Quality Technician 3rd shift
About The Position
The Quality Assurance Technician protects food safety and quality by conducting sampling, testing, and documentation to meet regulatory, customer, and company requirements. The role ensures compliance with food safety and quality best practices, maintains the safety, legality, and quality of products and manufacturing processes, and supports efforts to reduce customer and consumer complaints. The technician reports to the QA Manager and works with Production Supervisors and other QA Technicians, including communicating issues at shift change. The position includes conducting product and process checks, food evaluations, physical bakery inspections, supplier monitoring, and environmental monitoring. The technician may place product on hold when food safety or quality requirements are not met. The posted hours are 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; the description also states that the employee must be able to work different shifts and weekends.
Requirements
- Effective work ethic and good communication skills.
- High school diploma, some college science courses, or experience in the food industry.
- Good writing, mathematics, and critical-thinking skills.
- Computer experience, including spreadsheets.
- Ability to work different shifts and weekends.
- Ability to climb, stand, or walk for extended periods; use a computer keyboard and monitor for more than 25% of work time; and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Training in HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points).
- Training in a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard such as BRC or SQF.
- Experience in the food industry.
Responsibilities
- Meet applicable international, national, state, and local food regulations.
- Sample, test, and document procedures, records, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).
- Maintain the safety, legality, and quality of food products and the processes used in their manufacture.
- Meet and exceed customer requirements and help reduce customer and consumer complaints.
- Report food safety and quality issues to a supervisor.
- Hold product when there is a food safety or quality non-conformance.
- Participate in daily food evaluations to identify possible defects.
- Participate in weekly physical bakery inspections covering areas such as pest control, operational methods, food-safety maintenance, sanitation, and personnel practices.
- Select food items for analysis at specified production stages to evaluate compliance with specifications.
- Assure materials are received from approved suppliers and conduct raw material supplier performance monitoring.
- Participate in environmental monitoring, including collecting swab samples and using the ATP system.
- Print finished food case labels as appropriate to the bakery or kitchen.
- Communicate food safety and QA issues to Production Supervisors and QA Technicians at shift change.
- Effectively manage and execute changes and perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
- 401(k) plan.
- Short-term disability available.
- Paid holidays, vacation, and paid sick leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
