Quality Manager - DAS

Summary:
The Quality Manager - DAS is the leader and technical head for the DAS quality activities at the Hopkinton location for Caliper Life Sciences/Perkin Elmer. The individual is responsible for supporting and driving quality initiatives throughout the Hopkinton site, including driving the goals and objectives in accordance with corporate goals, supporting Regulatory compliance, and coordinating efforts to achieve compliance with new standards by performing the following duties personally or through supervisors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports the development, implementation and maintenance of quality assurance systems and activities.
• Supports the development and implementation of standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products.
• Supports development of budgets and monitors expenditures.
• Coordinates interdepartmental activities.
• Ensures finished products conform to government and company standards and regulations.
• Develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
• Monitors audits of production and Quality Control areas.
• Supervises technical documentation writers, including coordinating needs across product families.
• Oversees audits of raw material vendors and manufacturing documentation for updated filing.
• Lead investigations and resolve potential product quality issues for DAS to improve efficiency.
• Makes recommendations for corrective action necessary to ensure conformity with quality specifications.
• Supports generation and review of documents used in support of meeting all government and company standards and regulations.
• Works closely with the Directors of the various Engineering and Operations functions in Hopkinton to ensure that all systems and activities meet all required standards and are technically sound considering the corporate strategy.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.