10th August, 2026
Our client in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer to join their team!
This is an on-site/full-time/direct hire position
Salary range depending on experience: $65k-$75k
The mission of the Quality Assurance Officer is to support the Lab Director and Lab Analysts in sample preparation, equipment calibration, and SOP-compliant testing, while ensuring the lab operates as efficiently and effectively as possible. This lab provides analytical chemistry, microbiology, and QA/QC testing services. The ideal candidate will be hands-on with all services while also serving as an outstanding leader and example for the team.
Competencies
- Strong collaborator, able to thrive in a high-volume production laboratory with fast turnaround times.
- Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, physical, or biological sciences, or engineering, plus two (2+) years of experience implementing a laboratory quality system.
- Instrument experience required: analytical balances, pipettes, centrifuges.
- Familiar with Agilent, Thermo, or Shimadzu instruments.
- Documented training and/or experience in quality assurance and quality control procedures.
Outcomes - Support the Lab Director in all aspects of high-volume lab production processes.
- Perform laboratory testing activities, including sample receiving, homogenization, extractions, weighing, and dilutions.
- Analyze samples using laboratory techniques such as HPLC, GC/MS, LC/MS, ICP/MS, and qPCR.
- Manage sample intake, data entry, and reporting through LIMS and other tools.
- Ensure customer results are delivered quickly, accurately, and in line with lab performance standards.
- Oversee lab inventory, sample storage/disposal, cleaning, and other support processes.
- Maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot laboratory instrumentation.
- Participate in laboratory investigations and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Serve as the focal point for QA/QC, including monitoring and reviewing quality control data.
- Coordinate and/or conduct annual internal audits of the lab's quality system and testing operations.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.
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