2nd shift/Plant 4 - FSQ Technician II

Hormel Foods Family of Companies•Sparta, WI

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the position is to inspect, sample, prepare and evaluate ingredients and components, intermediate products, and finished products for quality parameters in a safe, sanitary and productive manner and report the results. The incumbent in this position should follow prescribed procedures or testing methods to complete the task or to obtain results. The results shall then be compared to the specification to determine whether or not the results meet the specification. The incumbents should also be able to put ingredients, in-process materials and finished product on hold and take off hold in the AS400 system.

Requirements

Ability to inspect, sample, prepare and evaluate ingredients and components, intermediate products, and finished products for quality parameters.
Ability to follow prescribed procedures or testing methods.
Ability to compare results to specifications.
Ability to put ingredients, in-process materials and finished product on hold and take off hold in the AS400 system.
Ability to obtain receiving documents and check them against the specification.
Ability to organize and prepare sampling materials.
Ability to verify lot numbers and label information against standard documents.
Ability to locate materials to be sampled and work with the warehouse.
Ability to utilize aseptic sampling techniques.
Ability to collect required samples, adequately seal and mark sampled materials and sample containers.
Ability to transport, sort, and distribute samples for testing.
Ability to accurately identify samples to be composited for further testing.
Ability to verify lot numbers, prepare necessary materials for compositing.
Ability to take an equal small amount from each individual sample bag and combine it in another bag.
Ability to distribute composited samples for appropriate testing.
Ability to follow written step by step method or procedure for each test.
Ability to read and understand the packaging production detail report (PPDR) and the production schedule.
Ability to perform calibration and verification of equipment.
Ability to accurately record test results and pertinent comments on both hand written documents/lab books as well as electronical lab sheets.
Ability to perform equipment inspection and testing to assure that it is clean through visual examination, microbiological or allergen swabbing or sponging the equipment.
Ability to perform the allergen test with supervision or assistance.
Ability to take microbiological samples to the appropriate lab for testing.
Ability to operate autoclave.
Ability to understand the operation, verification, and use of foreign material detection and fill monitoring equipment.
Ability to follow the pick sheet and Packaging Production Detail Report (PPDR) to perform hourly line checks.
Ability to fill out required documentation accurately and at the correct frequency.
Ability to obtain appropriate retain samples of product.

Nice To Haves

Utilize the Quality Control Operation Control electronic recordkeeping system (QCOC).

Responsibilities

Sampling of raw ingredients, Work-in-progress (WIP), and finished goods for testing. This is accomplished when the incumbent obtains the receiving documents and checks them against the specification. They organize and prepare sampling materials, verify lot numbers and label information against standard documents and then locate the materials to be sampled and work with the warehouse to bring those materials to the sampling room. Utilizing aseptic sampling techniques, the incumbents collect required samples, adequately seal and mark sampled materials and sample containers and then transport, sort, and distribute samples for testing.
Compositing samples and sample preparation for testing. The QC Tech II shall accurately identify samples to be composited for further testing. They will then verify lot numbers, prepare necessary materials, and utilizing aseptic sampling technique to do the compositing, take an equal small amount from each individual sample bag and combine it in another bag. Finally they will distribute composited samples for appropriate testing.
Laboratory Testing and tasks associated with laboratory work. The testing that the QC Tech II will do is the testing listed below (not all inclusive). This is accomplished by following the written step by step method or procedure for each test. Other associated tasks would include being able to read and understand the packaging production detail report (PPDR) and the production schedule. Calibration and verification of equipment– using test weights or other standards, for checking the scales or other equipment to assure that they are within the tolerated accuracy at the appropriate frequency is another important task. Accurately recording test results and pertinent comments about the testing on both hand written documents/lab books as well as electronical lab sheets is also part of this job. Placing materials on hold and taking them off hold in the AS400 system is another expectation. Equipment inspection and testing to assure that it is clean through visual examination, microbiological or allergen swabbing or sponging the equipment and performing the allergen test with supervision or assistance is also done. Taking the microbiological samples to the appropriate lab for testing is a follow up to this task. Lastly, autoclave operation is another task for this job.
On-line packaging inspection. The incumbent shall understand the operation, verification, and use of foreign material detection and fill monitoring equipment as well as to follow the pick sheet and Packaging Production Detail Report (PPDR) to perform hourly line checks. The line checks require that the QC Tech I fill out required documentation accurately and at the correct frequency and obtain appropriate retain samples of product. Some QC Tech II positions may be required to utilize the Quality Control Operation Control electronic recordkeeping system (QCOC).