Quality Assurance Technician

The QA technician is responsible for ensuring that the ingredients, materials and finished products meet Glenn Wayne Baking, LLC food safety and standards that follow SQF requirements, federal, local, and state regulations, Gluten Free and Customers requirements.

• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP procedures, record keeping and the ability to write procedures, SOPs as needed.
• Ability to perform product on-hold investigation and reporting, writing reports regarding quality issues, with an emphasis on detailed root cause analysis.
• Perform daily pre-operational and post operational inspection.
• Weekly Scale Verification and record keeping.
• In process and finished product weight verification.
• Monitor and ensure that personnel follow GMPs.
• Documentation Verification performed Daily.
• Monitor all finished products ensuring they meet Glenn Wayne specifications and quality.
• CCP verification as scheduled
• Assist in investigating customer complaints.
• Perform All other duties assigned by Q.A. Manager
• Assists in maintaining product specifications
• Good problem solving and experience with manufacturing process and batch preparation.
• Formulate New Products while documenting all products testing with detail and clarity on standardized forms and per R&D protocol.
• Commercialize new products to assure efficiency, uniformity, and quality before they start mass production.
• Launches to any new or revised product from creation, development, and testing, through Introductory
• Production Ability to perform organopathic testing observations.
• Assure that SOPs are being followed.

To perform this job successfully, the Quality Assurance Technician must be able to function in a fast-paced environment with the ability to keep up with changing responsibilities and priorities. This position requires experience in supervising people. The Quality Assurance Technician should possess the following:

A.S. College degree preferred (but not necessary) in life science, biology, chemistry, engineering, or related field.

At least one year’s experience in manufacturing FDA regulated products. Knowledge of CGMP in food. Have experience with HACCP, Food Defense and SQF. Previous experience in a bakery environment preferred.

Ability to read and comprehend English. Ability to write business professional correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations within the organization. Bi-lingual Spanish is a plus.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Good knowledge of the metric system.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, hot, humid, cold, freezing temperatures. The noise level in the environment is loud.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

The employee is frequently required to walk; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is regularly required to team-lift up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.