Quality Assurance Specialist

Berkshire is the global contamination control leader for clean room and controlled environment consumable products. We provide customers with technically advanced materials aimed at application performance. We focus on total solutions that consistently minimize the risk of product and process contamination. With our customer relationships we continuously focus on complete engineered clean solutions. For 55 years Berkshire has understood and delivered world class manufacturing, reliable supply chain, highest standards for quality, technically advanced products assuring mutual success each step of the way. The ideal candidate will be strategic minded, be a team player that can also work independently with a positive attitude, be proactive, manage complex tasks and problem solve, and possess a high attention to detail. The Quality Assurance Specialist must have the ability to collaborate with peers and management and demonstrate exceptional judgement and a high degree of professional maturity while modeling loyalty, integrity, and honesty. Key Job Functions: Interpret, build upon, and comply with company quality assurance standards. Maintain complaint and nonconformance processing through records and tracking systems, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions. Document quality assurance activities with internal reporting and audits. Collect, analyze, and visualize quality data graphically for quality reporting. Create certificates for all products. Receiving, in-process, and final inspections. Description of Candidate: Demonstrate integrity and professionalism. Demonstrate a positive attitude in the face of challenges. Maintain a professional demeanor both internally and externally with vendors, customers, and suppliers. Maintain a high attention to detail to ensure compliance to standards. Ability to work individually as well as positively and proactively in a team. Reacts with an appropriate sense of urgency to production and customer needs. Ability to communicate and work well with all levels of the organization. Ability to perform responsibilities with minimal supervision. Ability to assist with IQ/OQ/PQ validations. Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters involving security and/or manufacturing. Willingness and ability to remain current in skills and industry trends. Qualifications of Candidate: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university or three to five years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of both. Excellent organizational skills. Knowledge and experience with Six Sigma and Root Cause Analysis. Ability to effectively prepare and present information in on-on-one and small group situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to apply complex instructions that include conditionals to situations described in materials. Use of mathematics together with the use of drawings, specifications, charts, tables. Good working knowledge of MS Office and ERP system software; LIMS/QMS experience desirable. Ability to use precision measuring instruments including equipment and personal computer to input data. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Proficiency in best practices for testing, version control, and defect management. Environmental monitoring experience (air, water, surface, and personnel). Textile industry (knitting, finishing, yarns), Knits and Non Wovens experience. Previous experience with ISO 9001 system in manufacturing environment. Cleanroom experience (ISO Class 4-8) a plus. Job Description: Maintain the company’s quality inspection and product release programs for incoming and in process materials, components, processes, finished goods, and product returns. Plan, execute, and oversee product inspection and testing for quality and conformance to specifications and deliverables. File and maintain all records associated with the Quality Department both writte…

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