Technician I - Quality Assurance

About the role

The QA Technician I will assist the Quality Assurance Department and Manager in executing quality checks and inspections of product, operating procedures, and GMP’s.

Responsibilities

• Monitor product quality, food safety, packaging, labeling, and production processes to ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, regulatory, and company standards, identifying and escalating non-conformances as needed.
• Perform routine quality inspections, including label and lot code verification, net weight checks, sensory evaluations, GMP audits, and operational inspections throughout production.
• Collect, document, and maintain accurate quality, food safety, and regulatory records, including electronic QA documentation, testing results, calibration records, and trend analysis.
• Coordinate product, environmental, sanitation, and shelf-life sampling programs, while supporting environmental monitoring, traceability exercises, mass balance activities, and other food safety initiatives.
• Verify the completion and effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), equipment calibration, and other quality system requirements.
• Train and mentor employees on GMPs, HACCP, CCPs, food safety, quality standards, and regulatory compliance, including new hire orientation and annual refresher training.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to strengthen food safety, quality systems, and operational performance.
• Exercise quality authority by stopping production when products or processes fall outside established food safety or quality standards, and communicate issues