POET
Quality Manager
Portland, IN
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago
ResearchMass SpectrometryLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingTime ManagementMentoringMicrosoft OfficeFood SafetyFermentation
About the role
- This role directs the day-to-day activities of the laboratory, including coordinating the transfer of all internal and third-party laboratories data.
- The Quality Manager plays a key role in monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing the fermentation process.
- This is an on-site role located in Portland, IN.
Responsibilities
- Effectively lead the team by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training team members.
- Leadership responsibilities also include delegating, coaching, managing performance and career development to effectively execute departmental strategies and support company objectives.
- Maintain and advance the food safety and quality of POET's products and processes to deliver a best-in-class culture of quality.
- Manage all aspects of quality control and safety in the laboratory.
- Manage quality control on all final products and communicate to the appropriate management team when necessary.
- Optimize ingredient usage and yield and maximize the efficiency of the fermentation process by reviewing and analyzing data.
- Monitor fermentation and provide data/reports to the management team to help troubleshoot and optimize the fermentation process.
- Assist in optimizing plant runtime as well as downtime by ensuring a quality end-product through support of laboratory operations and sample analyses.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biology or related science required.
- 3 years of experience in lab operations with a strong background in lab quality control and standard lab practices required.
- Excellent organizational, time management, and communications skills as well as the ability to adapt to change.
- Interpersonal skills. ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels within/outside the organization
- Ability to embrace and promote change
- Ability to think objectively
- Knowledge of the basics of Microsoft Office Suite and the ability of learning new programs.
- High level of personal integrity
- Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Innovative mindset
Nice to have
- Experience with influential and direct leadership is preferred.
- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual certification is preferred.
- Prior experience with managing quality programs preferred.
- Prior HPLC, IC and NIR experience preferred.
Compensation
- $$ Competitive BONUS opportunities - up to SIX bonuses per year (Quarterly Profit Sharing & Value Share)
Benefits
- $$ Competitive BONUS opportunities - up to SIX bonuses per year (Quarterly Profit Sharing & Value Share)
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- 40 hours of PTO available on Day 1, on top of a biweekly PTO accrual program!
- Comprehensive benefits package; Individual and family plans for health, dental, & vision insurance, including a generous employer Health Savings Account contribution
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- A multifaceted wellness program encompassing the whole person - mentally, physically, and spiritually
- Attractive Relocation Assistance and Bonus Programs for qualifying positions and/or locations
- Onsite fitness centers or fitness reimbursements
Company info
- At POET, it is our mission to be good stewards of the Earth by converting renewable resources to energy and other valuable goods as effectively as humanly possible.
This listing is sourced directly from POET's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.