QC Tech

MINERVA DAIRY • Minerva, OH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Minerva Dairy is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to help maintain high standards across products, processes, and deliverables. The role focuses on verifying requirements, documenting findings, identifying issues, and supporting continuous quality improvement. It supports quality and food safety practices related to HTST processes used in cheese and butter production.

The schedule is a rotating 12-hour day shift from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Every other weekend is a three-day weekend. Weekends and overtime are required to meet business needs. Starting pay is $22 per hour.

Requirements

• Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and adhere to standards.
• Careful approach to reviewing information, identifying errors, and verifying compliance.
• Comfort working within structured processes, documentation requirements, and defined controls.
• Ability to sustain attention across review and follow-up tasks.
• Clear written communication for documenting observations, results, and supporting evidence.
• Sound judgment in raising issues objectively and with factual support.
• Experience using tracking, documentation, or quality control tools relevant to the role.
• Previous experience in quality, quality control, or quality assurance functions.
• Familiarity with procedures, audits, checklists, or compliance frameworks relevant to the area.
• Ability to work consistently within established guidelines.
• High school education level.

Nice To Haves

• HACCP, SQF Practitioner, and PCQI certifications are highly preferred; candidates without them should be willing to complete the necessary training courses.
• Experience supporting food production environments, including HTST processes for cheese and butter production, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quality reviews and testing using defined criteria, procedures, and standards.
• Identify defects, inconsistencies, or deviations and document findings clearly and thoroughly.
• Verify products, processes, or deliverables meet specifications, internal policies, and established requirements.
• Track issues through resolution and confirm corrective actions and outcomes.
• Maintain orderly and traceable quality control records, reports, and supporting evidence.
• Work with internal teams to clarify requirements, communicate findings, and support corrective actions.
• Contribute to improvements in review procedures, quality controls, and assurance practices.
• Support quality and food safety practices related to HTST processes used in cheese and butter production.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED