Quality Assurance Technician - Night Shift

Skjodt-Barrett Foods•Brampton, ON

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Skjodt-Barrett is seeking a QA Technician to join their team during a period of growth. Reporting to the QA Supervisor, this role is crucial for ensuring the highest product quality through analytical testing and production floor quality analysis. The technician will oversee product testing from raw ingredients to final batch sampling, ensuring all products meet specifications. The position involves collaborating with the manufacturing team to optimize processes and maintain compliance with safety and quality standards. This is a full-time, permanent night shift role, Monday through Friday, 11 PM - 7 AM, with occasional overtime.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or a related field, or equivalent experience in a relevant food science role.
Practical quality assurance experience, ideally within a food or pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
Comfortable alternating between the lab and production floor.
Ability to read, interpret, and apply scientific standards, measurements, processes, and results.
Understanding of basic addition and subtraction, and ability to accurately measure and interpret temperature and weight data.
Familiarity with quality control, lab testing, sensory testing, and manufacturing processes, particularly in food production environments.
Naturally curious, proactive, and bring strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and work collaboratively with production teams to implement solutions.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and excel at planning.
Continuous learning mindset to expand knowledge and expertise.
Professional and adaptable verbal and written communication skills, including recording, interpreting, and reporting data.
Ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across all levels.
Value diverse experiences and perspectives, listening, understanding, and responding with respect.
Demonstrate consistent, regular attendance and dependability.
Flexible to adjust to varying tasks, work environments, and overtime hours as needed.

Responsibilities

Maintain sample integrity by collecting, evaluating, and managing retain samples, including pallet preparation, documentation, and electronic logging.
Collect, prepare, document, and submit microbiological samples to external laboratories according to established schedules and protocols.
Support food safety verification programs through ATP, allergen, environmental, and water sample collection.
Evaluate, test, and release raw materials to confirm compliance with food safety and quality specifications prior to use.
Verify and document critical processing parameters across batching, filling, and post-pasteurization systems by reviewing displays, chart recorders, work instructions, and retention times, and signing off on approved processing parameter check sheets.
Conduct in-process and finished product testing to support timely product release, including Vitamin C, malic acid and %TA titration and adjustments; Brix, pH, viscosity, Bostwick, USDA flow; texture analysis; water activity; spread and bake testing; density determination; inversion; torque, compression, and tensile testing; and sensory evaluations.
Verify packaging and labeling accuracy through weight checks, package integrity checks, metal detector validation, and product coding verification.
Support sanitation and allergen control programs by maintaining SSOP boards and executing post-sanitation validations, including allergen swabbing (Neogen).
Monitor production areas to ensure adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
Complete and maintain required quality and food safety records, including sanitation logs, calibration records, glass and brittle plastic audits, light intensity checks, water/air/steam monitoring, and NC hold documentation.
Initiate, investigate, and document non-conformances (NCRs), communicate findings to QA leadership, and support root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
Prepare and release Certificates of Analysis (COAs), collect samples for Sales, Product Development, and external partners, and inspect and release NC holds.
Support effective shift-to-shift communication by sharing critical quality and production information to maintain continuity and alignment across teams.

Benefits

Impactful work directly supporting systems that ensure rigorous safety and quality standards, especially in highly regulated categories like infant nutrition.
Hands-on involvement across the full production process, working in both the lab and on the production floor.
Participation in sensory testing of raw ingredients, monitoring temperatures and pH, and sampling finished products.
Collaboration with Production, R&D, and Quality teams.
Career development opportunities with a history of promoting from within.
Opportunity to build technical and operational experience.
Expected base pay range of $50K-$53K.
Culture of transparency, responsibility, and integrity.
Focus on nurturing and growing employees' careers and professional satisfaction.
Open communication, idea sharing, and knowledge building.
Commitment to building an inclusive culture.
Working towards a sustainable future, prioritizing sustainability in manufacturing.
Striving to accelerate the adoption of sustainable packaging and food products.
Adherence to a strict Supplier Code of Conduct.