Seasonal QC Lab Coordinator

The Morning Star Company•Los Banos, CA

10d•$23 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Morning Star Company and its affiliates operate three tomato processing facilities in Central California, processing about 40% of the California processing tomato crop, in addition to tomato growing, transplanting, farming, harvesting and trucking operations. The company employs approximately 500 year-round and over 3,000 seasonal colleagues, with annual sales of about $1 billion. The Morning Star Company is the largest producer of bulk tomato ingredient products (tomato paste and diced tomatoes) in the world. We also produce canned tomatoes, tomato products and specialty sauces in pouches for customers in the retail and food service markets. The company is known worldwide for its innovation and integrity. We are organizationally structured through a system we term Mission Focused Self-Management™. Our company is operated by Colleagues without titles or an appointed hierarchy of authority. Authority relative to other Colleagues’ activities is lateral, with our Mission as our guiding principle of action, and respect, influence and success built based on each Colleague’s integrity, competency, effort, persistence and straightforward persuasiveness. Although we have grown significantly, we intend to maintain a culture of individual responsibility and Mission Focused Self-Management. To provide accurate, timely quality information for manufacturing so that changes can be made when necessary to meet customer expectations.

Requirements

Ability to listen & communicate written and oral information
Ability to push, pull and lift to 50lbs & work long hours, overnight and weekends throughout the season
Ability to work in high noise, high heat & cold weather conditions
Ability to follow GMP, Safety & Food Defense policies & work safely in fast-paced production areas
Ability to stand 85% of your shift and climb stairs every 2-3 hours
Ability to work in a Self-Management culture, guide Colleagues & be a team player
Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Quality Control & Coordinator experience

Responsibilities

Conduct training and documentation of returning and new Colleagues & ensure QC documents and forms available & QC Safety and Compliance of GMP’s, Reinforce Food Safety Culture and Food Defense
Verify all technicians are following SOP’s and monitor production to ensure compliance with customer specifications
Oversee and coordinate the daily quality control activities including placement of QC colleagues, work assignments, performance, training, and reviews
Inform production colleagues and others, as required, of process or quality deviations that require corrective action in a timely manner and follow-through to ensure corrections are made successfully and Communicate with lab and flow coordinators, caustic recovery, steam peeler and mechanics to meet specifications,
Confirm which products are running on respective systems and lines and coordinate Colleagues are needed
Provide QC information to all Colleagues & Perform pass down to incoming shift
Maintain workplace area clean and sanitized
Ability to perform analytical testing and grading for evaporated tomato products, formulated sauces, peeled tomatoes, and Fires Roasted products
Verify using correct containers & evaluation of cans/pouches condition
Review QC records and Data Entry for accuracy and timeliness, assuring accuracy and readability
Set up work orders and ensure Work Order changes according to Quality Standards
Identify products that do not meet customer specifications prior to leaving the Liberty facility & retesting as required
Maintain accurate Hold information logs, assign Quality Hold’s as needed ,Rechecking Hold samples
Responsible for Pre-op, Sanitation and Post Maintenance Inspections
Maintain quality control instruments and review calibration records and request supplies when needed
Responsible for Calibration of Lab Thermometers, auditing ingredients and batch forms
Responsible for ATP swabbing before packing organic products
Ongoing inventory throughout the season to ensure proper account of supplies
Retesting samples for customer complaints or any extra testing as needed
Relief technicians for lunch if needed
Testing Morningstar and PCP crosschecks
Assist on customer and daily cuttings
Conduct meetings with Lab technicians to resolve conflicts, following the Colleague’s guidelines
Continually working on improving overall function and performance of the Lab
Recollection of customer samples and control display samples
Document information in the Logbook regarding an event, occurrence, or issue
Implementation of Discrepancy forms at the time of an issue or occurrence in production that will affect the product
Citric and Brine injection adjustment as needed based on product testing