QA Technician I 2nd Shift

Meijer; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Flexible scheduling

Parental leave

Education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer, a family-owned company, is hiring a Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure quality and food safety across our facility. You will perform routine testing, monitor compliance with GMP, SQF, and sanitation standards, and support continuous improvement on the production floor.

Ideal candidates have a high school education (college degree preferred) and experience in a food manufacturing environment, with strong data analysis and communication skills.

Qualifications

• High School education required; College degree preferred.
• Experience in a Food Manufacturing environment.
• Experience with microbiological, chemical and physical testing of food products/ingredients.
• HACCP and SQF knowledge preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Detail oriented, organized, reliable and resourceful.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure facility compliance to GMP, SQF and sanitation standards through monitoring and reporting procedures.
• Promote plant safety and environmental programs in line with corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain quality and food safety manuals to ensure policies are current and effective.
• Collect, analyze and report findings for production environmental swabs (ATP and microbiological).
• Conduct microbiological, chemical and/or physical testing of products.
• Verify product labels and weights for compliance.
• Provide quality and food safety training to plant personnel as required.
• Assist the Quality Manager/Supervisor with policy implementation and audits.
• Provide support to leadership during third-party audits and inspections.
• Support production trials and scale-up product trials with technical assistance.
• Assist in evaluating consumer complaints and corrective actions and HACCP compliance.
• Coordinate storage and rework of quality control hold products with plant personnel.
• Update leadership on QA and sanitation issues impacting production.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Teamwork

Microsoft Office

Education

High School diploma

College degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Responsible for executing and monitoring of quality and food safety activities for the facility. Responsibilities include routine testing of products and monitoring compliance to food safety and food quality policies and procedures on the production floor.

What You'll Be Doing

• Assure facility compliance to affiliate, regulatory and best in class industry quality, GMP, SQF, and sanitation standards through monitoring and reporting procedures.
• Actively promote plant safety and environmental programs and procedures that are in compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain quality and food safety manuals to assure all policies and procedures are current and effective, and compliant with corporate and SQF requirements.
• Collect, analyze and report findings for production environmental swabs (ATP and microbiological).
• Conduct microbiological, chemical and/or physical testing of products.
• Conduct product label and weight verifications and monitor for compliance.
• Conduct quality and food safety training, as required, for all plant personnel
• Assist the Quality Manager/Supervisor in the implementation of quality and food safety systems policies and procedures
• Provide assistance to the Leadership Team with Third Party Audits and inspections.
• Provide technical assistance resources to production for plant trials and scale-up product trials.
• Assist in the evaluation of consumer complaints, and corrective action implementations.Assist in the maintenance of and compliance to the plant's HACCP program.
• Coordinate the storage and rework of quality control hold products with appropriate plant personnel.
• Keep Leadership informed of the status of quality assurance and sanitation issues impacting production and product deployment.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring With You (Qualifications)

• High School education required.
• College Degree preferred.
• General knowledge/experience in a Food Manufacturing environment.
• General knowledge/experience with microbiological, chemical and physical testing of food products/ingredients.
• General knowledge/training in Food Safety, HACCP, SQF preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.
• Ability to analyze data and information.
• Ability to work under pressure and to react to situations with a strong sense of urgency.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail oriented, organized, reliable and resourceful.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.