Quality Assurance/Quality Control Officer

About SESL Australia

SESL Australia has evolved over 40 years and is now one of Australia’s leading soil, environmental, water and plant science laboratory and consultancy service.  Our Head office in Sydney is unique in that it includes a specialist laboratory.

SESL Australia delivers high quality scientific outcomes to leading government and private sector clients.  SESL Australia has a strong client focus and the successful candidate will ensure our NATA accredited laboratory is fully compliant with ISO accreditation in relation to Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated QA/QC Officer to maintain and continually improve SESL Australia’s Quality Management system internally and ensure that quality systems are updated in line with regulatory requirements. This role involves:

• Overseeing LIMS administration including generating new test codes, procedures, calculations, troubleshooting errors and generating LIMS CoAs;

• Preparing all NATA Audits and maintaining compliance with associated registrations;

• Overseeing and maintaining the Incident/Opportunity (I/O) database that captures incidents, corrective actions and improvement opportunities to ensure continuous compliance;

• Managing Company policies, procedures and statutory requirements;

• Understanding and maintaining all requirements of relevant standards;

• Planning and conducting reporting audits, as well as organising and maintaining the internal audit program;

• Maintaining an in-depth knowledge of the Quality System related to relevant standards;

• Maintaining a thorough understanding of Legislation, Regulations and Industry Standards impacting SESL Australia’s Quality Management System;

• Overseeing and maintaining the document control system;

• Data entry of laboratory testing results; and

• Ensuring that SESL Australia’s quality system adheres to the requirements of NATA and ISO9001/14001/45001 accreditation/certification.

About You

We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate the following criteria:

• Minimum five years’ experience with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is mandatory;

• Experience with a relationship-based live database such as FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Access, LibreOffice Base or similar;

• Minimum five years’ experience as a QA/QC Officer in a laboratory environment;

• Strong environment, health and safety focus, including documentation and implementation;

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;

• Demonstrated supervisory experience and the ability to mentor and influence team members in a positive and effective way;

• Strong technical, analytical and professional problem-solving skills;

• High level of personal integrity, work standards and attention to detail;

• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to action multiple tasks and priorities and successfully handle high pressure work situations;

• Commitment to learning and continuous improvement;

• Thorough understanding of Laboratory test methods, equipment and procedures, including Quality Assurance Procedures; and

• Strong information technology skills.

Candidates are required to include a cover letter with their resume when making their application.

You will only be contacted if your application is shortlisted.

Applications that do not address the key criteria will not be considered.