Quality Technician

• Ensuring plant sanitary conditions
• Ensuring raw and in-process materials and finished products meet established food safety and quality standards
• Responsible for HACCP verification activities
• Making decisions to accept or reject area, equipment, products or materials when deemed insanitary, possibly contaminated, or if the product is determined to be out of specifications
• Taking appropriate action and inform appropriate personnel when any deficiency in requirements occurs
• Monitoring quality controls in daily production operations
• Checking, inspecting and investigating to ensure GMP’s are followed
• Verifying that the HACCP plan is being followed
• Monitoring CCPs and CPs
• Verifying that production employees are correctly monitoring and documenting CCPs and CPs
• Keeping accurate and complete records
• Conducting plant testing as required
• Auditing facility product weight control program as required
• Assisting in root cause analysis of problems
• Recommending solutions and preventive measures in areas involving product quality, raw materials, and sanitation controls
• Checking operating procedures and instituting changes
• Assisting in developing and applying quality controls and related procedures in plant operations
• Providing advice regarding safety, sanitation, processing, filling and packaging techniques
• Performing all other work as assigned

• High School Diploma or its equivalent desirable
• Meaningful education and experience may be substituted for the degree requirement
• 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 an appropriate college degree may be considered
• Certifications such as HACCP, SQF, or through ASQ and other professional quality associations are helpful
• Valid Driver’s License, clean driving record
• Fluency in English (Written and Verbal) – required
• Capable of 24-hour, 7-day a week, emergency work assignments

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