QA Technician

**Acerca de Lubrizol**
Lubrizol Corporation, una compañía de Berkshire Hathaway está comprometida con proporcionar un futuro sostenible. Nuestra ciencia avanzada aporta innumerables posibilidades a nível molecular, impulsando resultados sostenibles y medibles para ayudar al mundo a moverse más limpio, crear más inteligente y vivir mejor. Las personas utilizan nuestras soluciones a diario, mejorando millones de vidas en todo el mundo.

**Purpose**

Ensure Quality Control and Quality Assurance daily activities following the Company procedures.

**Contribution **(Business/Technical/Support)
- Guarantee the quality of the products sent to our customers meet the specifications.
- Support the production facility by providing valid feedback of the quality performance of the products to control and adjust their processes.
- Internally coordinate product quality complaints according to QA System.
- Communicate Quality information and coordinate quality issues between departments to contribute to customer satisfaction.

**Communication / contacts**

Internal contacts with:

- Production
- Warehouse
- Supply Chain (CER & Planning)
- Purchasing
- Laboratories (R&D and Applications)
- HSES

**Dimensions & context**

4 shifts 24/7

Plant Capacity 14,5K MT

**Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities for HSES**

The following responsibilities and accountabilities are identified in HSES. They are non-negotiable, enduring, and a base expectation for all employees in Lubrizol. Each employee and leader should jointly review these expectations and acknowledge their commitment to meet these expectations as a part of their responsibility and accountability in their role.

All employees are responsible and accountable for:

- Performing the job safely, in compliance with all applicable procedures, standards and regulations. Proof at all times an exemplary behaviour towards everything related to HSES.
- Anticipating and identifying HSES risks and taking action to prevent the risk from having an adverse impact;
- If a job or task is believed to be unsafe or will put the organization at risk, every employee is expected to stop the activity until further review is made. No one should proceed with a job or task until all appropriate risk controls are in place.
- All Lubrizol employees must actively contribute to reach the objective of: 0 accidents, 0 spills and emissions, 0 overdues
- Actively contribute by detecting risk situations and reporting safety alerts.
- Promoting and demonstrating their personal commitment through active and visible participation in implementation and ongoing use of the HSES management systems.
- Attend HSES training courses and actively participate in the HSES meetings.
- Attend the trainings set for Procedures and Work Instructions, fulfilling the established planning.

**Authority**

If necessary, every QC Technician is granted with the authority to:

- In front of a situation of risk, s/he has the authority to push the emergency button and ask for help.
- S/he has the authority to block a finished goods batch in case the batch does not meet the Quality specifications.
- S/he has the authority to stop an equipment if the safety conditions can derive into an emergency or significant failure.
- S/he has the authority to stop any task of a collaborator, a colleague or a contractor if the task can imply any risk for the physical integrity of the person or if it can damage the premises and/or the environment.
- In case of accident or the possibility of an imminent risk, execute the necessary actions to avoid or minimize the consequences.
- Must ensure that the people involved in a job respect Safety rules and instructions described in the Work Permit until the end of the job.
- Authorize the blocking and inspection of an equipment.
- Authorize or prevent the access of an external person in his/her area of responsibility.

**Accountabilities**
- Execute the daily tasks in order to ensure a consistent quality of the production process and finished goods.
- Coordinate the daily work and equipment to ensure the product delivery on time.
- Register and follow up complaints
- Prioritise and execute QC tests on in-process, finished and raw materials and report in the system
- Ensure the optimum functioning of the lab equipment by correct use and fast troubleshooting
- Interpretation and communication of out of specs results to ensure efficient corrective actions
- Act as a backup of the Quality Manager during the periods of his/her absence.

**Expertise / Knowledge / Skills standard for this position**
- Minimum Bachelor degree with chemical background
- Minimum 5 years experience (preferred in chemical industry)
- Good knowledge of Spanish and English
- High computer skills, MS office, LIMS, ERP systems (SAP)

**Job Segment**:QA, Quality Assurance, Chemical Research, QC, Supply Chain, Technology, Quality, Engineering, Operations