JOB DETAILS
Quality Assurance Technician
CompanyThe Challenge Printing Co
LocationSanford
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMay 1, 2026
About The Company
The Challenge Printing Company® has been a leading, exclusively pharmaceutical printer for over a century. We provide packaging components such as labels (including extended content designs), inserts, outserts, folding cartons and pouches to pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide.
Established in 1911, Challenge is the largest independently owned, exclusively pharmaceutical printer in North America. Our company offers the strictest quality controls, state-of-the-art production capabilities and an innovative, consultative approach to packaging.
Our facilities are strategically located in the epicenters of pharmaceutical manufacturing, in New Jersey and North Carolina. With nearly identical capabilities, they represent excellent backup to one another. Our mission defines everything we do:
"Through the use of cutting edge technologies, we find unique ways to add value to any packaging component that we produce. We’ve moved beyond merely printing and folding, using Information Technology to transform FDA initiatives into packaging solutions".
About the Role
Description
It is an essential and basic job responsibility, as a Quality Assurance Technician to comply with all Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and current Good manufacturing practices. A quality assurance technician will work in a team based environment to ensure efficient production operations. At all times, a QA technician is expected to exemplify the highest level of business and personal integrity.
Responsibilities:
- Receiving and circulating of all customer specifications
- Ensuring that all customer specifications are released and filed in a timely manner
- Customer purchase order and specifications must be read at all stages of production to ensure compliance
- Acceptance of all paper and inks used in production. Review of the appropriate documentation prior to the release of any incoming paper/ink. Releasing the paper and ink into production in a timely manner
- Proofreading and approving customer proofs using the electronic proofreading system AVIA and TVT
- Verifying and documenting area clearance in all areas of production, including printing, cutting, folding, machine inspection, handwork and shipping areas.
- Verifying and documenting all raw materials used in the production process
- Approving jobs prior to printing. Ruling up a press sheet to ensure that the job is in position. Ensuring that the job complies with customer specifications. Proofreading the first press sheet produced using the AVIA proofreading system to ensure the job matches customer approved artwork. Proofreading a press sheet from each truck lift to ensure the job matches customer approved artwork
- Creation of bindery labels to ensure that the folding department utilizes the appropriate trays used in production of a final product
- Approving jobs prior to cutting. Verifying that the job is properly cut to ensure that it will fold according to customer specifications
- Approving jobs in folding. Ensuring that the final fold is in accordance with customer specifications
- Approving jobs in the machine inspection areas to ensure that the job complies with customer specification
- Approving jobs in the shipping department to ensure that we meet all packing/shipping requirements
- Creating and approving tray/core/carton/EZ labels used to identify the final product before being shipped to the customer
- Performing batch record review prior to the shipment of any customer order to ensure that all the required documentation is included in the job jacket and that we have complied with the customer specifications
Requirements
- Speak and understand English
- Good attention to detail
Key Skills
Quality AssuranceProofreadingAttention to detailDocumentationComplianceProduction operationsElectronic proofreadingAVIATVTStandard Operating ProceduresGood manufacturing practices
Categories
ManufacturingEngineeringLogistics
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The Quality Assurance Technician is responsible for ensuring production compliance by verifying raw materials, customer specifications, and documentation at all stages of the manufacturing process. They perform proofreading, approve jobs prior to printing and cutting, and conduct final batch record reviews before shipment.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
0-2
💼Company Size
128
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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