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Job Title
QA Batch Release Technician
Location
Greenwood, South Carolina
This role is based in Greenwood, SC, working on B Shift (7:00 PM - 7:00 AM). As a QA Batch Release Technician, you'll play a critical role in ensuring product quality and compliance by supporting batch release, process auditing, and continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
This is a fully site‑based role. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.
What you will get:
- An agile career and dynamic working culture.
- An inclusive and ethical workplace.
- Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
- Medical, dental and vision insurance.
What you will do:
- Support daily batch approval and release activities in partnership with the Batch Approval Engineer
- Perform process audits across manufacturing, printing, finishing, and inspection operations to ensure compliance
- Identify defect trends, initiate containment actions, and evaluate suspect product
- Conduct capsule quality inspections, including physical, print, and exception lot evaluations
- Complete documentation to ensure full traceability and support investigations, including CAPA effectiveness checks
- Perform QA lab measurements such as pre-lock force, dimensions, weight, moisture, and related testing
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support safety, quality, and continuous improvement objectives
What we are looking for:
- High school diploma or GED required
- Experience in quality assurance, manufacturing, or regulated environments preferred
- Basic computer skills for documentation, data entry, and system use
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify quality issues and defect trends
- Ability to follow procedures, complete documentation accurately, and maintain compliance standards
- Comfortable performing inspections, audits, and measurement techniques
- Strong teamwork, communication, and reliability (attendance is essential)
- Ability to work 12-hour night shifts (7 PM-7 AM), including weekends/holidays, and lift up to 50 pounds
About Lonza
At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone's ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that's the kind of work we want you to be part of.
Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you're ready to help turn our customers' breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.
Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.