Quality Assurance Technician - 3rd Shift

Summary of Responsibilities

Ensures the accuracy and quality of all products that are shipped from Vienna Beef by working alongside production to conduct on-the-line checks of product specifications and quality standards.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Conduct visual inspection and enforce GMPs throughout the facility
• Perform QA Lab Daily GMP Audit, especially packaging
• Check the Quaternary Ammonium concentration levels in the Foot Baths and Foot Foamers
• Monitor and place areas on hold if drains back up
• Monitor sanitation requirements for maintenance repairs and equipment downtime
• Perform metal detection, check weights, and packaging/case integrity; calibrate thermometers
• Monitor employee and machine performance during operational inspections
• Prepare and take samples
• Monitor the storage and transfer of packaging supplies, ensuring they meet sanitation requirements
• Follow Hold Procedure & Quarantine process
• Verify and conduct temperature checks through facility
• Conduct metal detector calibration
• End of shift room release for sanitation
• Thermometer calibration and scale calibrations
• Production inspection
• Refer to Standard Operating Procedures
• Perform all duties that may be assigned

Issue Escalation

Promptly notifies QA Manager or Vice President of Quality Assurance when quality issues arise or safety concerns.

Attitude and Attendance

• Arrives to work at scheduled time and follows time off request procedure
• Communicates with co-workers in a professional manner
• Treats co-workers with respect at all times
• Uses teamwork when working with production throughout the day

General Responsibilities

• Follow the facility GMPs and help enforce them throughout the facility
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs

Communication

• Seek the guidance of your supervisor if in doubt of any circumstance or problem
• Directly contact your supervisor an hour prior to start time if you cannot work a scheduled shift
• Contact maintenance personnel when minor repairs to equipment are required
• Contact maintenance personnel and supervisor when major repairs to equipment are required

Knowledge

• Have knowledge of all company documented Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Have knowledge of all company documented Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP/SQF)
• Have knowledge of companies' sanitation procedures and inspection process
• Qualify and comply with companies' forklift training and operation policies
• Have knowledge of finished product specifications

Work Environment

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