Quality Assurance Assistant, Eurofins Environment Testing Northern California, West Sacramento, CA

Eurofins

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

West Sacramento, California

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Quality Assurance Assistant supports the QA Manager by performing internal audits, maintaining SOPs, and managing reference data in LIMS. They are also responsible for processing QC samples, maintaining certification lists, and ensuring compliance with laboratory policies.

Qualifications

You have at least one year of bench chemistry experience and some college coursework in chemistry, including lab experience. You are also familiar with chemistry lab terms and laboratory work principles.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Chemistry

LIMS

SOPs

MDL spreadsheets

QC samples

Job Description

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is a network of independent companies providing a unique range of analytical testing
services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

With over 50 laboratories and more than 40 service centers nationwide, Eurofins Environment Testing provides full-service environmental analysis across all 50 states. Our network supports public and private clients—including DoD, DOE, and municipalities—through robust logistics and continuous investment in people, technology, and infrastructure. We offer comprehensive testing for air, water, soil, sediment, tissue, and waste, covering a wide range of analytes including PFAS, metals, VOCs/SVOCs, dioxins/furans, radiochemicals, and more.

Job Description

The Quality Assurance Assistant assists the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager during audits and client visits. Helps maintain reference data in LIMS and performs spot audits internally at the request of the QA Manager. Performs customer service requests for Project Management staff, supplies SOP's, certification information, and method information. Works with the laboratory to maintain SOP's and other method performance documentation as directed by the QA Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Perform QA data audits to ensure laboratory is in compliance with policies and procedures
  • Assist in scheduling of proficiency testing samples and other QC samples. Process and report QC samples as routine samples to appropriate agencies
  • Issue controlled and uncontrolled documents to enforce current policies and SOP's
  • Assist QA Manager in maintaining the laboratory’s reference data
  • Prepare or post certification applications
  • Assist in internal and external audits and client visits
  • Ensure maintenance of training records for all employees
  • Maintain methods capability list on TotalAccess
  • Maintain certifications list on TotalAccess
  • Assist in identification of systematic problems within laboratories
  • Recommend resolutions for ongoing or recurring nonconformance
  • Maintain historical indices of technical records including SOPs, QC records, laboratory data, etc.
  • Ensure maintenance of records archives
  • Assist operations personnel in writing QA SOP’s
  • Assist departments in generating MDL spreadsheets and calculations, reviewing MDL studies
  • Answer questions on methods from laboratory personnel
  • Subcontract laboratory information maintenance Laboratory surveillance to ensure equipment calibration

Qualifications

Education:

  • Requires some college chemistry coursework, including lab experience
  • Requires demonstrated knowledge of chemistry lab terms, laboratory work, and measurement

Experience:

  • Requires 1+ years bench chemistry experience

Additional Information

This is a full-time position Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm with possible overtime. 

Compensation: $23 - $27 /hour (DOE).

Candidates within a commutable distance to West Sacramento, CA are encouraged to apply. 

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work.  We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

To learn more about Eurofins, please explore our website www.eurofinsus.com 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! At Eurofins, we believe sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our vision to be the Global Leader in “Testing for Life,” our mission to contribute to a healthier and safer world, and our core values, we are building a strong foundation for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Eurofins’ commitment to sustainability begins within our own companies through a shared responsibility to people and the planet. With climate change posing an imminent threat, Eurofins and its many companies recognize their duty to proactively reduce or offset the environmental impact of essential operations while also helping our clients do the same—serving as a true ESG Enabler.

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

  • Compensation: USD 23.00 - USD 27.00 - hourly
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