Quality Specialist - Chemicals

Colonial Chemical Solutions, Inc. (CCS), a leading independent chemical distributor throughout the United States, focuses on customer service, sustainability, and innovative solutions for our business partners. Colonial Chemical Solutions, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Colonial Group, Inc* .*

The QA Specialist will take on a leadership/ownership role regarding Documentation Control, overall quality projects, and change control. The role may also lead projects related to site systems to include addressing quality and compliance issues; implementing improvements; and assurance of continued compliance with evolving regulatory requirements.

The role will participate and/or lead safety and quality root cause investigations and evaluate trends within the organization on incidents and collaborate to implement changes to prevent future re-occurrences. The individual in this role will participate in internal/external audits, quality training, effectiveness audits for corrective and preventative actions, as well as participate in cross-functional teams to define, evaluate, and improve the quality management system.

This position regularly interacts with all levels of operations, customers, regulatory agencies, and other business units. The position may be called on to perform additional functions deemed necessary by management.

- Maintain Quality Management System and quality records.

- Implement documentation control process for creation, revision, routing, approval, and obsoletion processes.

- Participate in external and internal audits and develop action item plans for implementation.

- Maintain records of internal and external audit reports and findings.

- Supports all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), and other regulatory requirements.

- Coordinate analysis with 3rd party labs.

- Participate and collaborate in 3rd party governing body audits such as Food Safety, Quality Management, Drinking Water Treatment, Kosher/Halal, and others.

- Work with functional groups across the network to review and improve quality.

- Develop and maintain the quality/supplier questionnaire data base in collaboration with Commercial/Sales Department.

- Analyze KPIs and provide slide deck for the Quality Department.

- Ensure laboratory equipment is up to ASTM, or other standards and complies with local, state, and federal guidelines.

- Lead simple Product Development from prototype to validation testing, including laboratory report and blending procedures.

- Assist in determining disposition of RMA and/or Quality Hold.

- Conduct and/or assist in root cause investigations related to quality issues.

- Occasional travel to CCS (Colonial Chemical Solutions) satellite divisions in the Southeast and/or customer sites to support operations.

- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements

- 5 years in quality management systems preferred.

- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in science, technology, engineering, or related field preferred.

- Equivalent combinations of education, training, and other relevant work experience in lieu of degree.

- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

- Ability to prepare high quality presentations for Senior Leadership and all levels.

- Ability to develop, implement and deliver functional training.

- Ability to prioritize, align, simplify, take accountability and work towards results.

- Ability to simplify or modify complex technical information as needed to communicate orally or in writing to non-technical staff or customers.

- Experience in root cause investigation and corrective action implementation.

- Ability to build effective relationships.

- Strong organizational and time-management skills with limited supervision.

- Proficient computer skills. (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required).

- Must be a demonstrated leader and have strong core values that align with the Organization.

- Knowledge of ERP systems.

- Lab/lab equipment experience (GC, Karl Fischer, etc.).

Physical Requirements

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Some travel may be required, up to 10%.