QA Technician - 2nd Shift

About the role

The QA Technician is accountable for conducting assigned product testing, verifying correct packaging, product grade, size, weight, color, and condition. The Agronomy Quality Technician will monitor the work area for cleanliness and compliance in regard to food safety regulations, safety protocols, and customer specifications and will provide any corrective actions to the Agronomy Quality Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Conducts assigned product testing verifying correct packaging, product grade, size, weight, color, and condition.
• Monitors the work area for cleanliness and compliance to food safety regulations, safety protocols, and customer specifications.
• Provides any corrective actions to the plant leadership team.
• Completes data entry in reporting system software used in management decisions, including sizing, quality, product spec, lot numbers, varieties and fields, customer order detail, and quality testing results.
• Verifies execution of food safety and quality assurance plan for first or second shift operations.
• Performs product sampling to verify shipments meet customer requirements, including grade, size, weight, color, and condition.
• Identifies and records defects and sizing per USDA and customer standards.
• Serves as quality control inspector providing performance feedback to management in a timely manner.
• Assists in loading/unloading of plastic crates full of potato samples (R&D Lab).
• Performs bruise duties, including weighing potato samples, peeling potato samples, and evaluating bruising.
• May perform scouting duties during growing season, including observing fields, collecting samples, and recording data.

Requirements

• Experience in produce, preferably in potatoes or a manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated ability to use all Microsoft office products, such as Excel and Word.
• Knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, specialized software related to the position.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have experience in produce, preferably in potatoes or a manufacturing setting, and demonstrated ability to use Microsoft office products. They will also have knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, specialized software related to the position.

Skills

• Communication effectiveness: communicates problems with supervisor, communicates status updates on projects, and maintains respectful communication with all people at work.
• Computer skills: skilled with computers, takes advantage of new technology, and learns new tools quickly.
• Dependable work habits: trusted employee, reports to work as scheduled, gets along with team members, and follows policies and standard operating procedures.
• Quality of work: maintains quantity and safety standards, but does not compromise quality, and makes changes after performing rework to avoid similar mistakes.
• Safe work habits: maintains clean and organized work area, displays safe work habits, and follows safety rules and protocols.