Vice President, Quality Assurance – Laboratories

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $175k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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Onterris

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

🔬 Science

⚡ Energy

Consulting • Science • Energy

Onterris is a global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges at the intersection of environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risk. The firm provides environmental consulting and technical services — including contaminated land remediation, permitting and compliance, emergency response, stack testing, leak detection, laboratory testing & analysis, water consulting/treatment and PFAS remediation — to asset- and resource-intensive sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining and government. Onterris operates across the U. S. , Canada and Australia, reports ~3,500 employees, 100+ offices and serves thousands of clients, and positions itself as a systems-thinking, science-driven partner helping organizations translate environmental data into practical, regulatory-compliant solutions.

📋 Description

• Lead the enterprise Quality Management System and drive quality strategy, governance, and standardized implementation across accredited laboratories • Champion a culture of quality, compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement • Lead accreditation, regulatory, and client-specific quality strategy and compliance • Ensure laboratory independence, data integrity, and ethical conduct standards • Lead internal, client, accreditation, regulatory, DoD, and DOE audits and inspections • Oversee self-assessment, root cause analysis, performance monitoring, and sustainable CAPA processes • Lead risk management and continuous improvement programs to identify systemic vulnerabilities and proactively address issues • Harmonize and standardize quality processes, audit practices, metrics, and documentation across laboratories • Provide technical guidance on analytical methods, data validation, and reporting practices • Build and lead a high-performing quality organization • Represent the organization to clients, regulatory agencies, accrediting bodies, and government organizations • Govern policy, procedure, document control, change management, record integrity, traceability, and audit-ready documentation • Partner with laboratory and IT teams on LIMS and data governance, security, traceability, and audit readiness • Lead responses to significant quality, compliance, accreditation, and data integrity events

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Environmental Science, Biology, Microbiology, or related scientific discipline • Minimum 10 years of progressive Quality Assurance leadership experience within accredited laboratory environments • Demonstrated leadership of enterprise Quality Management Systems • Experience utilizing quality metrics, trend analysis, and risk-based methodologies • Extensive experience with TNI Standards, NELAC accreditation requirements, DoD/DOE ELAP accreditation programs, and ISO/IEC 17025 • Successful management of accreditation and regulatory audits • Experience leading CAPA systems and quality improvement initiatives • Strong understanding of laboratory operations and analytical testing methodologies • Experience managing multi-site laboratory organizations • Exceptional communication, leadership, and executive influencing skills • Ability to travel (50%) as required • Advanced degree preferred • Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) or similar credential preferred • Experience supporting environmental laboratories serving federal government programs preferred • Deep working knowledge of DoD ELAP assessments and data integrity requirements preferred • Demonstrated success harmonizing quality systems across multiple laboratory locations preferred • Strong executive presence and ability to interact effectively with regulators, accrediting bodies, and senior executives preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment • Reasonable accommodation for all applicants