Quality Technician- 3rd Shift

Key Mandates

Ensure compliance with all regulatory, customer, and company standards
Drive a culture of food safety and quality across the facility
Promote continuous improvement practices and initiatives
Maintain accurate and timely documentation for traceability and verification
Escalate and help resolve issues impacting product safety, legality, or quality

Food Safety and Compliance

• Conduct internal audits and equipment calibrations to verify food safety and product quality
  Investigate deviations, consumer complaints, and assist with root cause analysis
  Follow and enforce programs and policies that support SQF, regulatory, company, and customer standards
  Support the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the SQF system
  Review production records and documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
  Collaborate with other departments to implement corrective and preventive actions

QA/QC Duties

• Perform timely qualitative and quantitative testing on raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods
  Accurately document test results and maintain records for traceability
  Troubleshoot testing instruments and support evaluation of test methods
  Assist with validation of production lines and equipment
  Escalate food safety and quality issues and assist with root cause and corrective action (RCA) efforts

Health & Safety

• Perform all tasks safely, efficiently, and accurately to support optimal plant performance
  Adhere to environmental, health, and safety (EHS) policies and serve as an active member of safety initiatives

Entrance Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Minimum 2 years of quality assurance experience (food manufacturing preferred)
  Knowledge of food safety, microbiology, and sanitation concepts
  Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Communication and Analytical Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills
  Ability to apply mathematical reasoning to practical situations
  Highly organized with excellent troubleshooting and prioritization skills
  Able to think critically in a fast-paced environment
• Other Skills and Physical Demands: Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  Capable of standing, walking, bending, twisting, and lifting for extended periods
  Ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds
  Interacts professionally with honesty, integrity, and respect
  Must be comfortable working in an environment that handles gluten, milk/dairy, and potentially tree nuts and peanuts

Core Competencies

• Information Seeking: Investigates and researches information, digs to resolve discrepancies; obtains information or opinions internally and externally to gain insight or expertise – makes well informed decisions.
• Initiative: Initiates courses of action that will lead to improved performance/effectiveness of the Business Unit Team. Sees a need and takes action to address; questions the way things are done and initiates changes where necessary; sticks with an issue until it is resolved
• Self-confidence: Willing to take on a new challenge or assignment displaying confidence and enthusiasm; emphasizes the positive and upside aspects of difficult situations – every situation provides an opportunity for learning.
• Results Orientated & Can Do Attitude: Strives to beat or meet project deadlines; sets own high standards for quality of work; seeks ways to use time and resources more cost effectively; highly organized with the ability to set priorities and multi-task.
• Team Leadership: Works cooperatively with others promoting team participation as a means to generate more ideas, greater consensus & engagement, and a higher level of commitment to delivering results. Creates the environment and processes for the team to build its capacity to take on increasing accountability for results over time; building team expertise, skills, knowledge and performance levels; ensures understanding, consensus and input by keeping team members informed about decisions, the rationale behind them, how they align to the overall business objectives and site objectives.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

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