QA Technician

Agri Foods • Port Coquitlam, BC

22h • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Technician to join our Quality Assurance team! Our Quality Assurance Technician will help us ensure all our products meet regulatory, internal, and customer requirements. This is a very exciting time as you will get a chance to learn about our unique processes and techniques and champion quality assurance for one of the leading brands! Some of the main challenges include staying organized in a fast-paced environment and effectively coaching production staff while demonstrating consistency and follow-through. The QA technician will work closely with cross functional teams to ensure that raw material or finished product is inspected and released in time and that non-conforming product disposition is handled in efficient manner.

Requirements

• Degree in Food Science or related discipline
• Experience working in a similar capacity, preferably in a food production facility
• Knowledge of GFSI standards (SQF)
• Understanding of HACCP concepts and processes (training in HACCP)
• Intermediate level Excel, Word, and Outlook skills
• Multi-tasker who prioritizes tasks to meet deadlines
• Meticulous, process-driven, and uber-organized with a keen eye for detail
• Great communicator who can easily get along and work with different personalities
• Able to lead, instruct, and communicate company and regulatory standards to employees

Nice To Haves

• Experience troubleshooting complex QA issues

Responsibilities

• Ensure products meet company and regulatory standards by running tests, inspections, reports and more
• Help manage all QA and QC records, documents, and samples pertaining to HACCP, SQF, CFIA, etc.
• Carry out lab testing including micro test, organoleptic evaluation and other dairy tests.
• Support with writing and improving standard operating procedures
• Champion shelf-life studies and creating meaningful reports
• Participate in internal and external audits and implement needed changes
• Effectively communicate quality control expectations to employees and support with training for GMP’s
• Verification of all sanitation activities pertaining to preoperational inspection, swabbing and calibration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level