QA Technician

Schedule: 5am-2:00pm Monday - Friday, Saturday availability

The Quality Assurance Technician will be responsible for inspecting products at different production phases to ensure company and customer quality standards are being met.

• Pre-operational and operation inspection of equipment, facility, product, and personnel.
• Participate in swabbing events and environmental sample collection and staging.
• Facilitate communication between departments in ensuring equipment, personnel, and food safety are in compliance with OSHA, USDA FSIS, and Company Policy.
• Interface with USDA FSIS personnel and facilitate communication of inspection requests and implementation of corrective actions for deviations or opportunities identified.
• Daily execution, documentation, verification, and communication of Critical Control Point testing.
• Identify and facilitate corrective actions for deviations in Critical Control Point measurements.
• Release product from QA HOLD upon Critical Limits being met.
• Monitor HACCP plan and GMPs daily.
• Facilitate and verify documentation and corrective actions in deviations from HACCP plan and/or GMPs. Provide training resources to personnel.
• Perform in-process quality checks, utilizing program checklists; metal detector, weight checks, label verifications, etc.
• Verify other QA personnel/line personnel quality checks.
• Communicate non-conformities to appropriate departments.
• Facilitate and implement Corrective Actions for non-conformities identified.
• Test product characteristics for safety and quality, ensuring the safe wholesome product is released to the consumer while reducing waste pre-process, in-process, or post-process.
• Monitor, document and communicate product characteristics throughout the process to better promote product development and innovation.
• Communicate and interact with vendors or customers through appropriate personnel.
• Facilitate and collect samples for the Environmental Pathogen and Allergen Monitoring Program. Weekly, bi-weekly or as requested.
• Create site listings for facilities and equipment within the Environmental Pathogen and Allergen Monitoring Program.
• Communicate Environmental Monitoring Program results with appropriate departments.
• Facilitate and verify corrective actions should deviations occur in sample collection or result.
• Facilitate and collect samples for customer-requested lab or quality testing.
• Communicate with personnel, lab technicians, and customer QA departments to ensure safety, production needs, and quality are met throughout the production day, without delays.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), along with company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
• Conduct pre-shipment reviews for semi-finished and finished products.
• Following set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at all times.

• High School Diploma

• 3+ years experience in Quality Assurance roles in a food manufacturing environment

• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to closely follow quality standards
• Excellent decision-making skills
• Ability to multitask while being detail-oriented
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while remaining productive at all times.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team player.
• Excellent attendance and dependability.
• Must be able to work flexible hours to include overtime and weekends on short notice

• Proficient computer skills (MS office applications – Word, Office, Excel)
• Ability to communicate in English
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, unit of measure conversions

• Regularly involves talking or listening, sitting, and the use of hands and fingers.
• Frequently involves reaching with hands and arms, standing and…