Quality Assurance Technician - 3rd Shift - Bilingual (English/Spanish)

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Perform GMP visual inspections and enforce GMPs throughout the facility
• Conduct daily QA lab GMP audits, with emphasis on packaging
• Check quaternary ammonium concentration levels in 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 verify packaging/case integrity
• Calibrate thermometers
• Monitor employee and machine performance during operational inspections
• Prepare and take samples
• Monitor storage and transfer of packaging supplies to ensure sanitation requirements are met
• Follow hold procedure and quarantine process
• Verify and conduct temperature checks throughout the facility
• Conduct metal detector calibration
• Perform end-of-shift room release for sanitation
• Conduct thermometer and scale calibrations
• Perform production inspections
• Issue escalation: promptly notify QA Manager or Vice President of Quality Assurance when quality issues arise or safety concerns are identified
• Follow documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) when performing QA technician duties

Requirements

• Arrive to work at scheduled time and follow time-off request procedures
• Communicate with co-workers in a professional manner and treat them with respect
• Use teamwork when working with production throughout the day
• Follow facility GMPs and help enforce them throughout the facility
• Support company efforts to maintain food safety system (SQF) and quality programs
• Seek guidance from supervisor when in doubt of any circumstance or problem
• Contact supervisor one hour prior to start time if unable to work a scheduled shift
• Contact maintenance personnel when minor or major repairs to equipment are required
• Have knowledge of all company-documented Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Have knowledge of company-documented Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP/SQF)
• Have knowledge of company sanitation procedures and inspection processes
• Qualify and comply with company forklift training and operation policies
• Have knowledge of finished product specifications

Work Environment

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