Quality Control Technician

Shamrock Foods • Phoenix, AZ

22d • Onsite

About The Position

Maintains all aspects of Quality Assurance to ensure proper, safe and exceptional operation of the department. This role involves auditing products and incoming raw materials for quality, safety, and compliance with specifications and regulations. The technician will be responsible for food safety, including allergen control and pest control, and will fill out necessary paperwork for product audits and HACCP documents. They will work closely with operational teams daily, ensuring adherence to standard work processes and assisting with plant training requirements. The role requires maintaining an understanding of processes, recognizing and escalating risks or opportunities for improvement, and working within timelines and under pressure. Regular and reliable attendance is expected, and other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Meat Protein Experience
• HACCP certified, preferred

Responsibilities

• Audits products for quality and safety prior to sending out to customers.
• Audits incoming raw materials for supplier specifications, quality, and food security.
• Reviews incoming ingredients for allergen checks and quality standards.
• Responsible for compliance with all regulations.
• Ensures plant is in proper sanitary condition at all times, including allergen control, pest control, and guideline adherence.
• Fills out necessary paperwork for product audits and HACCP documents.
• Reviews HACCP documents prior to handing paperwork to QA Supervisor/Manager.
• Works with operational teams daily with paperwork, quality checks, and HACCP procedures.
• Ensures adherence to all standard work processes, including the Production Sanitation processes.
• Aides in plant training requirements and training frequencies.
• Works with QA Supervisor/ Manager to ensure plant training requirements and frequencies are met.
• Conducts plant training sessions as needed.
• Maintains understanding of processes and functional interdependencies.
• Recognizes and escalates, as needed, those issues identified as risks to, or opportunities to improve, plant performance.
• Must be able to work within timelines and in pressure situations.
• Regular and reliable attendance.

Benefits

• Health insurance (company pays majority)
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• Growth opportunities
• Continued education
• Wellness programs

What This Job Offers

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