6230 Quality Control Technician (Day Shift)
Mt. Olive Pickle Company, INC.•Goldsboro, NC
•Onsite
About The Position
We’re looking for an experienced Quality Control Technician to join our team and support our commitment to producing high-quality, reliable products. The ideal candidate brings strong technical skills, a sharp eye for detail, and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving quality issues.
Requirements
- High school graduate plus additional training needed.
- Ability to read, write and speak in English required.
- Math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions needed for job tasks.
- Must have the ability to follow directions and complete special tasks or projects as instructed by management.
Responsibilities
- Performs Quality Control inspections in assigned work area.
- Collects and tests samples, documents results and reports deviations from standards based on Quality Control specifications.
- Verifies products meet Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) critical limits and Critical Quality(CQ) limits.
- Completes routine chemical analysis on samples of syrups and brines, raw ingredients, in-process samples, and finished product.
- Evaluates product for physical defects and verifies the defects do not exceed the specification limits.
- Performs pH analysis on in-process and equilibrated samples. Verifies all samples meet the HACCP critical limit for pH. Calibrates the pH meter as required.
- Verifies that product being produced meets expected specifications pertaining to appearance, volume, spice additions, and other parameters.
- Performs daily metal detection checks and responds to metal detection events per metal detection SOP (Gboro production lines).
- Performs various tests on caps to meet established parameters.
- Calibrates thermometers for production.
- Perform Glass Breakage inspection on the production lines in the event of a glass break.
- Performs checks to verify blancher temperatures and salt content.
- Performs pasteurizer cooking validations using data trace probes (Gboro production lines).
- Inspects finished product packaging for defects including incorrect code dates or product codes, incorrect label usage, capping problems, label defects, or product defects.
- Follows established procedures for placing product on hold (red carding).
- Monitors CQP’s (Critical Quality Points) and take appropriate action when outside the control limits.
- Verifies all testing results are within specification and take appropriate action when samples are outside the acceptable ranges.
- Performs taste tests on finished product samples.
- Completes necessary paperwork for quality control and operations based on scheduled production.
- Enter in-process and Finished product data in our PreSage data system.
- Maintains and evaluates quality control fermentation samples.
- Effectively communicates problems to manufacturing and quality control management.
- Must have the ability to work effectively within a team environment and cover any area of the department as needed.
- Keeps work area clean and neat.
- Follows safety rules and company policies.
- Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate.
- Receives written and verbal instructions on the above job tasks and performs other duties as directed by Supervisor.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
