QA Bench Technician NV

Ken's Foods; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Ken's Foods in Las Vegas, NV seeks a dedicated team member to uphold food safety, GMP and SQF standards. This role focuses on testing batches, inspecting labels and weights, calibrating titrators, and ensuring ongoing compliance with quality controls.

You will work in a fast-paced plant environment, perform physical duties including standing and lifting up to 25 pounds, and maintain readiness for inspections with a strong emphasis on safety and meticulous record-keeping.

Qualifications

• Must maintain SQF certification through GMP and good housekeeping.
• Inspect labels, codes, and weights on finished products to meet quality standards.
• Calibrate acid and salt titrators daily.
• Test batches for acid, salt, viscosity and color; correct those out of specification.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance to Food Safety and maintaining SQF certification.
• Test finished product for acid, salt, viscosity, and color every hour.
• Put products on hold that do not meet specifications.
• Collect samples for shelf-life and micro-plating.
• Inspect labels, codes, and weights to ensure quality.

Job description

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include The Following

• Responsible for compliance to Food Safety, maintain SQF certification through compliance to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and maintaining good housekeeping, being inspection-ready at all times
• Ensures compliance with corporate standards and systems to monitor food safety, food safety culture, quality and facility cleanliness
• Test each batch for acid, salt, viscosity and color; making sure that they are in specification
• Give correction to any batches that are out of specification
• Test filler before each line start up
• Test finished product for acid, salt, viscosity, and color every hour
• Inspect labels, codes, and weights on finished products to make sure that they meet quality standard
• Put products on hold that do not meet specifications
• Collect samples for shelf-life and micro-plating
• Calibrate acid and salt titrators daily
• Other duties as assigned

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Producing product free of contamination
• Following all Ken’s Foods Security and GMP policies
• Reporting any suspicious activities anywhere in or around the plant
• Inspection of work area for any possible product contamination issues on a continuous basis

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Essential Mental Alertness Requirements

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Ability to perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the duties of the position
• Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
• Ability to work in an unfatigued state
• Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
• Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one’s short term memory
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
• Demonstrated caring, committed and concerned attitude about safety