Quality Assurance Technician

Peco Foods • Pocahontas, AR

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About The Position

The Quality Assurance Technician will be responsible for ensuring food safety and quality throughout the production process. This role involves monitoring in-process product, conducting environmental evaluations, and making real-time determinations regarding food safety and quality. The technician will also perform pre-operational inspections, manage lock-out/tag-out procedures, and communicate effectively with sanitation, maintenance, and production teams. A strong understanding of production flow, including codes, size limits, and label attributes, is essential. The technician must be proficient in using quality tools and equipment and must identify and report any suspicious or abnormal situations to their supervisor. Adherence to packaging and labeling specifications is required, along with demonstrating Peco-Pocahontas values: Safety, Teamwork, Mutual Respect, Accountability, and Honesty.

Requirements

• Ability to demonstrate control of assigned department.
• Ability to monitor in-process product.
• Ability to conduct environmental evaluations.
• Ability to make real-time determinations for food safety and quality.
• Ability to effectively conduct a pre-operational inspection.
• Ability to perform lock out/tag out with verification.
• Ability to manage equipment disposition.
• Ability to efficiently communicate with support teams (Sanitation, Maintenance, and Production).
• Ability to effectively navigate the usage of quality tools and equipment.
• Proficiency with scales, calipers, thermometers, Sightline, and Infinity.
• Ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of production flow.
• Knowledge of production codes, size limits, and label attributes.
• Ability to identify and report suspicious or abnormal situations.
• Ability to follow written specifications for packaging and labeling of products.
• Must exhibit the Peco-Pocahontas values: Safety, Teamwork, Mutual Respect, Accountability, and Honesty.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate control of assigned department, monitoring in-process product, environmental evaluations, and real-time determination for food safety and quality.
• Effectively conduct a pre-operational inspection, including lock-out/tag-out with verification and equipment disposition.
• Efficiently communicate with support teams (Sanitation, Maintenance, and Production).
• Effectively navigate the usage of quality tools and equipment such as scales, calipers, thermometers, Sightline, and Infinity.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of production flow, including production codes, size limits, and label attributes.
• Identify and report any suspicious or abnormal situations to their immediate supervisor or plant management official, such as product tampering, unauthorized employees in restricted areas, and equipment malfunction that may put product wholesomeness at stake.
• Follow the written specification for packaging and labeling of products.
• Exhibit the Peco-Pocahontas values: Safety, Teamwork, Mutual Respect, Accountability, and Honesty.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed