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Quality Control Trainer in Rensselaer, NY
Our Rensselaer site is undergoing a crucial quality transformation. This is a rare opportunity to join a highly visible project, re-engineer quality systems from the ground up, and gain unmatched regulatory exposure.
Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives
Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.
We proudly offer
- Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
- Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
- Career advancement opportunities
- Education reimbursement
- 401K program with matching contributions
- Learning platform
- And more!
Position overview
The Quality Control Trainer will develop and deliver programming that ensures Quality Control personnel are qualified to perform their role in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). They will apply instructional design principles and facilitation skills to execute a training program that promotes high levels of learner engagement, immerses employees in Curia’s culture and values, and helps them perform aspects of their role right first time. Training will focus on building engagement, knowledge, and foundational skills.
This role requires seasoned facilitation skills and subject matter expertise for best practices in QC training and compliance. The role supports data integrity, regulatory readiness, and right-first-time performance by embedding strong technical skills and quality culture across the QC laboratory.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory responsibilities
This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Essential job duties
- Develop and execute qualification programs for QC techniques and instrumentation
- Single point of accountability for the new QC employees and refreshers for the existing QC employees
- Analyze deviations, OOS/OOT results, and lab errors to identify training needs
- Ensure all training aligns with cGMP requirements and internal quality systems
- Design and deliver instructor-led and hands-on training for QC analysts (e.g., HPLC, GC, wet chemistry, dissolution); create and maintain training materials
- Develop structured multi-month onboarding programs for new hires and cross-training plans for existing staff
- Translate complex analytical methods and SOPs into clear, trainable content
- Facilitate both classroom and laboratory-based training sessions
- Reinforce principles of data integrity (ALCOA+) in all training activities
- Maintain training compliance in accordance with regulatory expectations (e.g., audit readiness)
- Assess analyst competency through observation, practical assessments, and knowledge checks
- Maintain training matrices and ensure timely qualification/requalification
- Implement training improvements to reduce repeat errors and improve right-first-time performance
- Partner with QC management, QA, and Manufacturing to align training with operational needs
- Ensure safety practices are being followed during any instructor-led training
- Perform other duties as assigned
Education, experience, certification and licensures Required
- Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related field and 5-7 years of related work experience
- Experience training or mentoring in a regulated environment
Preferred
- Strong hands-on experience with analytical techniques such as HPLC, GC, UV, and wet chemistry
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Organization: Is extremely organized and pays attention to detail. Adept at prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
- Communication: Writes and speaks with clarity. Is an engaging and succinct presenter. Simplifies complex technical concepts for a range of learners
- Leadership: Coaching mindset with ability to provide constructive feedback, ability to work with employees of different skill levels.
- Strategy: Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
- Collaboration: Works well with team members, SMEs and other stakeholders to deliver programming. Builds productive working relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Instructional design: Incorporates user experience design principles to structure instructor-led training
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations (e.g., FDA guidelines)
- Develop learning assessments (e.g, using Kirkpatrick’s Model of Evaluation)
- Experience with LMS platforms and training documentation systems
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel as classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.
Other Qualifications
- Must pass a background check
- Must pass a drug screen
- May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening
Pay Range: $88,000-$110,000/year
Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.
All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.
