Quality Assurance Warehouse Inspector

Nordic Naturals
Vista, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 2+ years of QA experience in the pharmaceuticals industry.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2+ years of QA experience in pharmaceuticals or similar regulated industries
    — “Experience Required: 2+ years”
  • Individuals who thrive in structured, documentation-heavy environments with cGMP and GDP compliance
    — “Adherence to applicable standard operating procedures (SOP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Common Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)”
  • People with strong physical stamina for warehouse tasks like lifting, bending, and climbing
    — “Able to lift, bend, climb and reach”

Things to consider

  • Flexibility in work hours is preferred, which may indicate irregular scheduling requirements
    — “Flexibility in work hours preferred”
  • The role involves routine use of a shared business tool for tracking inspection statuses
    — “Maintains Master Incoming Inspection Tracker, a shared business tool”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with AQL compliance and inventory documentation in your resume
    — “compliance to our established Acceptable Quality Limits (AQL)”
  • Demonstrate your ability to handle multiple priorities and adapt to changing tasks
    — “able to multitask, attention to details as well as flexibility to changing priorities”
  • Emphasize your ability to identify and report safety hazards effectively
    — “Reports any general safety hazards to Materials and Compliance Specialist”
  • Showcase your familiarity with warehouse operations and quality control procedures
    — “Performs inspection of raw materials, packaging components, intermediates, 3rd party bulks and finished goods”
  • Demonstrate your reliability and systematic approach to tasks through past job examples
    — “Reliability – The trait of being dependable and trustworthy”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • accurate and timely material inspections
  • compliance with GMP standards
Typical background
2+ years of experience in quality assurance roles

Skills & requirements

Required

Quality InspectionSamplingReportingGMP Compliance

Preferred

Warehouse ManagementTeam Leadership

Stack & domain

Quality AssuranceSamplingInspectionAttention To DetailCommunicationTeamworkPharmaceuticals

About the role

Original posting from Nordic Naturals via Greenhouse

Location - Vista, CA

Salary -  $21/hr

POSITION SUMMARY

The Quality Assurance Warehouse Inspector performs inspection of raw materials, packaging components, intermediates, 3rd party bulks and finished goods for compliance to our established Acceptable Quality Limits (AQL). Pulling samples from each lot of materials for testing and retention. Adherence to applicable standard operating procedures (SOP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Common Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) as applicable to individual tasks.  Maintains Master Incoming Inspection Tracker, a shared business tool, to ensure visibility of all material status’ throughout their release cycle period

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Essential Function Statements

Performs inspection of raw materials, packaging components, labels, intermediates, 3rd party bulks and Finished Goods; pulling the required samples (per the Sampling paperwork) for testing, in the time limit and priority specified

Prints and/or completes all required documentation in the applicable sampling specification report and on an Inventory Card. Documents any quality-related product findings on the sampling and/or inspection report

Affix disposition placards on all pallet on all lot of material that has been inspected by QA and or by the QC Lab (when appropriate) and the same disposition on the Inventory Card

Updates and maintains the Master Incoming Inspection Tracker for the inspection results, date and inspection reports (where applicable)

Reports any general safety hazards to Materials and Compliance Specialist, QA Manager, QA Director

Performs any other duties assigned by Supervisor or Manager, to include and not limited to, retrieving retention samples, or pulling extra samples, as per management’s request, in the time frame and priority requested

Performs weekly and monthly tasks that include and are not limited to, replacing chart recorders, settling plates, destruction of raw materials… as needed.

Performs other duties as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statements

Positive – Ability to view all situations with a positive attitude

Willingness – Possesses willingness to learn new skills and use new tools and methods

Innovative – Ability to look beyond the standard solutions and “think outside the box”

Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task

Enthusiastic – Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task

Friendly – Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others

Initiative – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal

Organized – Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task

Reliability – The trait of being dependable and trustworthy

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education:

High school diploma or GED required.

Experience:

Experience in the pharmaceuticals industry is highly preferred but not required

Experience Required:  2+ years

Able to lift, bend, climb and reach 

Effective communication skills, including ability to read and write in English (Bi-lingual language skills in Spanish, helpful but not required)

Previous QA experience highly preferred

Flexibility in work hours preferred

Team player, excellent work ethics and able to multitask, attention to details as well as flexibility to changing priorities

Computer Skills:

Analytical, computer and mathematical skills.

Source: Nordic Naturals careers (Greenhouse)

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