2nd Shift Tech Factory Quality

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream•Tulare, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality products by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), quality, and food safety requirements. The position involves maintaining and improving standards for products, services, housekeeping, and hygiene to meet "ready to eat" quality standards. Key activities include escalating quality or food safety issues, communicating information to peers and management, supporting quality improvement initiatives, verifying QA checks and paperwork, and providing front-line support to operations on the factory floor. The role also involves placing "Out of specification" materials on quality hold, supporting GMP execution, performing line quality auditor duties, training personnel on HACCP checks, supporting the warehouse with inspections and sensory evaluations, picking up retention samples, releasing pallets in the JDE system, and attending production meetings to report QA findings.

Requirements

18 years of age or older
Aptitude for automated mechanical processes with good troubleshooting and diagnostic skills
Excellent interpersonal communication, math and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work multiple shifts and/or schedules.
High School diploma or GED or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

One-year related experience

Responsibilities

Comply and execute the company Quality Policy on all required Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), quality and food safety requirements.
Ensure that a high quality of products, services, housekeeping, and hygiene standards are maintained and improved in plant to “ready to eat” quality standards are met.
Escalate quality or food safety findings or incidents to management.
Communication of information to peers, cross-functional team and management.
Support quality Improvement initiatives (e.g. first time right, product defect reduction) within the factory.
Verify QA checks, HTST charts and paperwork are completed across all lines of the factory. Perform checks as verification when necessary.
Provide front line support for operations, respond timely to issues on the factory floor, collect all pertinent information and escalate to QA team/supervision (through Q-Alerts).
Help support line inspections after sanitation when necessary. Table inspections when needed.
Place "Out of specification" material and/or product on quality hold in JDE system. Communicate quality holds with relevant production and quality personnel.
Support the execution of GMPs throughout the manufacturing plant and follow safety rules and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Perform Line Quality Auditor duties as defined by Quality Supervisor and includes line specific GMP Audits, DMAs, and other checks.
Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values.
Train MOPs, KOPs, warehouse personnel, and Mix Makers on HACCP checks when needed.
Support warehouse with pallet, trailer inspection and sensory of materials.
Pick up retention as defined by the standard.
Release pallets in JDE for RDC, warehouse and release MT on QA hold when safe to release.
Attend production meeting to report any QA findings and offer support.