Quality Assurance Technician (Night Shift)

Cérélia North America; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerelia Bakery Canada in Mississauga, ON is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to ensure our products meet quality and health standards. You will play a key role in audits, allergen checks, and line inspections to support our growing production.

The role emphasizes teamwork, flexibility for 8–10 hour shifts, and a proactive approach to delivering high-quality baked goods to customers across channels.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Ability to work rotational shifts (8–10 hrs) with overtime as needed.
• Team player with reliable transportation.
• Positive and eager attitude.
• Strong attention to detail and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-operational inspection on operating equipment in the mixing production before handoff for start-up.
• Monitor production/mixing process and GMP practices.
• Allergen checks on process per HACCP requirements.
• Participate in internal and external quality audits and operational reviews.
• Inspect raw materials and products; report deficiencies to the Quality Assurance Manager.
• Assist in sanitation inspections.
• Check percentage of chemical used and verify critical control points.
• Enforce Non-Nuts/Nuts flow.
• Maintain retain samples and send to third party labs as needed.
• Perform sensory evaluation of all batches before processing.
• Check temperatures of coolers and freezers; monitor humidity.
• Update temperature charts weekly.
• Ensure line workers complete paperwork correctly.
• Verify products meet specifications (weight, packaging date, labels).
• Identify and segregate non-conforming product for QC Hold.

Skills

Team player

Flexible

Forward thinking

Go-Getter

Shift work (8–10 hrs)

Positive attitude

Reliable transportation

Job description

Are you a “foodie” and love cookies, muffins and pancakes? Are you are looking for a company where we place high value on teamwork, collaboration, innovation? Are you looking to gain experience and grow your career with a successful international company?

If you are looking to do the best work of your career, be a part of an extraordinary company and have a passion for what we do, we want to hear from you!

Cerelia Bakery Canada (Formerly English Bay Batter) is currently looking to add some awesome new team members to our facility in Mississauga, ON. As a Quality Assurance Technician you will be a critical part of delivering our products to customers everywhere by ensuring our quality and health standards are met everyday!

About Cerelia Bakery Canada:

We develop and produce exceptionally high-quality products including: Fresh & frozen cookie dough and muffin batter in pre-portion sizes and scoop and bake pails for the foodservice industry as well as in-store bakeries of North American grocery, mass and club stores.

Our baked gourmet cookies and muffins are produced for distribution through multiple channels, including quick service restaurants. Refrigerated products including cookie, pastry and biscuit dough sold to North American Grocery Stores in a variety of formats including canister, chub, break-and-bake and place-and-bake.

Our Research and Development is on-going, aimed at introducing new and exciting products to complement our delectable bakery lines. We are an aggressive, flexible company dedicated to providing quality products that satisfy customer needs and marketplace demands.

Most importantly, we areGROWING. As we grow, our team members grow with us.

What you will be doing:

• Perform pre-operational inspection on operating equipment in the mixing production before handing off for start-up.
• Monitor production/ mixing process and personnel GMP practice.
• Allergen check on process as outlined in the HACCP requirements.
• Participate in internal and external quality audits and operational review.
• Inspect raw material, products and reports any deficiencies and off-spec product to Quality Assurance Manager.
• Involve in the sanitation inspection.
• Check the percentage of the chemical.
• Check critical control points.
• Enforce Non- Nuts/Nuts flow.
• Maintain retain sample & send sample to third party labs on equipment’s.
• Perform sensory evaluation of all batches mixed before they are processed.
• Check temperature of cooler, freezers, and humidity.
• Change temp charts weekly.
• Monitor that employees on the line are filling out paperwork completely and correctly.
• Ensure raw and finished product follow all specifications: i.e. weight, placement in tray or case, packaging date, production and best before date, outside coding etc.
• Make sure product meets required specifications and segregates product that does not meet specifications and puts on QC Hold.

What you bring to the table:

• Past experience in a food manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Positive and eager attitude.
• Ability to work rotational shifts ( 8 – 10 hrs) with flexibility for overtime as needed
• Having reliable transportation or own vehicle is highly recommended
• Team player- you are willing to jump in and help others
• Flexible- you are comfortable jumping from task to task quickly
• Forward thinking- you look for new and better ways to deliver our high-quality products in your workspace
• Go-Getter- you want to work! You are driven by quality and the accomplishment of a job well done.

Pay Rate: $24:00/hr

Cérélia is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an employment opportunity or testing, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.