Quality Assurance Technician

Shearer's Foods • Bluffton, IN

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers. With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards. Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community. At Shearer’s Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us.

Requirements

• 2+ years Previous Quality Assurance /Quality team member experience working in a food and beverage mfg. environment preferred.
• Good attendance is a must for the QA Tech. This is a skilled position that requires the associate to be reliable on a constant basis.
• Create a safety and healthy workplace.
• Must be able to read, understand and effectively communicate with team members in their immediate area.
• Must be able to do simple math, conversions (mm – in., g-oz), and use formulas to compute run rates
• The QA Technician will set an example for the QA team, as such they will need to be honest, dependable, punctual, and trustworthy and follow all policies/procedures set forth by Shearers Foods LLC.
• The QA Technician must have the ability to work well with others.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding and carry out written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems in common operating situations.
• Must have basic computer skills required to run production. Verifications on the computer will be done routinely throughout the day.
• Must be able to follow standard work instructions
• The team member is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms.
• The team member must regularly lift and /or move up to 50+ pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Team Members must be able to be on their feet for up to 12 hours to keep up with a fast, repetitious pace and to do repetitious lifting.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Quality Assurance /Quality team member experience working in a food and beverage mfg. environment

Responsibilities

• Ensures analytical, microbiological, sensory attributes and corporate compliance are completed in order to meet the quality standards defined by Shearer’s Snacks and its customers.
• Responsible for performing assigned laboratory testing and assuring that equipment is calibrated and running properly.
• Monitors the facility operation to ensure compliance with corporate quality requirements, SQF, labeling, GMP’s, food safety, and all other such standards of the plant.
• Works with the production team to assure that all proper checks are in place and communicate on a regular basis regarding quality results.
• Additional duties include training and preparing for audits, documenting results in record keeping database and other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed