutions for our clients while caring for ourselves, each other, and especially our animals. If you are a respectful, compassionate individual with a can-do attitude and a desire to do the right thing, we want you to join us! 

Better Together at Taconic

Inclusion, Diversity, Awareness & Action. Taconic Biosciences is taking an active and intentional role in creating a company culture that encourages and appreciates the uniqueness in all people. Being you is what allows you to bring your best self to work. We are committed to ensuring that Taconic is a safe and fair workplace for everyone because it’s our differences that make us stronger. We are better together.

Taconic Biosciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.