3rd Shift Quality Assurance Technician

Urban Farmer; Manteno (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Farmer in Manteno, IL seeks a QA Inspector to ensure food safety and quality readiness across bakery lines. This role performs routine checks, logs results, and coordinates with other departments to maintain compliance with quality standards.

The candidate should be self-motivated, possess strong leadership, and thrive in a team setting, with growth opportunities across QA levels as operations scale.

Qualifications

• Must have strong leadership and work well in a team setting.
• Experience in quality and food safety checks is desirable.
• Willingness to progress to higher QA levels with training.

Responsibilities

• Ensure products are food safe and quality ready for customers.
• Conduct routine Quality & Food Safety checks and log results.
• Inspect packaging, labels, date codes, shelf life, and test incoming ingredients.
• Perform daily instrument testing and calibration of equipment.
• Extract product retains for shelf life analyses and other programs.
• Prepare shift reports and communicate findings as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Quality standards

Job description

This role performs testing on food products, ingredients, and production lines ensuring prompt communication

of any concerns with other departments regarding compliance to Quality Standards. This individual must be

self-motivated, have strong leadership skills and work well in a Team setting. Additional skills and tasks

required to become higher levels.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 1. Ensure that all products are food safe & quality ready for all customers.
• 2. Continuously monitors and conducts routine Quality & Food Safety checks for defects and logs results.
  • a. Level I – Proficient in Bakery Line Operation and ability to handle all QA tasks on the required frequencies for 2 or more lines consistently in the Baking Operation
  • b. Level II – Proficient in Bakery and Topping Line Operation with the ability to handle all QA tasks on the required frequencies for 3 or more lines consistently in the Baking Operation.
  • c. Level III - Proficient in Bakery and Topping Line Operation with the ability to handle 5 or more lines* consistently in the Baking Operation or Topping plus select Baking lines as needed.
• 3. Inspects packaging, labels, date codes, shelf life, and performs tests on incoming ingredients and/or
  • a. Level I – Physical product testing (weights & measures)
  • b. Level II – In addition to Level I, must be able to conduct product gluten testing, Pre-Op inspections on assigned lines in Bakery or Topping during scheduled shift and complete required allergen testing post sanitation.
  • c. Level III - In addition to Levels I & II, must be able to conduct Pre-Op inspections on a scheduled rotation on weekends for all lines in Bakery and Topping as necessary for the operation including OT hours, and complete allergen testing post sanitation.
• 4. Conducts daily instrument testing and the tools for up-keep and standardization/calibration of equipment
• 6. Pulls product retains from lines as needed for Shelf Life and other analysis programs (sensory,
• 7. 90% Quality floor testing and 10% paperwork in office.
• 8. QA Levels II or III will be trained to provide shift reports and internal communication in the event a