QA Production

Fresh Del Monte Produce Company•Plover, WI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is a global leader in the production, distribution, and marketing of fresh, value-added, and shelf-stable fruits and vegetables. Del Monte Foods, the Foods Division of Fresh Del Monte, has a powerful portfolio of brands including Del Monte®, Contadina®, and S&W®. The Plover, Wisconsin facility is hiring Seasonal QA Production Technicians to support food safety, laboratory testing, product inspection, sampling, quality monitoring, and production compliance activities during the pack season. These roles involve performing inspections, collecting and analyzing samples, verifying production specifications, maintaining records, and upholding food safety and quality standards. Schedules may include day or night shifts, overtime, weekends, and up to 12-hour days during peak production. Seasonal employment typically runs from June through October, with potential extensions into late November/early December.

Requirements

Ability to work safely in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
Ability to perform detailed inspections and maintain attention to detail throughout the shift.
Ability to complete accurate documentation and recordkeeping.
Ability to use computers, scales, calculators, gauges, or laboratory instruments.
Ability to maintain productivity and quality standards during extended shifts.
Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
Ability to walk, stand, climb stairs, bend, and carry product samples throughout assigned shifts.
Ability to read instruments, testing devices, and measurement equipment accurately.
Ability to safely work around conveyors, forklifts, moving machinery, hot surfaces, steam, and industrial equipment.
Reliable attendance and dependability throughout the seasonal production period.
Previous food manufacturing, quality assurance, laboratory, inspection, or production experience.
Experience with food safety systems, GMPs, HACCP, CCP monitoring, or QA procedures.
Previous experience using testing instruments, scales, seam testing equipment, or laboratory devices.
Computer and data entry experience.
Experience with documentation, recordkeeping, or production reporting.
Basic math and measurement skills.
Experience with laboratory analysis or sample evaluation.
Bilingual communication skills are a plus.
An equivalent combination of education, manufacturing experience, warehouse operations, military service, staffing coordination, employee leadership, administrative support, or related operational experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the essential functions of the position may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual communication skills

Responsibilities

Perform quality assurance, laboratory, inspection, grading, sampling, testing, monitoring, and compliance activities in a food manufacturing environment.
Monitor production quality standards, evaluate raw and finished products, and complete required testing procedures.
Maintain accurate records and communicate quality concerns to production and QA leadership.
Collect raw product, ingredient, brine, water, and finished product samples.
Perform laboratory analysis, inspections, evaluations, and testing procedures.
Monitor product quality, seam integrity, fill weights, net weights, headspace, chlorine levels, salt levels, and product specifications.
Evaluate raw and finished product for defects, foreign material, quality concerns, or compliance deviations.
Perform visual inspections on cans, seams, labels, printers, detectors, fillers, and production equipment.
Conduct seam evaluations using seam testing equipment, seam saws, computers, scales, or laboratory instruments.
Perform brix analysis, brine testing, sodium analysis, calcium analysis, pH testing, vacuum testing, and related laboratory procedures.
Maintain accurate handwritten and computerized production and quality records.
Enter data into production, QA, and laboratory systems accurately.
Monitor CCPs, food safety controls, and GMP compliance requirements.
Notify supervisors, crew leaders, or QA leadership of product quality issues, process deviations, food safety concerns, or equipment problems.
Support calibration and verification activities for laboratory and QA equipment.
Maintain clean and organized work areas, laboratory spaces, equipment, and sampling stations.
Assist with additional QA projects, monitoring activities, sampling requirements, or production support assignments as needed.