Quality Control Specialist
Sartorius · Royston
Join our Quality team as a Quality Control Specialist and play a key role in ensuring our products meet rigorous quality standards through effective inspection, testing and problem solving, helping us deliver reliable systems and consumables to our customers.By carrying out dimensional, visual and functional inspections alongside documentation checks, you ensure that only materials, systems and consumables that are fully fit for purpose are released to manufacturing or our customers. In doing so, you enable our teams to focus on what matters most: better health for more people.
Based in Royston, you will become part of a team of three dedicated professionals who look forward to shaping the future together with you.
Grow With Us – Your Responsibilities
- Carry out incoming, in process and finished product inspections and testing for Sartorius ambr® 15, ambr® 250 modular and ambr® 250 high-throughput (HT) systems, consumables, components and spare parts ensuring compliance with approved specifications
- Take ownership of quality investigations, identifying and quarantining non-conforming products, applying structured problem solving and driving corrective and preventive actions through to verified completion
- Develop and manage effective concessions and hold-and-release processes, supporting Goods In inspection to ensure only acceptable materials enter manufacturing
- Develop and maintain quality procedures, work instructions and inspection documentation in line with the site Quality Management System, keeping your training and competency records up to date
- Monitor quality data, identify trends and present clear updates to support quality reviews and continuous improvement. Contribute to internal and sponsored projects, including inspection readiness for new product introductions and changes to the ambr® platforms
- Work closely with Production, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality colleagues to resolve issues and improve inspection methods, processes and resources. Represent Quality in internal meetings and support supplier and customer quality queries when required
What Will Convince Us
- Previous experience in Quality Control, including inspection or testing in a laboratory setting; candidates with Quality Assurance experience will also be considered
- Experience raising and documenting non-conformances, with a strong quality mindset and commitment to maintaining standards
- Confident using Microsoft Office applications; experience with Dot Compliance would be advantageous
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to maintain focus during detailed inspection tasks and accurately identify errors
- A proactive, independent approach, with the confidence to constructively challenge issues when quality standards are not met
- Experience within an engineering environment would be advantageous
- An understanding of biotechnology would be beneficial but is not essential
What We Offer
As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:
- Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings, coaching for managers
- Making An Impact Right From The Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
- Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and businesswomen network
Benefits
Attractive Working Conditions
- 37.5 hour working week
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Annual option to buy, sell or carry over annual leave
- Free parking on site
- Free hot and cold drinks
Health & Wellbeing
- Competitive benefits package, including:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Private Dental Insurance
- Group Life Assurance
- Travel Insurance (employee paid)
- Salary Sacrifice Health Assessment Service
- Salary Sacrifice Cycle to Work Scheme
Planning Ahead For Your Future
- Group Personal Pension Plan
- Group Income Protection
- Salary Sacrifice Will Writing Service
About Sartorius
Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.
We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.
Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers