Quality Assurance Technician - Food Production (Bulk Operations)

What You’ll Do 1st Shift 7am-3:30pm 

• Assure quality food products and processes by establishing/enforcing food safety programs, plans, and quality standards, observing bulk production and the documentation of results.
• Reinforce the Quality/food safety program by working with Bulk department production personnel to support ingredient control, proper storage practices, meeting customer specifications, personnel training, and label/traceability accuracy and GMPs adherence. 
• Maintain and improve product quality by investigating issues and collaborating with other members of staff to develop new process methods to support the quality of our products.
• Ensure compliance with SQF, FDA, Federal State and local agencies.
• Train personnel on SOPs and other Food Safety Programs.
• Approve oil for outgoing tank wagons.
• Inspect all outgoing tank wagons before the tank wagons are loaded. This includes inspection of pumps; filters; hoses and inside the tanks.
• Support the lab as needed to complete testing and COAs.
• Perform Pre-op; GMP audits where needed.
• Assist in Third party audit preparations.
• In the absence of a QA Technician, another QA Technician; Manager of Quality or the Director of Quality will cover.
• Other Responsibilities assigned by Manager of Quality

  What You Bring

• Minimum 1 year experience working as a Quality Technician in a production environment preferably food
• Degree in Biological Science or related disciplines or equivalent years of experience
• Knowledge of HACCP, SPC, TQM, FSMA and SQF Quality and Food Safety audits
• Problem solving and root cause analysis ability
• Good communicator, able to communicate with people at all levels
• Strong computer and numeration skills
• Good time management and organizational skills
• Good oral and written communication skills 
• Good documentation skills
• Self-starter with attention to detail
• Does involve some physical requirements of climbing and bending
• Able to work in all types of environments (weather, sounds etc.).
• Must be willing and capable of wearing a safety harness as required