Quality Control Product Specialist

About Streck: Streck is a Nebraska-based manufacturing company that makes a global impact by developing and distributing to labs worldwide. Our products provide confidence for accurate health care testing! Our passions and priorities are focused on taking care of our customers, employees, and giving back to our community. Streck has jobs for every stage of your career. If you are a dependable, hard-working, and team-oriented individual who values meaningful work, Streck is looking for you to join our community of passionate people on a mission!

About the role

As a QC Product Specialist 1, you make sure our products are stable, accurate, and ready for customers. You inspect, analyze, approve, and monitor product quality; create and distribute quality documentation, including final product certificates; and work across departments to spot and resolve product performance issues. You will do this in line with the Streck Quality System.

What you'll do

• Plan, schedule, perform, and evaluate product performance and stability testing at each applicable stage, following work instructions
• Build, maintain, and use data analysis tools to evaluate and predict product performance
• Maintain QC data in LabVantage and other database programs
• Operate and become proficient with the instruments tied to your assigned products
• Generate accurate, timely product certificates and proof final documentation, such as certificates and data summaries
• Complete lot file records according to quality system requirements
• Identify, document, and investigate product performance issues, and partner with colleagues to resolve them
• Communicate with Technical Services, Product Managers, R&D, Manufacturing, Executive Management, Quality Assurance, private label accounts, and others as needed
• Take part in whole blood calibration verification of instruments
• Help train new quality control team members
• Perform other duties as assigned by QC Leadership

What you bring

Required

• High school diploma or GED with relevant experience
• Working knowledge of quality instrument operations and methods, including hematology, chemistry, and flow cytometry instruments, and pipettes
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to perform general and complex math calculations
• Ability to review data and detect statistical abnormalities
• Ability to troubleshoot minor instrument problems
• Strong time management, with the flexibility to handle multiple priorities and changing deadlines
• Clear written and oral communication, and sound, prompt decision-making within role guidelines

Strongly preferred

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

How you work

• You take ownership of your work, meet deadlines, and follow safety and PPE protocols
• You put internal and external customers first and respond to inquiries promptly
• You follow documents and procedures, and look for ways to improve quality
• You collaborate, share what you know, and step in to help the team

Work environment and physical requirements

You will work in a climate-controlled biological and chemical laboratory, with occasional short periods in cold walk-in coolers. The role requires:

• Wearing laboratory clean room clothing (lab coats, hair bonnets, beard covers as applicable) and protective equipment such as masks, gloves, or face shields for up to two and a half hours consecutively
• Medium work: exerting up to 40 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects
• Standing for up to two and a half hours consecutively, plus walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, reaching, stooping, fingering, and grasping
• Travel estimated at up to 0%

Streck Offerings

• A challenging, safe and rewarding work environment
• No night or weekend shifts
• Excellent work life balance
• Market competitive pay
• Comprehensive and inclusive benefits
• Great team environment
• On and off campus career development opportunities

Visit www.streckcareers.com to learn more about Streck and apply for this opportunity.

Streck is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer/Individuals with Disabilities & Protected Veterans/Affirmative Action employer and forbids discrimination against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, gender stereotyping and caregiver status), sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, national origin, disability, genetic information, citizenship, marital status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.