Quality Specialist
US$38 / hr base salary
Posted 6 Oct 2026
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- Expected experience
- 1–3 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
- Contract
- Contract
| Base salary | US$38 / hr |
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Field of studyChemistry, Food Science, Microbiology, Nutrition, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Title: Quality Specialist
Location: Remote (candidates must be located in the United States)
Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing _(FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)
_Initial term: 6 months (Month Day, Year - Month Day, Year) (position expected to run longer)
Schedule: Mon-Fri 8am to 5pm
About This Role:
The Quality Specialist supports U.S. Nutrition & Health Contract Manufacturing Quality by coordinating, tracking, and executing updates to finished product testing specifications for externally manufactured products. The position ensures specification updates are aligned with approved formulas, label claims, product release requirements, microbiological and contaminant standards, market-specific requirements, and contract manufacturer capabilities. Drives specification compliance, data integrity, and continuous improvement under the direction of Contract Manufacturing Quality Leadership.
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What You'll Do:**
Compliance and governance
- Maintain specification update activities in alignment with applicable U.S. regulations, Quality Management System requirements, brand standards, and agreed contract manufacturer controls.
- Create, route, track, and close specification update records, change controls, intake requests, and related tasks in the applicable system of record.
- Maintain a master tracker for U.S. Nutrition & Health contract manufacturing specification updates, including priority, owner, affected SKU/material, contract manufacturer, system status, and implementation date.
- Coordinate specification updates with contract manufacturers to confirm feasibility, testing capability, method alignment, COA format, release criteria, and effective-date readiness.
- Support updates related to microbiological requirements, contaminant limits, allergens, claims, certifications, net content, packaging requirements, shelf life, and market-specific criteria.
- Maintain controlled specification records, supporting rationale, approval evidence, and contract manufacturer alignment documentation in SharePoint or the applicable quality system.
- Develop dashboards, reports, and routines that improve visibility to overdue updates, compliance gaps, launch risks, and implementation bottlenecks.
- Other specification quality duties may be assigned as required.
Safety and Environmental
- Maintain compliance with applicable safety, environmental, and information-management requirements when handling controlled documents, records, samples, or contract manufacturer information.