Quality Manager - Laboratories

About Us

At Onterris, we build careers grounded in purpose, responsibility and real-world impact.

"For Planet and Progress" is our north star that guides everything we do. We believe environmental responsibility and human progress are interconnected, interwoven and international. Our scientists, engineers, field teams, consultants and professionals collaborate across disciplines and geographies, guiding industries and governments, ensuring that communities and environments thrive.

When you join us, you're not just forging a career, you're joining a movement. A movement for better thinking, smarter solutions and lasting impact.

Together, we will advance our way of life and protect the integrity of our environment every step of the way.

A Day in the Life

The QA Manager manages the facility's Quality Management System including accreditation standard compliance, gaining and retaining accreditations, and document control. This position serves as Quality Manager and is the focal point for QA/QC. This position functions independently from technical operations, having responsibility for quality assurance oversight independent of production and financial responsibilities.

The compensation range for this role is $70,000.00 to $90,000.00, commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location.

To thrive in this role, you'll be comfortable taking ownership of the following responsibilities:

• Leading the laboratory's QA/QC and data quality improvement activities
• Ensuring that laboratory accreditations are maintained and expanded as needed
• Scheduling, ordering, evaluating, and reporting Proficiency Testing samples results, and leading development of effective corrective actions for any failures
• Ensuring SOP's are well written, organized, compliant with accreditation standards
• Ensuring that personnel training (demonstration of capability) is documented and retained
• Identifying, documenting, monitoring, resolving, nonconformances and closing non-conformance and corrective action reports
• Implementing and improving the QA program and the QA Manual
• Developing and providing QA/QC program training for lab staff
• Documenting validation of new test and measurement services
• Performing and documenting internal audits and data assessments
• Hosting external audits by accreditation bodies and clients; responding to audit reports
• Proactively ensuring compliance to ethics program
• Managing QA staff
• Working cooperatively with Lab Leadership
• Complying with the laboratory's Health and Safety Plan
• Other duties as assigned

Your Expertise and Skills

These requirements reflect the knowledge, skills, and abilities that help you do your best work here.

• Bachelors' degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualifications.
• 5+ years experience managing a TNI and/or ISO 17025 compliant quality management system for a testing laboratory (preferably one performing environmental testing)
• Working knowledge of industry regulations, NELAP, 40CFR or other regulated environments
• Meet the minimum requirements of the facility's accrediting bodies
• Personnel supervisor experience required

Onterris is a leading global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect. Guided by our mission to advance the way of life without compromising the integrity of our environment, we believe environmental responsibility and human progress are fundamentally connected. Our scientists, engineers, field teams and consultants apply systems thinking that unites science, data and practical expertise to deliver solutions that strengthen our clients' resilience, mitigate risk and protect the air, water and soil that sustain communities, while uncovering responsible paths forward for planet and progress. For more information, visit www.onterris.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We acknowledge that these experiences and perspectives help to enrich our teams and contribute to our ongoing success. We are committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our employment for all applicants. For US residents, click here to learn more.