Tech, QA Assurance - Shift C (Week Nights)
Baxter International Inc.
Summary
As a Quality Technician, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our manufacturing processes and methods meet the highest standards of quality and compliance. Your expertise will be essential in maintaining the integrity of our Quality System Regulation, ensuring that every product we produce is detailed and meets our outstanding standards.
Job description
Your role at Baxter
As a Quality Technician, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our manufacturing processes and methods meet the highest standards of quality and compliance. Your expertise will be essential in maintaining the integrity of our Quality System Regulation, ensuring that every product we produce is detailed and meets our outstanding standards.
What you'll be doing
- Revise and approve all documentation related to areas of responsibility, including In Process Checker Charts, Product Retention Records, Control Charts, Mold Approvals, Batch Records, and more.
- Conduct routine manufacturing audits of machine parameters and set-ups to ensure compliance, as well as audits of the manufactured product.
- Perform routine audits of sampling techniques, testing skills, and all documentation performed by the TIQ's.
- Immediately notify and raise awareness to Quality Management about potential quality situations.
- Assist and coordinate protocols to ensure detailed execution.
- Provide training on Good Documentation Practices, SPC, Total Coordinated Quality, and other relevant areas.
- Support mold approval and mold start-up evaluations, if applicable.
- Gather, analyze, audit, and interpret data using SPC methods to predict trends and recommend process improvements that positively impact product quality, scrap reduction, DPM reduction, complaints reduction, and price of non-conformance reduction.
- Maintain, revise, and audit control charts, computing control chart limits as needed.
- Ensure that all machinery, equipment, tools, and supervisory materials align with Corporate, GMP, and other regulatory requirements.
- Publish monthly Quality Indicators, including DPM's and Pareto Analysis, within your areas of responsibility.
- Submit improvements and modifications to specifications and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Maintain timely communication and awareness of DPM and complaints trends with internal and external customers/suppliers, if applicable.
- Assist in the development and certification of TIQ's.
- Perform special projects related to your areas of responsibility.
- Document required information manually (e.g., checker charts) and electronically (e.g., POMs) to align with applicable procedures and specifications.
- Conduct EHS inspections to identify and mitigate safety hazards and environmental aspects, analyze EHS incidents, and take corrective actions.
- Observe data privacy policies at all times.
- Provide support for software application audits.
- Assist in the generation and investigation of non-conformities.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree in Science.
- At least two years of related job experience in the Medical Device Industry.
- Proficiency in Data Entry and Microsoft Office Software, with basic computer knowledge required.
- Experience with measurement instrumentation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to travel occasionally.
- Bilingual (English & Spanish).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Science
- At least two years of related job experience in the Medical Device Industry
- Proficiency in Data Entry and Microsoft Office Software
- Basic computer knowledge
- Experience with measurement instrumentation
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Willingness to travel occasionally
- Bilingual (English & Spanish)
Benefits
- Shift differential
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Medical, dental, disability & life insurance
- Vision insurance and voluntary benefits
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Retirement savings plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Educational assistance program
Company overview
Baxter International Inc. is an American multinational healthcare company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, founded in 1931. As a leading global medical device manufacturer, Baxter specializes in developing and producing essential medical products for treating chronic and acute medical conditions. The company operates across three primary business segments: Medical Products and Therapies, Healthcare Systems and Technologies, and Pharmaceuticals. Baxter's extensive product portfolio includes intravenous (IV) solutions, infusion pumps, dialysis equipment for kidney disease treatment, surgical technologies, and hospital pharmaceuticals. With approximately 38,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues exceeding $10 billion, Baxter plays a critical role in global healthcare infrastructure. The company is particularly known for its leadership in IV fluid production, manufacturing approximately 60% of the intravenous fluids used in the United States. Baxter's innovations include pioneering developments in artificial kidney technology and advanced surgical products, serving healthcare providers across more than 100 countries. The company maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing significantly in medical technology advancements that improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery efficiency.