Quality Assurance Technician

Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician

Job Description

As a Quality Assurance Technician, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and safety of products by inspecting incoming raw materials, conducting pre-operation inspections, testing equipment, and supervising the cleaning crew. You will be responsible for verifying proper labeling, performing metal detector tests, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards.

Pay: $20 - $27/hr (based on experience)

Shift: 3rd shift: 10:00pm - 6:00am, Monday - Friday

Benefits: 401k, vision, health, dental

Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming raw materials and verify labeling on pallets with lot numbers and expiration dates.
• Conduct Pre-Op Inspections to ensure food safety before production starts.
• Perform metal detector testing at the start, during, and end of production runs and document checks.
• Oversee production changeovers to ensure proper setup at the dough machine and packaging line.
• Conduct quality inspections of finished products, testing moisture percentage, measurements, and color specifications.
• Document rejected products and raw material issues to the QA Manager and/or Plant Manager.
• Assist in investigating customer complaints regarding rejected or non-conforming products.
• Report unusual discrepancies or problems promptly to management.
• Perform equipment calibration testing as needed.
• Supervise the cleaning crew and verify daily plant cleanliness.
• Fill in for the QA supervisor when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with the Global Standard for Food Safety.

Essential Skills

• Bilingual (Spanish speaking)
• Quality assurance
• Inspection
• Quality control
• Quality inspection
• Visual inspection
• Documentation

Why Work Here?

Enjoy comprehensive vision, health, and dental benefits, and engage in company picnics and food truck events.

Work Environment

Work in a dynamic food manufacturing environment, which can be hot in the summer.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Hingham, Massachusetts.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $25.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Hingham,MA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 4, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.