Manufacturing Quality Assurance Technician

About the role

As a Manufacturing (Mfg) QA Technician I, you will provide support to the Plant to ensure quality and safety requirements are met.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a positive working environment among diverse teams
• Interacts with all plant personnel to improve quality of products produced
• Provides quality assurance to support all Mfg initiatives
• Trains production team members on safe, quality food manufacturing
• Maintains laboratory in accordance with published 6S standards
• Participates on cross-functional teams within the facility to develop basic preventive and corrective action plans for improving quality of product produced
• Captures customer / supplier feedback; uses content for continuous improvement
• Performs root cause analyses; identifies cost of lost opportunity and the reduction of variation in processes
• Demonstrates understanding of traditional quality cost categories (i.e., prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure)
• Participates in failure mode effects analyses (FMEAs)
• Audits, inspects, and tests products to ensure compliance with all quality standards and HACCP plans
• Audits process controls to ensure product quality and food safety standards are within control limits and Plant standards
• Tests finished product, work-in-process, and raw materials against specifications to determine quality status, including chemical, microbial, or physical testing
• Performs floor checks to ensure control on non-conforming products; communicates findings to appropriate personnel
• Participates in warehouse audits where applicable

Requirements

• 0+ years of experience
• Experience or coursework in food science, quality management, or other sciences - Required

Skills

• Working familiarity with standard laboratory equipment to perform laboratory tests and exams - Required
• Working familiarity with basic statistics - Required
• Understanding of the application of the evolution of quality, quality fundamentals, and root cause analysis - Required
• Organization skills - Required
• Math skills (+, -, *, /) - Required
• Critical thinking skills - Required
• Verbal / written communication and presentation skills - Required
• PC skills, including MS Office - Required
• Bi-lingual (English - Spanish) skills a plus - Required
• Ability to learn / apply H-E-B quality and OSHA safety requirements, including behavior-based safety - Required

Qualifications

A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience - Required

Completion of H-E-B certification as an ASQ Quality Improvement Associate CQIA - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

Travel by car or plane with overnight stays

Regularly lift up to 20 lbs

Occasionally lift 20 lbs

Work extended hours and rotating schedules

Maneuver through the facility and perform functions of the job, with or without accommodation (standing, stooping, bending, etc.)

Work in wet, cold, or hot, environments, depending on Plant location, with temperatures ranging from -40 to 110 degrees F