FSQA Senior Technician — 2nd Shift

Ditsch USA LLC; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Automatic, FREE $25,000 life insurance

FSA/HSA options

401k Retirement Plan with Match

Paid Time Off (PTO) & Holidays

Ongoing training and development

Job summary

Ditsch USA LLC in Cincinnati, Ohio is hiring a Food Safety Quality Assurance Senior Technician for the 2nd shift (2:00pm–10:00pm; weekends as needed). This role serves as the primary quality and food safety resource on their assigned shift, providing technical guidance to FSQA Technicians and ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal standards.

You will monitor production, lead shift quality activities, assist with corrective actions, hold and release decisions, and participate

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 3–5 years of food manufacturing quality experience preferred.
• Previous FSQA Technician experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with HACCP, GMPs, allergen controls, and food safety system.

Responsibilities

• Monitor production activities to ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards.
• Verify adherence to HACCP, GMP, allergen, sanitation, and customer requirements.
• Conduct routine production audits and inspections.
• Perform pre-operational and operational inspections.
• Verify critical control points (CCPs) and preventive controls.
• Ensure product specifications and quality standards are met.
• Serve as the primary FSQA contact during assigned shifts.
• Provide guidance and support to FSQA Technicians.
• Assist in training new FSQA personnel.
• Coordinate technician assignments during the shift.
• Escalate significant food safety and quality concerns to management.
• Assist supervisors with daily quality priorities.
• Review product and process documentation.
• Initiate product holds when necessary.
• Assist with product disposition decisions.
• Verify corrective actions before release of held materials.
• Participate in customer complaint investigations.
• Conduct root cause analysis using tools such as 5 Whys and Fishbone Diagrams.
• Document findings and corrective actions.
• Verify effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Assist with customer, regulatory, and third-party audits.
• Ensure production areas remain audit-ready.
• Conduct internal GMP and food safety audits.
• Verify completion of corrective actions.

Skills

HACCP

GMP

Allergen controls

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Ditsch USA LLC in Cincinnati, Ohio is hiring a Food Safety Quality Assurance Senior Technician for the 2nd shift (2:00pm–10:00pm; weekends as needed). This role serves as the primary quality and food safety resource on their assigned shift, providing technical guidance to FSQA Technicians and ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal standards.

You will monitor production, lead shift quality activities, assist with corrective actions, hold and release decisions, and participate