Food Safety and Quality Technician (Night Shift)

Ocean Spray Cranberries; Middleborough (MA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocean Spray Cranberries is seeking a Quality Technician to join their operations team in Middleborough, MA. This role focuses on ensuring all food quality standards are met within the production facility.

Responsibilities include quality testing, training personnel in quality systems, and maintaining lab equipment. Candidates should have a high school diploma and relevant experience, preferably in the food or beverage industry. Ocean Spray offers a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 1 - 3 years prior production/manufacturing experience or 2+ years relevant lab technician experience.
• Food/beverage industry experience is a plus.
• Good computer, word processing, and email skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality testing, analysis, and review to ensure production quality.
• Train and support manufacturing personnel in quality systems.
• Initiate problem-solving activities relating to quality parameter issues.

Skills

Quality testing

Analytical skills

Interpersonal communication

Mathematical ability

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree or Associates Degree in Food Science or related field

Job description

Ocean Spray is looking for a creative, collaborative, detail-oriented and results driven Quality Technician to work with the operations team (night shift) to ensure that all food quality standards are met, with no exceptions, at our Middleboro, MA production facility.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide quality testing, analysis and review to ensure that production quality and schedule standards are being achieved.
• Train and support manufacturing personnel in quality systems to maximize product quality.
• Initiate problem-solving activities relating to quality parameter issues
• Support the continuous training, record keeping and maintenance of the food safety and quality practices within the plant.
• Act as point of contact and through professional judgment and evaluation, suggest resolution to food safety and quality concerns in the absence of the Quality Manager
• Support and promote food safety and quality program indicatives within the plant environment
• Calibrate, troubleshoot, maintain, and operate all lab equipment
• Follow all safety policies and procedures, including laboratory safety and chemical handling
• Perform QA verification of cleaned equipment, and support/assist with sanitation
• Perform Positive Release duties and micro testing when required
• Perform FM investigations and product holds when required

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's Degree or Associates Degree in Food Science or related field preferred.
• 1 - 3 years prior production/manufacturing experience OR 2+ years relevant lab technician experience.
• Food/beverage industry experience a plus.
• Requires good mathematical ability to perform quality related calculations, good analytical skills, and effective interpersonal communication skills to work constructively in a team environment.
• Requires good computer, Word processing, and email skills.
• Must be detail oriented and have the ability to meet deadlines and accomplish tasks accurately while working under pressure.
• Ability to recognize trends, situations and risks to product quality or food safety, and to timely and properly communicate those findings

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.