We understand that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today, and that’s why we’re inspired to make A Better World for Pets. Antech is comprised of a diverse team of individuals who are committed to each other’s growth and development. Our culture is centered on our guiding philosophy, The Five Principles: Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom. Today Antech is driving the future of pet health as part of Mars Science & Diagnostics , a family-owned company focused on veterinary care.
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The Target Pay Range for this position is $63,000 to $79,000 annually. At Antech, pay decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, education, training, and budget.
Job Purpose/Overview
The Quality Assurance Specialist supports daily Quality Assurance and compliance operations across manufacturing, distribution, and biobank facilities. Working under general supervision from the Quality Manager, this position ensures that products, processes, raw materials, and finished goods consistently conform to corporate Mars QMS requirements, ISO 9001, USDA, CFIA, and biobanking standards. This role executes crucial quality gatekeeping duties, including Batch Production Record (BPR) review, floor audits, out-of-specifications (OOS) investigations, inspection of incoming/finished goods, and maintenance of the Electronic Quality Management System (EQMS).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Perform thorough daily review and verification of BPRs/product release records, standard operating logs, and testing documentation against physical manufactured products to ensure data integrity, completeness, and adherence to GDP.
Approve final product release, ensuring inspection/verification of product labeling, packaging, and storage conditions is completed prior to approval.
Initiate, investigate, and document OOS results, process deviations, customer complaints, and nonconformances.
Assist in root-cause analyses (RCA) investigations alongside cross-functional teams (QC, R&D, Production, Operations, Warehouse) and ensure effective corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) using established problem-solving tools (e.g., 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams) are implemented.
Track CAPA milestones within the EQMS to ensure timely implementation, closure, and verification of effectiveness.
Maintain quality system processes in compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., USDA APHIS, CFIA, FDA CVM, ISO).
Implement supplier quality management activities by qualifying, monitoring, and evaluating supplier performance to ensure materials and services consistently meet quality, regulatory, and business requirements.
Conduct routine internal QMS walkthroughs and technical floor audits across manufacturing departments, compounding areas, testing labs, and biobank/biorepository storage rooms to maintain audit readiness.
Monitor ambient and cold-chain environmental parameters, verifying that specimen storage units, freezers, and cleanrooms adhere to established environmental specifications.
Identify operational non-compliance or procedural drift and partner with departmental managers/supervisors to drive immediate corrections.
Review and update as needed controlled documents through the EQMS (Ideagen), ensuring standard operating procedures, raw material specifications, Batch Records, Test Methods, and all other controlled forms for correctness.
Maintain physical and digital QA archives, ensuring batch folders, calibration logs, and qualification records remain readily retrievable for internal and third-party audits.
If needed, execute analytical and visual testing across raw materials, in-process intermediates, and finished goods (e.g., PCR, ELISA, wet chemistry, radioactive/fluorescent assays), documenting…