Quality Control Technician

Berksfoods; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food processing industry is seeking a 2nd Shift Quality Control Technician. The role involves product inspection, monitoring operations, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Competitive benefits include healthcare, 401K, and more.

Benefits

Uniforms

Training

Boot and Tool Allowances

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Prescription Coverage

Short-term and Long-term Disability

Life Insurance

401K

Vacation

Employee Assistance Programs

Qualifications

• Solid work history required.
• Food industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Inspects products and QA documents for compliance.
• Monitors production and equipment operations.
• Maintains food safety and quality standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Safety Skills

Education

GED or HS diploma

Job description

Berks Packing is a 3rd generation family-owned and operated meat processor facility located in Reading, Pennsylvania. We have a long-standing tradition of providing excellent product quality and customer service. Berks has been a family favorite for over 88 years!

Immediate Opening: 2nd Shift Quality Control Technician

Essential duties include:

1. Product Inspection: Inspects products and QA related documents to verify conformance to policies, procedures, and specifications. Rejects non-conforming products and equipment. Notifies supervisors of production issues.
2. Monitoring Operations: Monitors production and equipment, including machines that automatically inspect products such as metal detection systems.
3. Data Recording: Records inspection data accurately, such as weights and temperatures, verifies conformance, computes percentages or averages, and reports results and recommendations.
4. Food Safety & Quality Standards: Maintains and enforces food quality, safety standards, and GMPs.
5. SOP Compliance: Follows all Food Safety and Quality SOPs and company policies.
6. SSOP Verification: Ensures all SSOP requirements are met and inspects RTE departments pre-operationally for sanitation.
7. Child Nutrition: Maintains all Child Nutrition production requirements.
8. Microbiological Activities: Performs environmental microbiological analyses.
9. Product Conformance: Compares colors, shapes, textures to standards and recommends corrective actions.
10. Equipment Maintenance: Cleans, calibrates, and maintains measuring instruments, thermometers, and probes.
11. Weight & Sampling: Verifies packaging weights and ingredient quantities; collects samples for testing.
12. Documentation Review: Reviews pre-shipment production documents.
13. Regulatory Compliance: Adheres to USDA, GMP, SQF, HACCP, OSHA requirements, including lockout/tagout procedures.
14. Teamwork & Visibility: Promotes teamwork, involves plant employees in QA issues, and maintains visibility on the production floor.
15. Additional Responsibilities: Performs other duties as assigned.

We offer competitive benefits including uniforms, training, boot and tool allowances, healthcare, dental, vision, prescription coverage, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401K, vacation, and employee assistance programs. This is a salaried position with overtime and double time pay.

Qualifications include:

• Solid work history
• Manufacturing experience
• Teamwork and safety skills
• Food industry experience (preferred)
• GED or HS diploma
• Satisfactory references
• Willingness to work overtime, including weekends
• Application completion is required for consideration

Pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening are required. Background checks are conducted following EEOC and FCRA regulations.

EOE/M/F/D/V