Quality Control Technician (Meat Plant-Morning Shift)

Shamrock Foods•Phoenix, AZ

5d•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 supplier specifications, as well as reviewing ingredients for allergen checks and quality standards. The position is responsible for ensuring compliance with all regulations, including Food Safety, allergen control, and pest control. The Quality Control Technician will also be responsible for filling out and reviewing HACCP documents, working with operational teams daily on paperwork, quality checks, and HACCP procedures, and ensuring adherence to all standard work processes, including Production Sanitation processes. Additionally, this role aids in plant training requirements and frequencies, conducts training sessions as needed, and maintains an understanding of processes and functional interdependencies, escalating issues as needed to improve plant performance. Regular and reliable attendance is expected, and other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Meat Protein Experience
Must be able to work within timelines and in high pressure situations
Must understand basic QA SOPs; can perform Pre-Op and basic doc verification with supervision

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or GED preferred
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. Food Safety – plant in proper sanitary condition at all times, including allergen control, pest control, guidelines followed.
Fills out necessary paperwork for product audits and HACCP documents.
Reviews HACCP documents prior to handing paperwork to QA Supervisor/Manager.
Work with operational teams daily with paperwork, quality checks, and HACCP procedures.
Ensure adherence to all standard work processes, including the Production Sanitation processes.
Aides in plant training requirements and training frequencies. Work with QA Supervisor/ Manager to ensure plant training requirements and frequencies are met. Conduct plant training sessions as needed.
Maintains understanding of processes and functional interdependencies. Recognize and escalate, as needed, those issues identified as risks to, or opportunities to improve, plant performance.
Regular and reliable attendance.
Other duties may be assigned.