Quality Technician - 2nd Shift

• Ensure plant sanitary conditions
• Ensure raw and in-process materials and finished products meet established food safety and quality standards
• Responsible for HACCP verification activities
• Make decisions to accept or reject area, equipment, products or materials when deemed insanitary, possibly contaminated, or out of specifications
• Take appropriate action and inform appropriate personnel when deficiency occurs
• Monitor quality controls in daily production operations
• Check, inspect and investigate to ensure GMP’s are followed
• Verify HACCP plan is being followed
• Monitor CCPs and CPs
• Verify production employees are correctly monitoring and documenting CCPs and CPs
• Keep accurate and complete records
• Conduct plant testing as required
• Audit facility product weight control program
• Assist in root cause analysis of problems
• Recommend solutions and preventive measures
• Check operating procedures and institute changes
• Assist in developing and applying quality controls and related procedures
• Provide advice regarding safety, sanitation, processing, filling and packaging techniques
• Perform all other work as assigned

• High School Diploma or its equivalent desirable
• Meaningful education and experience may be substituted for degree
• Sufficiently broad experience in food manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Assurance and/or food plant production operations, processes, and policies
• Limited food manufacturing experience combined with appropriate college degree may be considered
• Certifications such as HACCP, SQF, or through ASQ and other professional quality associations helpful
• Valid Driver’s License, clean driving record
• Fluency in English (Written and Verbal) – required
• Physical demands: ability to talk, hear, stand, sit, walk, taste, smell, use hands, handle, feel, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl
• Ability to frequently lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus
• Capable of 24-hour, 7-day a week emergency work assignments

Certifications such as HACCP, SQF, or through ASQ and other professional quality associations