Quality Leader
Bureau Veritas
Date: 2 hours ago
City: Jeddah
Contract type: Full time
Position Details
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
- Job Title: Quality Leader
- Location / Department: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Jeddah (South Jeddah) – Minerals Laboratory
- Reporting to: Laboratory Manager
- Specialty: Chemistry / Science / Geochem
- Education: Bachelor’s Degre
- Experience: 10 years of relevant experience
- Regulatory Analysis / ISO Standards Application / Instrumentation / Laboratory Techniques
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
- Lead the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the laboratory’s Quality Management System (QMS) in line with ISO/IEC 17025 and applicable standards.
- Lead and oversee quality assurance and quality control processes to ensure laboratory data integrity, accuracy, and compliance with applicable standards and client requirements.
- Ensure consistent application of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and quality protocols across all laboratory activities.
- Drive a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement within the laboratory.
- Ensure all relevant and required documentation is up to date and correctly filed / stored
- Drive continuous improvement and effective utilization of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to ensure data reliability and traceability.
- Ensure proper data entry, validation, and control within LIMS in line with QA/QC requirements.
- Support system enhancements and standardization across laboratory operations.
- Oversee internal and external audits, ensuring timely closure of non-conformances and preventive actions and monitoring effectiveness of implemented actions
- Monitor laboratory quality performance through monitoring QC data (CRMs, BLKs, replicates) as well as PT/RR data and identify trends, deviations, and potential risks.
- Analyze quality data and provide actionable insights and recommendations to management.
- Ensure timely escalation and resolution of quality issues impacting result accuracy or turnaround time.
- Oversee testing and analytical activities to ensure adherence to approved methods and quality standards.
- Ensure appropriate validation and review of analytical data before release.
- Support troubleshooting of technical issues affecting data quality and reliability.
- Proactively identify risks in laboratory processes and implement preventive and corrective actions
- Identify opportunities in laboratory processes and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
- Promote best practices and lessons learned across all laboratory sections.
- Provide technical guidance and QA/QC support to laboratory supervisors and staff.
- Act as a key point of contact for quality-related matters between laboratory operations and management.
- Communicate quality expectations and ensure alignment across all stakeholders.
- Act as the primary liaison with accreditation bodies, regulatory agencies and key clients on quality matters
- Ensure laboratory operations meet production targets while maintaining the highest standards of quality and compliance.
- Support the release of test results and batches in accordance with QA requirements.
- Balance operational efficiency with strict adherence to quality standards.
- Identify training personnel needs and ensure improved technical competency through hands-on training of laboratory personnel
- Implementing BV safety programs within the team
- Comply at all times with all applicable legal requirements, BV HSE
- Policies, procedures and practices.
- Maintain personal work areas tidy and hazard free and report any deviation/fault/hazard immediately to the location manager/line manager/HSE Representative
- Report immediately to HSE Representative any newly identified hazard and participate in devising suitable operational control to eliminate/minimize the pertinent risk.
- Report immediately to HSE Representative any HSE incident and cooperate in investigating Reporting all incidents and taking action whenever they see an unsafe act or condition
- Take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do).
- Co-operate with others on health and safety, and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for your health, safety or welfare.
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