3rd Shift QA Inspector - Food Safety & GMP

Actalent; Oak Creek (WI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a 3rd Shift Quality Technician for a food manufacturing environment in Oak Creek, WI. The role focuses on inspection, sampling, documentation, and communicating non-conformances while supporting continuous improvement and regulatory compliance across the facility.

The position requires strong attention to detail, knowledge of HACCP/SQF, and experience with CAPA and environmental monitoring.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality control and quality assurance within a manufacturing or food industry environment.
• Ability to perform detailed quality checks and inspections on raw materials, packaging, and finished products.
• Knowledge of process improvement principles and willingness to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience with corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and root cause analysis to address quality issues.
• Ability to perform swabbing for cleaning verification and environmental monitoring programs.
• Familiarity with sensory testing and evaluation of product quality attributes.
• Understanding of HACCP principles and their application in a food manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of SQF system requirements and food safety standards.
• Ability to review and interpret supplier COAs against internal specifications.
• Comfort working with tools such as SharePoint or similar systems for documentation and data management.
• Ability to perform temperature tests, handle micro samples, and follow established sampling plans.
• Strong attention to detail, documentation accuracy, and organizational skills for sample storage and recordkeeping.
• Commitment to food safety, quality, and sanitation, with the ability to follow and enforce related policies and procedures.
• Effective communication skills to report non-conformances, incidents, and improvement opportunities to leadership and team members.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and sample all incoming raw products, ingredients, and packaging materials to verify conformance with established specifications and standards.
• Follow predetermined sampling plans for incoming materials and accurately collect, label, and handle samples.
• Evaluate collected samples against established specifications and requirements, documenting findings clearly and accurately.
• Issue incoming materials inspection reports and non-conformance reports for materials that do not meet specifications, and ensure all reports are filed and stored properly.
• Communicate non-conformances and quality issues promptly to leadership to support timely corrective actions.
• Control and maintain QA sample storage and the library of samples to ensure proper organization and quick retrieval when needed.
• Review supplier COAs against internal specifications to confirm materials meet required standards.
• Inspect and evaluate product returns, including products rejected due to customer complaints or incorrect shipments, and document findings.
• Conduct cleaning verification swabbing and execute the Environmental Monitoring Program according to the established schedule.
• Place a high priority on food safety, product quality, and sanitation by understanding and consistently executing food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Perform and document GMP inspections to verify adherence to company standards.
• Hold yourself and others accountable to food safety and sanitation guidelines by reporting any food safety incidents, observations, or improvement opportunities to leadership or teammates.
• Serve as backup in the absence of quality leadership to help ensure food safety, quality objectives, and SQF system requirements are met.
• Support process improvement and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) by participating in root cause analysis and implementation of quality enhancements.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and high standards within the quality and production teams.

Skills

Quality control experience

Detailed inspections

CAPA/root cause analysis

Environmental monitoring

Food safety knowledge (HACCP/SQF)

Documentation and data management

Team collaboration

Backup in leadership

Tools

SharePoint

COAs review

GMP inspections

Temperature testing devices

Job description

Actalent is seeking a 3rd Shift Quality Technician for a food manufacturing environment in Oak Creek, WI. The role focuses on inspection, sampling, documentation, and communicating non-conformances while supporting continuous improvement and regulatory compliance across the facility.

The position requires strong attention to detail, knowledge of HACCP/SQF, and experience with CAPA and environmental monitoring.