Team Member - QA Technician

About the role

The Quality Assurance Technician is critical to ensuring safe food is manufactured at the facilities. This position spends most of the time in the plants ensuring the product specifications are met and the controls are being followed. The Quality Assurance Technician assists Quality Control in correcting deficiencies through communication to production management.

Pay

Starting Pay: $21.50/hour, plus a differential of $1.00/hour for nights.

Schedule

Day shift is 6:00 AM–6:00 PM, Must be flexible to work nights if needed.

Benefits

• Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training, unleashing your potential
• Competitive Compensation
• Health & Welfare Benefits including Vision & Dental and flexible options at competitive premiums
• 401k matching program
• Discount program - Restaurants, gyms, shopping, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement

Responsibilities

• Perform process checks throughout the production, packaging, sanitation, Maintenance and warehouse functions of the company including GMP, metal detection, label and coding verification, general hygiene and safety, as well as in process and finished product weights
• Responsible to control any non-conforming product, raw materials, packaging material or equipment that does not meet customer/internal specifications, regulatory requirements by placing it on hold physically and in OMS system and maintain hold log.
• Conduct shelf-life testing on daily basis and report results through Product testing log.
• Responsible for sample collection for third-party testing scheduled for quarterly micro testing, during commissioning process and/or due to any other reasons.
• Responsible to conduct daily deviation inspection on the lines, premises and document any findings through the process.
• Conduct verification of proper functioning of testing equipment such as weighing scales, thermometers, Calipers, Light meter on a defined frequency.
• Assist and provide support to QA Team Lead during internal and third-party audits.
• Perform daily inspections to ensure team members, visitors and contractors are strictly following GMP and report any food safety and quality issues through shift report/ score card reports.
• Responsible to maintain glass and plastic monitoring sites (Online) and verify on a defined frequency as per FGF program, and report any deviation immediately, tag out non-conforming equipment and Issue work order as required.
• Assist QA team leader in preparing trends and summary reports for detailed investigations of issues related to Quality and Food safety.
• Participate in plant trials and other related duties and responsibilities assigned.
• Verify receiving /shipping procedure and certificate of analysis to ensure raw material, packaging components are meeting specification and FGF standards.
• Follow up with NCR report in case of deviations.
• Assist QA team leader with investigation for customer complaints/ concerns

Requirements

• 1-2 Years of experience in a QA position, preferably for a food manufacturer.
• Accuracy, Detail oriented and Critical thinking is a must
• Good communication skills.
• Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Knowledge of food safety (HACCP) programs, GMP programs and Quality Systems
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to read, write, and verbally communicate in English with all levels of the organization.
• Physically capable of performing the demands of the role (90% production floor job).
• Ability to move from one task to another with minimal distraction (multi-tasking).
• Flexible to workdays, afternoons, nights & weekends if needed.
• Experience with BRC, FDA are assets