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Quality Technician

Job Overview

Job purpose:

The Quality Technician is responsible for inspecting processes and products to ensure that established quality standards are being met.

Duties and responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of the Quality Technician is to provide support to the Quality Assurance Manager in the areas of quality assurance, quality control, and food safety processes for food ingredient production and facility operations.

Main Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive attitude at all times.
• Monitors all aspects of production to ensure they align with quality criteria, industry regulations, and customer requirements.
• Observe product changeovers and sanitation.
• Examine packaging, expiration dates and julian codes to ensure all data is legible and correct.
• Assists QA Manager with internal audits and internal GMP audits (in time).
• Assists QA Manager with supplier approval and calibration program (in time).
• Manages verification and validation program.
• Manages security verification program and glass and brittle plastic program.
• Assists QA Manager in writing and maintaining Programs, SOPs and SSOPs.
• Performs environmental swabs.
• Understands lab testing to serve as the backup to lab technician.
• Assists lab technician with performing quarterly and annual testing tasks.
• Performs new hire GMP trainings.
• Assists with SQF related tasks in conjunction with the QA Manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Education: High School education or GED preferred.
• 0-1 years of Quality Assurance or Food Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Follow all safety and food safety policies and procedures.
• Obtain HACCP certification within 60 days of hire.
• Obtain SQF Practitioner certification within 90 days of hire.

Working conditions:

• Indoor working conditions.
• May be exposed to loud sounds and distracting noise levels, such as production equipment.
• Exposure to hot parts on equipment.
• May involve exposure to cleaning chemicals and allergens.

Physical requirements:

• Able to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.
• May be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.