Job Survey: Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

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Location: Edgewood, MD Experience: Mid-level Highest Level of Education: Undergraduate Degree

Job Responsibilities Laboratory data review - 75% Conformance audits - 20% Misc. operations support activities - 4% SOP writing/review - 1% Job Requirements Education requirements include BS degree in Chemistry or related field/experience, Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience, laboratory experience. Career path starts with QA Specialist,then Senior QA Specialist to QA Manager. Uppers Interaction with a wide range of personnel across working groups allows for varied work days/weeks instead of stale routines. Downers 12.5 hour shifts that rotate between day and night work. Lifestyle Long hours on a rotating shift schedule require flexibility in personal/family life. Dress is very casual as this is an industrial plant (skirts & heel are not allowed.) Compensation Compensation (base salary) is higher here than in similar fields due to the schedule and project operations. Benefits compensations are on par with related fields. Advice to Jobseekers Strongly consider the effects of the shift work schedule as some are more adaptable to this than others. This Senior Quality Assurance Specialist career survey is just one of 1000s of exclusive career surveys available on Vault. Find out what it's actually like on the job with Vault's job surveys. Read all Vault Career Surveys for the inside scoop on specific jobs Read Vault Employee Surveys for the inside scoop on specific employers Read Vault Student/Alumni Surveys for the inside scoop on colleges and grad schools