Quality Auditor - 1st Shift!

Kraft Heinz•Avon, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Kraft Heinz Company is seeking a Quality Auditor for its food processing facility in Avon, New York. The role performs quality assurance activities supporting food safety, regulatory compliance, product quality, sanitation verification, and production operations. The Quality Auditor works with Operations, Sanitation, and Quality teams to ensure products meet company standards, customer requirements, and regulatory specifications while supporting a safe and efficient manufacturing environment. The base schedule is 6:00 AM–2:30 PM, with mandated overtime as needed. Applicants must be willing to work any shift and cover vacations, weekends, and holidays. The role requires working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and complying with applicable company, regulatory, safety, quality, food safety, and sanitation requirements. Employment offers are contingent on passing an onsite pre-employment oral drug screen.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work all shifts and cover vacations, weekends, holidays, and mandated overtime as needed.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to comply with applicable federal, state, local, company, safety, quality, food safety, and sanitation requirements.
Ability to meet the listed physical requirements, including prolonged standing, lifting, repetitive hand motions, kneeling, twisting, squatting, and reaching above shoulder level.
Ability to work in hot, cold, and loud manufacturing environments, including environments over 85 decibels.
Ability to give and understand instructions and hold conversations in manufacturing, office, or classroom settings.
Ability to operate a computer and standard office equipment.
Safety- and quality-oriented, adaptable, and able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Successful completion of an onsite pre-employment oral drug screen is a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Prior manufacturing experience.
Food manufacturing experience.
Quality Assurance or Quality Control experience.
HACCP, GMP, or food safety experience.
Experience working in regulated manufacturing environments.
Experience performing audits, inspections, or product testing.

Responsibilities

Perform pre-operational sanitation audits and daily housekeeping inspections.
Conduct bacteriological and environmental swabbing activities.
Verify compliance with HACCP programs and food safety requirements.
Monitor metal detector performance and document verification records.
Inspect incoming raw materials and ingredients as required.
Perform hourly weight-control checks using approved systems and equipment.
Conduct residual oxygen, gas mixture, seal integrity, and package quality testing.
Complete finished-product evaluations and case audits.
Identify, document, and communicate quality concerns and non-conformances.
Place product on hold when necessary and communicate findings to Quality leadership.
Enter and maintain component complaint and quality documentation records.
Complete required quality, food safety, and traceability documentation.
Support regulatory, customer, and internal quality audits.
Maintain housekeeping standards throughout the production shift.
Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, corrective actions, and root-cause investigations.
Follow Kraft Heinz safety policies and procedures; safely operate testing equipment and associated machinery; follow Lockout/Tagout procedures as required; wear and maintain required PPE; and report unsafe conditions, behaviors, and equipment concerns.
Verify sanitation effectiveness through audits, inspections, and environmental monitoring; conduct pre-operational inspections; support sanitation compliance and corrective actions; and safely handle sampling equipment, testing supplies, and sanitation materials.
Ensure finished products and production processes meet Kraft Heinz quality standards, and verify compliance with HACCP, GMP, food safety, and customer requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.