Quality Assurance Technician

Dessert Holdings; Delta; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the premium dessert industry is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to ensure compliance with food safety standards and support product quality initiatives. Candidates should have a background in Food Science and be ready to contribute to a dynamic environment that values innovation and teamwork. This role offers a great entry-level opportunity with career growth potential in a supportive setting where you can make a real impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Retirement contributions

Health care benefits

Qualifications

• Food Science degree or related diploma required.
• Knowledge of HACCP, BRC, and FDA is a plus.
• 1 year experience in Quality Assurance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor production floor adherence to GMP and food safety policies.
• Conduct laboratory testing of samples and review production records.
• Participate in new product implementation and support product trials.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Analytical Skills

Education

Food Science degree or related discipline

BCIT diploma in Food Science

Job description

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Dessert Holdings is North America’s fastest growing premium dessert company, recognized for providing retail and foodservice customers with chef-inspired innovative desserts made with real ingredients, a flexible and low-cost supply chain, and best in class service. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, it is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: Steven Charles, The Original Cakerie, Lawler’s Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company and most recently, Dianne’s Fine Desserts. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.

The company employs approximately 3,000 people across eight manufacturing facilities and its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The manufacturing facilities are geographically dispersed, with two facilities in Canada and one each in Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Monitor and audit production floor adherence to GMP, BRC and all food safety policies
• Data entry and analysis
• Support customer/consumer complaint investigation and evaluation
• Assess supplier/raw material issues
• Review and verify daily production records
• Raw material evaluation and assessment
• Participate in new product implementation and support in product trials
• Conduct various audits to monitor conformance to regulatory and corporate requirements
• Perform laboratory testing of environmental samples as well as finished product testing
• Collect, prepare and plate finished product samples, read the results and update micro files
• Inform the group on the results of test and put product on hold if any results are out of range also re-wrap and organize retention samples in the retention room and lab freezer
• Conduct pre-op swabbing with Sanitation TL or Set-up supervisor daily and record the results, review the trend and communicate with operation / sanitation if any equipment has to be re-cleaned prior to start-up.
• Release product from HOLD when the results are confirmed acceptable
• Line-checks and process monitoring
• Daily review of production records
• Collect ingredient samples and conduct micro analyses, report results
• Help the team with records update and filing.
• The responsibilities will also include all other QA tasks when covering for QA technician shift so cross-training is necessary
  
  

Position Requirements

• Food Science degree, Food Technology Diploma or related discipline
• HACCP/BRC/GFSI/CFIA and FDA knowledge is an asset
• Driven to grow and looking to pursue a professional career with TOC
• Experience in microbiological enumeration and evaluation preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong team player
• Schedule:
• Monday to Sunday, 7 days a week
• 4:00 AM to 12:30 PM or 5:30 PM to 1:30 AM or 10:00 PM - 6:30 AM
  

Educational Requirements

• BCIT diploma in Food Science or related discipline, BSc in Food Science (Microbiology) or currently involved in this program - must be already trained on lab procedures as proficiency testing is required
• Preferable 1 year experience in Quality Assurance/ Food Industry
  
  

What’s Great About Working At Dessert Holdings

• We offer a competitive salary
• Retirement contributions
• Health care benefits
• A great future
• And we make Cake

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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