Interested in a career that matters?
At Novonesis’ Blair Facility, you’ll join a team committed to maintaining the highest standards of product quality and regulatory compliance within our Enzymes operations. In this role, you will work closely with cross‑functional partners and global counterparts to ensure our quality systems consistently support business goals and meet stringent regulatory expectations. You’ll play a key role in strengthening our Quality Operations function and contributing to the continuous improvement of our global quality framework.
The Role & Your Impact
As a Quality Operations Specialist, you will support and maintain Quality Operations for the Blair Facility with a strong focus on Enzymes. You will collaborate across departments, customers, and authorities to ensure compliance with Novonesis’ Quality programs, certifications, and regulatory requirements. Your work will directly influence product integrity, process reliability, and overall site compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
• Support product and process quality activities, including customer complaints, product approvals, NCRs, and SAP workflows.
• Execute RM management tasks such as risk assessments, Kosher & Halal management, supplier complaints, and food/feed fraud oversight.
• Contribute to regulatory and certification compliance efforts involving audits, food/feed safety and defense, GMP, and HACCP.
• Drive and support continual improvement of quality systems.
• Partner with local and global counterparts to align and standardize critical quality processes.
• Work independently on assigned tasks while supporting site-wide quality initiatives.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
• B.S. degree with 2+ years of industry experience in quality‑related programs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams and regulatory stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, regulatory frameworks, and certification standards.
• Proven capability to work independently with minimal day‑to‑day supervision.
• High work ethic, learning orientation, and commitment to supporting Quality, EHS, and site compliance expectations (QES Responsibility).
Additional Skills & Interests We Value
• Experience with GMP/HACCP program maintenance.
• Familiarity with SAP or other quality‑related digital systems.
• Strong analytical and root‑cause investigation skills.
• Interest in continuous improvement methodologies and global quality harmonization.
What We Offer
• Opportunities to grow your expertise within a global biotechnology leader.
• A collaborative, purpose‑driven culture that values quality, innovation, and safety.
• Support from experienced colleagues, global quality communities, and development resources to help you advance in your career.
Ways of Working / Working Conditions
• Full‑time onsite role at the Blair Facility.
• Requires the ability to work effectively in a production‑adjacent environment with potential exposure to temperature variation, noise, or other standard manufacturing conditions.
• Occasional collaboration across shifts or flexibility during audit periods may be required.
Compensation & Benefits
Expected salary range: $80k to $100k
Benefits you will enjoy:
401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution
Minimum of 3 weeks of vacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time
Health, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
Healthcare savings account option
Employee assistance program
Parental leave
All benefits begin on your first day
Our purpose guides the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.
Opportunities for everyone
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.
We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.
Explore other openings
If this position isn’t the right fit, you may still find other opportunities with us. You’re welcome to explore open roles or create a job agent to stay connected with future opportunities at novonesis.com/Career
Top Skills
What We Do
Novozymes has combined with Chr. Hansen to become Novonesis: linkedin.com/company/novonesis. This global biosolutions company of 10,000 people is transforming how the world produces, consumes and lives. In 30-plus industries, its biosolutions help businesses meet their needs and the needs of our planet. Novozymes was formed in 2000 when Novo Nordisk split into three companies: Novo Nordisk A/S, Novozymes A/S and Novo A/S. Novozymes was the world leader in biological solutions with a commitment to Rethink Tomorrow. It served 130 markets with enzymatic, microbial and advanced protein solutions. The company’s solutions enabled higher agricultural yields, low-temperature washing, energy-efficient production, renewable fuel and many other benefits. In December 2022, Novozymes and Chr. Hansen entered into an agreement to create a leading global biosolutions partner by combining the two companies. The goal was to unleash the full potential of biosolutions and generate significant value for all stakeholders and society. The combination was completed on January 29, 2024 and Novonesis was born. The name means ‘a new beginning’ and is derived from the Greek word ‘genesis’. It reflects a new era where we’ll better our world with biology. You can find Novonesis on LinkedIn here: linkedin.com/company/novonesis. Novozymes A/S, part of Novonesis Group.
