Quality Analyst

About the Company

SGS is a Swiss multinational company, a world leader in inspection, verification, analysis, and certification services, with more than 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. In Peru, we operate in most economic sectors such as mining, agriculture, and fishing, forming part of the value chain of their products and services.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily monitoring and review of internal laboratory quality controls, evaluating accuracy, precision, blanks, and other established controls.
• Evaluate daily conformity of routine blind samples and immediately report detected deviations to the Quality Supervisor or Coordinator.
• Periodically verify the correct filling, review, control, and closure of technical records, ensuring the use of current formats and compliance with applicable procedures.
• Prepare, verify, and standardize/factorize chemical solutions and calibration or verification standards.
• Perform routine preparation and insertion of blind samples in chemical assays for geology, shift, copper dispatch, and molybdenum dispatch.
• Collect, consolidate, and verify information required for quality reports, indicators, and analytical performance.
• Execute review, coding, and updating of equipment life sheets, tracking preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Manage assay and re-assay folders in the Starlims system.
• Organize labeling, registration, and shipment of samples for inter-laboratory controls and proficiency testing.
• Control inventory, validity, storage, and traceability of reference materials, standards, and critical reagents.
• Provide training to new personnel regarding quality procedures.
• Organize technical information and evidence for audits, technical visits, and accreditation processes.

Requirements

• Technical degree in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Metallurgical Processes, or related fields.
• Bachelor's degree in Pure Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or related sciences.
• Resident of Arequipa.
• 1 year of experience in similar positions.
• Knowledge of ISO 17025, ISO 12743, ISO 10251, and ISO 11794 (desirable).
• Availability to work on an 8x8 shift regime.