Quality Assurance Technician

Celmark International•Orlando, FL

11d

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Technician monitors and ensures compliance with quality standards throughout the packaging process. The role includes inspecting incoming packaging components, checking sanitation and the condition of packaging equipment, and inspecting packaged products for quality parameters such as volume, sealing, coding, labeling, and compliance with customer guidelines. The technician also ensures packaged products meet FDA and other regulatory standards, verifies equipment calibration, and completes and reviews packaging monitoring and measurement documentation. The technician works in the Packaging Department, follows QA SOPs, and reports packaging and quality issues to the QA Supervisor. This role has no supervisory responsibility and is expected to help prevent non-conformances, rework, and re-handling by ensuring products are packaged correctly the first time. The position is on the second shift, 3:15 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.

Requirements

Five years of experience in quality operations in the food and beverage sector.
Driven, organized, and detail-oriented.
Excellent communication skills.
Attention to detail and strong intestinal fortitude.
Communication and problem-solving skills.
Ability to function under pressure.
Ability to eliminate or minimize rejected product and rework.
Willingness to cooperate and work with other departments.
Ability to act in the interest of quality and stand one's ground.
Ability to manage and work with a variety of characters and personnel.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Inspect inbound components for packaging activity.
Enforce cGMP compliance among maintenance, manufacturing, QA, and packaging staff.
Ensure packaged products meet quality and customer standards and guidelines.
Ensure packaged products comply with FDA and regulatory standards.
Monitor the packaging process throughout its entirety.
Ensure calibration of equipment used to monitor and measure packaging activities.
Complete and review documentation used to monitor and measure packaging activities.
Proactively ensure goods are packaged properly the first time to eliminate rework and re-handling due to non-conformances.
Report packaging and quality issues to the QA Supervisor.
Question uncertain practices and use supervisory and managerial support to ensure appropriate decisions are made.
Follow QA SOPs and recommend improvements where possible.
Inspect packaging equipment for cleanliness and verify cleanliness and rinse efficacy via swab testing with a luminometer.