QA Lab Tech
About The Position
This position partners cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Management to ensure food/feed safety, quality, regulatory, and customer requirements are consistently applied throughout the manufacturing process. The Quality Assurance Technician serves as a key resource on the production floor, supporting quality systems in real-time to drive First Pass Quality, product compliance, material yield, and operational efficiency. This is a highly visible plant-support role requiring significant time on the manufacturing floor. Candidates must be comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment and interacting with employees at all levels of the organization.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Minimum one (1) year experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, laboratory, food, feed, or any industry.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and make sound decisions.
- Demonstrated teamwork, collaboration, and willingness to support fellow Quality Assurance team members while maintaining a positive and professional work environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications SAP, and Repete and other business systems used to support quality, production, and inventory management activities.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Management teams.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.
Nice To Haves
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Biology, Chemistry, Quality Assurance, or related field.
- Experience in food, feed, or manufacturing environments.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, JD Edwards, or Oracle.
- Understanding of GMPs, HACCP, Preventive Controls, and food/feed safety programs.
- Experience supporting audits and regulatory inspections.
Responsibilities
- Support quality assurance and food/feed safety programs in real-time on the production floor.
- Spend approximately 50-60% of the workday in production and ingredient handling areas.
- Collect/review ingredient, in-process, finished product, and retained samples for testing and evaluation.
- Assist with ingredient and finished feed evaluations to determine compliance with quality standards and specifications prior to use in production or release for shipment.
- Perform routine laboratory testing and maintain quality records.
- Verify product specifications, formulations, labels, lot codes, sequencing, and manufacturing requirements.
- Assist in investigating quality concerns, customer complaints, process deviations, and non-conforming products.
- Monitor and maintain tag inventory to ensure adequate supply for production.
- Provide quality guidance and support to production employees and supervisors.
- Support regulatory, customer, and internal audit activities.
- Monitor compliance with food/feed safety programs, prerequisite programs, and quality management systems.
- Assist with inventory verification, product holds, releases, and quality-related documentation.
- Support training initiatives related to quality and food/feed safety.
- Help provide coverage when the Quality Manager is out of the office.
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Benefits
- Broad portfolio of benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
