Neogen
QC Lab Manager - Petrifilm
Lansing, MI
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing!
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Petrifilm QC Lab Manager is the strategic and administrative leader of the QC Laboratory, accountable for quality compliance, departmental performance, and final product quality release.
- Skills and Competencies: - Leading Others: Delegates tasks appropriately to the Supervisor to enhance team effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Directly manage the QC Lab Supervisor, guiding their focus on daily lab flow, training, and troubleshooting. Responsible for staff performance reviews, compensation reviews, and hiring decisions for the department.
- Serve as the primary point person for the QC Lab function during all regulatory agency inspections and internal/external quality audits. Oversee internal inspection readiness and drive the on-time closure of all audit commitments.
- Lead the development and optimization of all quality systems and processes specific to the QC Lab. Author and manage all Standard Test Procedures (STPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Risk Assessments for the laboratory.
- Manage the departmental budget for consumables, capital equipment, and labor.
- Lead the investigation and closure process for all Out-of-Specification (OOS) results and assist the Quality Engineer in all internal and external quality investigations related to the QC Lab, identifying root causes and developing effective corrective and preventative actions.
- Leading Others: Delegates tasks appropriately to the Supervisor to enhance team effectiveness. Leverages team strengths to drive performance and testing efficiency.
- Organizational Strategy: Is the expert in the QC function and uses understanding of the organization to help drive performance.
- Driving Performance: Creates accountability for Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Utilizes time and resources effectively to control the lab budget and meet critical metrics like On-Time Release.
- Leverages team strengths to drive performance and testing efficiency.
- Is the expert in the QC function and uses understanding of the organization to help drive performance.
Requirements
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Ph.D. in Microbiology or a closely related science field AND 0-1 year of related experience.
- OR Master's Degree in Microbiology or a closely related science field AND 3-4 years of related experience in a QC/QA environment AND a minimum of 3 years of direct managerial experience.
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology or a closely related science field AND a minimum of 6-7 years of related experience in a QC/QA environment AND a minimum of 3 years of direct managerial experience.
- OR Associate's Degree in a science-related field AND 9-11 years of related experience in a QC/QA environment AND a minimum of 3 years of direct managerial experience.
- OR High School Diploma/GED AND a minimum of 15-16 years of progressive lab experience AND a minimum of 7 years of related experience in QC/QA environment AND a minimum of 3 years of direct managerial experience.
- Proven experience acting as a designated trainer or technical resource is required.
- Advanced knowledge of GLP, ISO, and relevant regulatory standards is required.
- Exceptional ability to write formal reports, SOPs, and correspondence, and to speak effectively as the lab's representative to regulatory auditors, executive leadership, and technical teams.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education and Experience:
- Language Skills:
- Advanced ability to read and interpret complex regulatory, procedural, and scientific documents in English.
- Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to perform routine, college-level mathematical operations, including statistical functions relevant to microbiological data analysis (e.g., CFU calculations, growth curves), trend analysis, risk assessment, and reporting quality metrics.
Skills
- Solid knowledge of computers and operating systems, including software used for data acquisition and analysis in a microbiology lab.
- Ability to effectively communicate electronically.
- Mathematical
- Possesses innovative problem-solving skills, particularly in complex quality investigations (OOS, audit responses).
Compensation
- Responsible for staff performance reviews, compensation reviews, and hiring decisions for the department.
Benefits
- Specific vision abilities required include high visual acuity and color vision, especially for accurate reading of microbiological results and differentiation of microbial growth.
This listing is sourced directly from Neogen's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.