Food Safety QA Tech - Shift 1

Primal Pet Foods; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Company Holidays

401k with company match

Job summary

Primal Pet Foods is seeking a QA Technician to ensure food safety and product quality across all lines. You will rotate between production lines, inspect packaging and weights, collect samples, and perform hourly checks.

The role requires GMP knowledge, attention to detail, and strong communication to coordinate with QA, production, and management. Working early morning shifts and standing for long periods are involved.

Qualifications

• High school equivalency required; college coursework in food safety preferred.
• 1 year of experience as a quality technician or equivalent.
• Basic math and comprehension of percentages; measurements in weight.
• Ability to follow instructed procedures and solve routine problems.
• Punctuality and regular attendance are required.
• Food industry experience and GMP knowledge are a must.
• Experience with quality and food safety systems is required.

Responsibilities

• Visually inspect the packaging and coding of finished products.
• Take weights of the finished product.
• Verify product quality and collect samples from all operating lines.
• Perform hourly line checks and verify ingredients used.
• Conduct and document audits; respond to quality issues.
• Review HACCP CCPs for compliance and preventive controls.
• Communicate issues to QA, production, and management.
• Address quality/food safety problems with corrective actions.

Skills

Quality control

GMP knowledge

Food safety systems

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school equivalency

Food safety coursework

Job description

This position is responsible for performing QA activities that ensure consistent food safety and product quality of all Primal Pet Foods products produced. Inspects products within the Production Facility to ensure high quality and compliance with company standards and procedures. Must be able to rotate between all production lines.
Availability: Early Morning shift

Responsibilities and Duties

• Visually inspect the packaging, coding of finished products
• Takes weights of the finished product
• Verifies the quality of the product
• Collects samples from all operating lines for each batch
• Perform hourly line checks
• Verify the ingredients used in production
• Conduct and document audits
• Responds appropriately to Quality issues
• Review all HACCP Critical Control Points (CCP’s) to ensure compliance. (PC – Preventive Controls)
• Perform direct observations
• Be a proactive participant in identifying potential issues in all phases of operations.
• Develop and maintain lines of communication between QA, production, and management to ensure that all are kept informed of issues found, corrective actions are taken, and any changes that have taken place.
• Hands-on involvement in all Food Safety/Quality problems that arise during shift and developing appropriate solutions and corrective/preventative actions.
• Perform QA activities that ensure consistent food safety and product quality of all Primal Pet Foods products produced.

Qualifications and Skills

• High school equivalency required. College coursework in Food Safety or related field preferred
• 1 year of experience as a Quality technician; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Basic mathematical skills and computation abilitiesand ability to understand percentages.Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement and quantity measurements.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must be punctual and regular attendance is required
• Food industry experience and knowledge of GMP’s are a must
• Experience with quality and food safety systems required
• Ability to effectively communicate with other employees in a respectful manner during daily and high stress situations

While performing the duties of this job, you will be required to stand and walk; use hands to feel; and reach with arms.Occasionally required to sit and talk or hear.Required to lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance.Additionally, you must be able to lift and or move more than 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision. You will be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme cold, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Schedule: M-F (6:30-15:00)

Starting Pay Rate: $18.00

We offer great benefits and perks

Paid Time Off

Paid Company Holidays

Affordable medical, dental, vision and life insurance

Discounted pet insurance!

401k with company match up to 4%

Internal Career opportunities, training, and much more!