Quality Assurance Tech

About the role

Shift Summary: Monitors all quality assurance/food safety activities and makes recommendations and carries out corrections for improving Quality departmental functions. Knowledge of food quality standards and procedures is vital and good attention to detail, strong communication skills & logical thinking. Tests and inspects products at various stages of production process and compiles and evaluates statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products.

Responsibilities

• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Performs tests at specified stages in the production process, and tests products for a variety of qualities such as temperature, defects, code dates, etc., records results, reviews records, and reports for accuracy and completion.
• Evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.
• Recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
• Completes special projects assigned, works with the project team; helps to resolve problems by examining and evaluating data; selecting corrective steps.
• Performs quality analysis of incoming dry goods for production.
• Verifies specifications before startup and throughout production processes.
• Solves quality issues with production and other teams.
• Documents key metrics for data analysis.
• Maintains calibration and logs of all laboratory instruments.
• Prepares laboratory equipment and solutions.
• Communicates directly with operators and production personnel.
• Performs general analysis and sampling of production samples.
• Collects retention samples on a shift basis.
• Perform related duties and provide support to the Quality Assurance Management.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience in a Quality Assurance or food safety role within a manufacturing facility.

Skills

• Knowledge of food quality standards and procedures
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Logical thinking