Quality Inspector
Buffalo Grove, IL
Full Time
Entry Level
Join the Future of Pharmacy Automation with ARxIUM!
Who We Are:
ARxIUM is a leader in pharmacy automation, offering innovative hardware and software solutions globally. With over 20 years of experience, we serve customers in North America, Europe, and Asia, and operate in Winnipeg, the Chicago area, and remotely across North America and Europe.
What We Offer:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits or Health Spending Account
- Company-paid life/ADD insurance
- 401k
- Flexible work schedule and generous paid time off
- Competitive salary
This position performs quality inspection and quality acceptance of incoming components, in-progress product assembly and final product inspection. This position is ultimately responsible for ensuring the manufacturing quality of our product. The ideal candidates will have a strong mechanical acumen, with sound logical reasoning and analytical skills.
Essential Functions:
- Comply with applicable FDA regulations and ISO 13485 requirements.
- Adhere to company Quality Management System (QMS).
- Responsible for performing and documenting incoming, in-progress and final product acceptance testing.
- Creates inspection documents and maintains the incoming inspection room.
- Verify that documents required of suppliers, such as certificates of conformance and first article inspection results are provided for incoming goods, which include materials, parts, assemblies, machines, accessories, electronic devices, PCBs, and fabricated metal parts.
- Use standard measuring instruments, gages and controlled components to verify functional fit and dimensional checks. Test incoming goods, such as electronic devices and PCBs.
- Develop and maintain incoming inspection files and records.
- Document in-house inspection results.
- Responsible for updating and maintenance of manufacturing product files upon final inspection and acceptance of products.
- Logs defects in QA defect management reporting system. Assists in analysis as deemed necessary.
- Maintain records for inspection data and unplanned events.
- Creates detailed Quality Reports as required. Responsible for initiating non-conformance reports and working with Engineering and Manufacturing for the resolution of problems. Additionally, responsible for reviewing the disposition of parts, sub-assemblies and product as well as releasing finished goods into inventory.
- Take part in root cause analysis and support corrective and preventive actions.
- Work with Supply Chain in returning nonconforming goods to suppliers.
- Maintain calibration program, including reviews and approvals of calibration reports.
- Analyze problems and recommend changes. Support FDA inspections, external and internal ISO audits.
- Maintain a safe work environment.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Competencies:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- Superior interpersonal skills.
- Articulate verbal and written communication.
- Well-developed organizational and planning skills.
- Collaboration and consensus building in a team environment.
- Self-motivated—works independently with little supervision.
- Analytical and resourceful problem solving.
- Isolation of key issues from complex information.
- Identification of patterns and trends in unplanned events and non-conformances.
- Meticulous documentation and recordkeeping habits.
- Calibration system maintenance.
- Intermediate Computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite (including PowerPoint, Office, Outlook, Visio, Word, Excel)
- Functional understanding of the ISO 13485 International Standard.
- Practical knowledge of the FDA Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 21, Part 820.
- QMS requirements, including nonconformance reporting (NCR), corrective and preventive action (CAPA).
- Incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspection techniques.
- Use of gages and standard measuring instruments.
- Familiar with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP).
- Understanding of common manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of first article inspection (FAI) and certificates of conformance (CofC).
- Support of FDA inspections; external and internal ISO audits.
- High School degree or equivalent. Associate degree preferred.
- 1-2 years in a quality assurance role in a government-regulated industry—medical device manufacturing preferred.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.
- Sedentary physical activity requiring reaching, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking and hearing.
- Visual requirement is for close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to regularly lift/move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift/move 50 pounds.
- 30% or more time is spent looking directly at a computer.
- Associate is frequently required to stand, walk (or otherwise be mobile).
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