Quality Technician 1st Shift

About the role

The Quality Technician at Barchemy is a very important position. As our Quality Technician, your objective is to monitor critical quality attributes of finished products and ingredients for a confectionary plant according to the Quality systems manual, record and report on a timely manner results from analysis, inspections and scoring sessions.

Responsibilities

• Follow Standard Operation Procedure and samples raw ingredient and finish product
• Maintain Quality Assurance Manual
• Document results and pertinent observations after each analysis, score session or inspection
• Retrieve and send samples as directed for analytical and microbiological testing
• Ensure plant cleanliness and compliance with use of allergen testing swabs, environmental and ATP swabs
• Isolate and place nonconforming products or ingredients on hold and document hold by entering data on Hold Log and circulating information to Operations and Quality
• Responsible for food safety and quality

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years laboratory/quality assurance in a food manufacturing environment
• BS in Food Science, Nutrition or similar
• Basic computer skills or better in Microsoft
• HACCP and/or HARPC certified preferred
• Organized, detail oriented, able to handle repetitive tasks quickly and accurately
• Must be proactive, responsible, self – motivated and self-managed

Pay

$22.00/hour