3rd Shift Quality Assurance Tech Level 1

Biery Cheese Co.•Louisville, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Technician LV1 must comply with all plant GMP, SQF Quality and Safety, Food Safety and Bio-Security procedures. The Quality Assurance Technician will enforce quality assurance, food safety and quality control policies and programs throughout the company to verify that Biery Cheese products are manufactured consistently and in accordance with the customer expectations, regulatory and SQF standards of quality. The individual can work off-shifts and weekends. This position will be backed up by another Quality Tech LV1 or Quality Tech LV 2.

Requirements

Skills to provide guidance including leading teams, problem solving, tenacity and integrity.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize the completion of tasks with respect to importance/ deadlines
Ability to understand HACCP and the key components of a HACCP program
Able to work independently and work efficiently with little or no supervision
Ability to research and interpret trends and potential compliance risks.
Ability to collect, analyze and present facts in written and oral communication
Proficiency in MS Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Strong technical expertise in food safety, regulatory compliance, USDA, FDA, HACCP, SQF and GMPs

Responsibilities

Train, coaches, mentors, empowers and develops good GMP practices with all team members.
Maintains compliance and handles all non-compliance and deviations in a swift manner.
Monitors packaging (CQP#1) and process cheese manufacturing (CCP#1) operations for quality/ Food Safety compliance issues.
Properly documents line checks in Redzone and ensures accuracy and completeness in paperwork
Files paperwork appropriately as needed
Perform and document Metal Detector Checks in redzone
Develops, advises on and coordinates continuous quality improvement initiatives
Ensures compliance with quality policies throughout all internal departments.
Assist in preparation as needed for USDA/FDA audits, SQF third-party audits, military, and organic audits.
Ability to create/maintain and investigate in-house product testing.
Conduct Sanitation Pre-Op inspections
Support production personnel’s quality needs on the production line.
Complete Redzone Quality checks in a timely manner.
Support bulk cheese grading personnel and be able to allocate bulk cheese based on grading results.
Ability to conduct daily sensory reviews on our process cheeses (CCP#2).
Perform weekly air sampling testing/ maintain program/ documentation.
Assist in “Red Flag” product monitoring and new product launches
Other duties as assigned