QA Technician

What a Quality Team Member Does

• Inspect and monitor products throughout the production process, checking for quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct and oversee tasks like sensory testing, label verification, and analytical testing to ensure product attributes are correct.
• Manage specialized quality programs and documentation, using technical skills in systems like SAP and other quality management software.
• Lead facility inspections, conduct environmental swabbing, and assist with a variety of quality checks and audits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues, investigate customer complaints, and support continuous improvement efforts.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Safe Equipment Operation & Maintenance: Perform daily inspections, environmental swabbing, and product inspections. Verify compliance with established standards.
• Product Handling, Quality Control & Inventory Management: Understand and follow plant policies for placing materials on hold and collecting retention samples. Assist with inventory control for approved suppliers following FIFO practices. Help with customer sample requests and microbiological testing for shipping requirements.
• Food Safety & Sanitation Compliance: Follow GMP, HACCP, SQF, FSMA, and company food safety policies. Maintain cleanliness and sanitation. Participate in internal auditing.
• Team Collaboration, Leadership & Training: Assist team members, adapt to operational changes, and contribute to productivity, safety, and quality goals.
• Documentation, Communication & Continuous Improvement: Prepare accurate written documentation. Record inventory transactions, shipments, and quality results in SAP. Ensure precision in recording and reporting test results. Support plant trials, process improvements, and cost savings projects. Participate in 5S efforts.

Skills a Quality Team Member Demonstrates

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in every task.
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive, team-oriented mindset.
• A commitment to maintaining Safe Quality Food (SQF) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in everything you do.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with match
• STD/LTD/AD&D/Life
• HSA
• FSA
• EAP
• Hospital indemnity
• Accident Insurance
• Identity and Fraud Protection Plan
• Legal
• Critical Illness

Pay

$25.00 Per Hour

Schedule

This is a 3rd Shift position (7:00 AM - 3:30 PM) with alternate weekends required.

Work Location

20-01 Broadway, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410