Quality Technician - Fort Collins, CO

Archer Daniels Midland•Fort Collins, CO

12h•Onsite

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity to work with Rodelle, Inc, an Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) company located in Fort Collins, CO. Rodelle, Inc is proud to be a world leader in the production of authentic vanilla flavors and premium cooking and baking ingredients. We are looking for an effective quality assurance technician who is experienced with following and optimizing processes, and procedures, detail oriented, and will take the initiative to improve quality systems. Help us establish a culture of quality from the ground floor at our facility, contribute to the quality team needed to maintain excellent standards and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

This job requires the ability to work a flexible schedule with primary days and hours.
Work may require bending, stooping, kneeling, working in hot and dusty environments, working in wet environments, occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds, manual dexterity, and full faculties of sight and smell.
Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.
If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.
If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.

Responsibilities

Maintain and enforce food safety and quality standard throughout the facility by following all quality programs including sanitation, HACCP, cGMP, food defense, food fraud, pest control, calibration, traceability, training, internal audit, and vendor approval programs.
Support compliance with Quality and Regulatory requirements and GFSI, HACCP and cGMP policies and regulations.
Conduct basic daily tests (pH, chemical concentrations, swabbing), inspections, and audits of the facility.
Ensure finished goods quality standards are achieved through routine quality checks during startup and throughout the shift.
Ensure that finished product meets those specifications.
Conduct pre-operational inspections of production equipment.
Conduct audits and signoffs of master sanitation schedule.
Work closely with production operators, maintenance, and warehouse to achieve quality standards and requirements, adjusting process parameters as needed.
Support investigations of non-conforming product and support corrective and preventative actions implementation.
Place non-conforming products on hold and escalate issues to management.
Facilitate and escalate quality issues within responsible departments, work closely with production to resolve matters that affect safety and quality
Ensure accurate record keeping and completion of documents including batch paperwork, and CCP monitoring.
Lead by example to drive a culture of quality.
Other duties as assigned