Senior Quality Specialist
Lonza · Greenwood, SC
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Lonza (pharma & life sciences) in Greenwood, SC.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Internal audits, SAP, MES
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in South Carolina: typical posted base $95k–$120k.
Median of the low and high ends of 18 live postings that list pay, out of 35 quality engineer openings in South Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 34 other live quality postings in South Carolina.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $90k–$120k, from 16 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 69%
- FMEA 46%
- SPC 43%
- Lean 37%
- PPAP 37%
- APQP 37%
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This plant: Lonza in Greenwood
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Full description from LonzaAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
As a Senior Quality Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence across manufacturing operations. You will support batch release activities, quality record management, product quality evaluations, and quality systems processes while partnering closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams. In this position, you will help drive compliance with quality standards, support audit readiness, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality products to our customers.
What Will You Do
- •Perform batch record review, compliance verification, and product release activities to support business objectives and ensure adherence to quality requirements.
- •Maintain and manage quality records, batch documentation, retained samples, and archival processes in accordance with quality system and regulatory requirements.
- •Evaluate product quality by assessing physical, manufacturing, and printing defects and performing quality inspections and testing activities.
- •Analyze defect and quality performance trends, support investigations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve product quality and manufacturing yield.
- •Coordinate quality oversight activities for non-conforming or out-of-specification materials, ensuring appropriate segregation, documentation, and disposition.
- •Support customer audits, health authority inspections, and internal audits by providing quality documentation, compliance information, and audit support.
- •Maintain SAP master data and support quality management systems to ensure accurate and compliant quality records and processes.
- •Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support quality objectives, compliance initiatives, and operational excellence programs within a GMP manufacturing environment.
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What Are We Looking For
- •Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Science, or another technical discipline.
- •5-10 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Operations, or a related quality function.
- •Strong knowledge of quality systems, batch record review, product release, and quality documentation processes.
- •Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- •Experience using SAP and/or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- •Experience utilizing quality data analysis and trending tools to support problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- •Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- •Ability to work independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Why Join Lonza?
At Lonza, quality is at the center of everything we do. As a Senior Quality Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting product quality, compliance, and continuous improvement while helping to ensure the reliable delivery of products that meet customer and regulatory expectations. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and contribute directly to operational excellence in a global manufacturing environment.
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.