Quality Control Tech - Night Shift - Days Off: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday

Home Chef • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Quality Control Tech ensures the accuracy and quality of products labeled, portioned, meal bagged, and shipped from Home Chef. The role works alongside production teams to conduct on-the-line checks against recipe specifications and quality standards. The schedule is 8:00 PM to 6:30 AM, with Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off.

The position performs checks across labeling, portioning, meal bagging, shipping lines, and receiving or outbound transfers. Duties include verifying labels, samples, measurements, ingredient amounts, product quality, line setups, and box contents; documenting inspections; correcting or escalating issues; and supporting food safety and quality programs. The role also handles post-operation cleanup and equipment setup and verification.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to perform the knowledge, skills, and duties representative of the role, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working in food quality.

Responsibilities

• Visually inspect labels on bottles, jars, and bags for proper placement and correct product or ingredient names according to QA sheets.
• Provide production teams with the correct QC samples and measuring equipment before production.
• Reinforce proper measurement practices and confirm ingredient portions with production leads before production begins.
• Verify and sign off on portioning lines before production and conduct hourly visual inspections of portioned ingredients.
• Verify meal bag line setup using production sheets and confirm ingredients are present, within shelf life, and in the correct amounts.
• Sign off on production sheets and conduct hourly visual or physical inspections of completed meal bags.
• Monitor meal bagging lines, help close bags at the end of the line, and conduct random inspections on shipping-line operating days.
• Verify shipping line setup, including meat, meal bags, recipe cards, and box callouts, before shipping starts.
• Communicate production errors and visually inspect meat for quality when serving as protein QA.
• Conduct the sanitation process for proteins exposed to potential cross-contamination.
• Verify similar-line setup before each run, document sign-off and start time, and ensure production associates are informed of the correct pick quantity.
• Verify proteins, meal bags, box callouts, recipe cards, and ice quantities on unique and hybrid lines using pick tickets.
• Complete and document QC inspections of inbound and outbound ingredients.
• Escalate quality or food-safety concerns to the FSQA Supervisor or FSQA leadership.
• Perform final box verification, document issues and the shipping line involved, provide feedback to production supervisors or team leads, correct identified issues, and ensure boxes are placed on pallets for shipping.
• Collect cleaned and sanitized utensils and return them to designated QA lab locations; store QA sheets, clipboards, and tablets in designated areas.
• Set up portion fillers with requested ingredients and verify scales used in portioning.
• Follow facility GMPs and help enforce them, while supporting the company's SQF food safety system and quality programs.
• Arrive as scheduled, follow time-off request procedures, communicate professionally and respectfully, and work collaboratively with production.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• 401(k) program.
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses.
• Healthcare coverage, 401(k) match, and paid time off.
• Customer promotion code PEOPLE30 for $30 off a first Home Chef order.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED