Packaging Quality Analyst

Fifco-USA; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue4U Discounts

Retirement Options with employer

10 paid holidays

Generous paid time off

Beer

Job summary

FIFCO USA is seeking a Packaging Quality Analyst in Rochester, NY to perform daily quality testing and verification on production lines, ensuring the highest quality product is ready for shipment. This on‑the‑floor role combines manufacturing and lab work, with shifts 1:00PM–9:00PM or 9:00PM–5:00AM and OT as needed.

The ideal candidate will have a 2-year science degree, 3+ years in food/beverage quality or lab settings, and familiarity with GMP/HACCP principles.

Qualifications

• 2-year college degree in a science-related field preferred.
• 3+ years of related quality/laboratory experience in a food/beverage production facility preferred; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered.
• Trained in HACCP, federal food, and/or TTB standards is preferred but not required.
• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common trade journals, financial reports, and legal documents.

Responsibilities

• Product Safety and Quality: Perform and monitor results of Quality Control testing to ensure product safety and quality specifications are met on our packaging lines.
• Product Safety and Quality: Perform daily data review of Quality Control records to ensure accuracy and to identify process improvement gaps.
• Product Safety and Quality: Aid management in new product/raw material qualifications.
• Product Safety and Quality: Ensure non-conforming raw ingredients and finished goods are identified, properly placed on hold, communicated, and dispositioned per FIFCO USA food safety and quality policies.
• Product Safety and Quality: Work with all departments (Production, Maintenance, Quality, etc.) on non-conformance investigations, root cause, and corrective/preventative action.
• General Laboratory Operations: Support management in day-to-day operation of Quality Control testing, inspection, and data collection.
• General Laboratory Operations: Ensure instrumentation used to perform testing/inspection are calibrated and verified with preventative maintenance completed.
• General Laboratory Operations: Audit established SOP’s/Work Instructions for accuracy and update as needed.
• General Laboratory Operations: Aid management in establishing and writing new SOP’s/Work Instructions for Quality Control Laboratory.
• General Laboratory Operations: Formulate and interpret reports from testing data.
• General Laboratory Operations: Discern off notes and characteristics of products through taste and other senses.
• General Laboratory Operations: Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
• General Laboratory Operations: Aid supervisor in completion of safety-related paperwork.
• General Laboratory Operations: Keep up‑to‑date on all QC testing processes to help train new and existing employees.
• General Laboratory Operations: Actively exhibit a commitment to support a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• QC Lab: Set up and verify correct date codes on all packaging materials.
• QC Lab: Understand, troubleshoot, and make recommendations to improve pasteurization processes.
• QC Lab: Verify use of correct product and packaging materials during production.
• QC Lab: Dissect can packaging seams and make recommendations to improve the seaming process.
• QC Lab: Understand proper labeling compliance to state and federal regulations.
• Satellite Lab: Demonstrate understanding and ability to coordinate the tank release process.
• Satellite Lab: Perform CO2 receipts and testing.
• Satellite Lab: Perform Brix, ABV, CO2, TPO, and Dissolved Oxygen tests as required.
• Satellite Lab: Perform volumetric testing as required.

Skills

Quality testing

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Two-year college degree in science-related field

Job description

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Packaging Quality Analyst

Regular Full-Time Rochester, NY, US

Salary Range: $26.00 To $30.00 Hourly

Job Title: Packaging Quality Analyst

Status:Full Time

Department:Quality

Reportsto:Packaging Quality Supervisor

Job Type:Non-Exempt

Shift: 1:00PM - 9:00PM (afternoons) or 9:00PM-5:00AM (overnights). OT and weekends as necessary.

Position Objective

The Quality Analyst will coordinate and perform daily quality testing and verification activities of the production lines while ensuring the highest quality product is ready for shipment. This is an “on the floor” position in the manufacturing environment with approximately 70% of the duties performed in manufacturing and 30% in the laboratory.

Key Responsibilities

Product Safety and Quality

• Perform and monitor results of Quality Control testing to ensure product safety and quality specifications are met on our packaging lines.
• Perform daily data review of Quality Control records to ensure accuracy and to identify process improvement gaps.
• Aid management in new product/raw material qualifications.
• Ensure non-conforming raw ingredients and finished goods are identified, properly placed on hold, communicated, and dispositioned per FIFCO USA food safety and quality policies.
• Work with all departments (Production, Maintenance, Quality, etc.) on non-conformance investigations, root cause, and corrective/preventative action.

General Laboratory Operations

• Support management in day-to-day operation of Quality Control testing, inspection, and data collection (including, but not limited to: incoming raw materials, in process materials/products, and finished goods).
• Ensure instrumentation used to perform testing/inspection are calibrated and verified with preventative maintenance completed.
• Audit established SOP’s/Work Instructions for accuracy and update as needed.
• Aid management in establishing and writing new SOP’s/Work Instructions for Quality Control Laboratory.
• Formulate and interpret reports from testing data.
• Discern off notes and characteristics of products through taste and other senses.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
• Aid supervisor in completion of safety-related paperwork (including, but not limited to: injury reporting and Safety Data Sheet review).
• Keep up‑to‑date on all QC testing processes to help train new and existing employees.
• Actively exhibit a commitment to support a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

QC Lab

• Set up and verify correct date codes on all packaging materials.
• Understand, troubleshoot, and make recommendations to improve pasteurization processes.
• Verify use of correct product and packaging materials during production.
• Dissect can packaging seams and make recommendations to improve the seaming process.
• Understand proper labeling compliance to state and federal regulations.

Satellite Lab

• Demonstrate understanding and ability to coordinate the tank release process.
• Perform CO2 receipts and testing.
• Perform Brix, ABV, CO2, TPO, and Dissolved Oxygen tests as required.
• Perform volumetric testing as required.

Qualifications

• 2-year college degree in a science-related field preferred.
• 3+ years of related quality/laboratory experience in a food/beverage production facility preferred; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered.
• Trained in HACCP, federal food, and/or TTB standards is preferred but not required.
• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English.
• Ability to ready, analyze, and interpret common trade journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, employees, managers, vendors, and customers.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions and apply them to practical solutions.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Physical Requirements & Environmental

• Must be able to regularly sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands or arms; and walk/climb stairs while carrying samples.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time, up to and potentially the full shift.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to occasionally bend, climb, lift, and/or move up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work with moving mechanical parts and loud noise levels.
• Must be able to work with hazardous chemicals and frequently duck under conveyors and equipment.
• Generous Benefits with options to fit your life
• Blue4U Discounts
• Retirement Options with employer contributions
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous paid time off
• Culture of pride and community involvement
• And of course, beer!

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base hourly wage for this position is $26.00-30.00 /hour, not including benefits or potential bonuses. If you are hired at FIFCO USA, your base hourly wage will be determined based on factors such as individual skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, we also believe in the importance of pay equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. We also offer a generous benefits package, including health insurance!

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