Food QA Technician - Audit-Ready Quality & Compliance

Petit Pot; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

PTO

Sick Leave

Job summary

Petit Pot is seeking a QA Technician in Emeryville, CA to ensure production paperwork is complete, organized, and audit-ready. This role maintains GMP, SQF, and organic certifications, checks ingredients, batches, and finished products, and conducts required testing with timely record-keeping.

The ideal candidate has QA experience in food manufacturing, strong numerical and organizational skills, and the ability to communicate across departments.

Qualifications

• Has QA experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work with numbers, perform calculations, and use mechanical skills.
• Identifies food safety concerns or risks and works independently with limited supervision.
• Communicates well with all departments and management levels.
• Maintains strong organization and accuracy in record-keeping.
• Willing to attend related training programs; Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of regulatory issues for production paperwork, filing, and audits.
• Ensure all customer requirements and preferences are met in paperwork.
• Collect production paperwork and locate any missing documents.
• Provide reporting and retraining for incomplete or non-compliant records.
• Organize paperwork per filing system and review CCPs, specifications, and customer needs.
• Place any non-conforming product on QA hold and inform QA Manager as needed.
• Release product and support audits by customers or regulators.
• Assist with audits and ensure products meet customer and product requirements.
• Keep work areas and equipment within SQF standards and properly clean.
• Ensure PPE is worn and equipment is calibrated and functioning.

Skills

QA experience

Numerical ability

Food safety awareness

Independent work

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Bilingual (Spanish)

Education

GED or High School Diploma

Tools

Refractometer

Salt Titrator

Acid Titrator

pH Meter

Color Meter

Moisture Meter

Viscometer

Consistometer

Gages

Torque meters

Job description

Petit Pot is seeking a QA Technician in Emeryville, CA to ensure production paperwork is complete, organized, and audit-ready. This role maintains GMP, SQF, and organic certifications, checks ingredients, batches, and finished products, and conducts required testing with timely record-keeping.

The ideal candidate has QA experience in food manufacturing, strong numerical and organizational skills, and the ability to communicate across departments.