QA Technician

Surlean Foods; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Surlean Foods seeks a Quality Assurance Technician to ensure the safety and quality of incoming materials and finished products. You will report to the QA Supervisor and follow GMPs, SOPs, and customer specifications.

Responsibilities include pre-operational inspections, swabbing, SSOP monitoring, HACCP CCP verification, USDA collaboration, training staff, and maintaining thorough documentation to support product quality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be able to stand for long periods and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Basic computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Able to work in extreme temperatures.
• Team player and able to work cross-functionally.
• Able to work unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Enforce GMP and company policies.
• Conduct pre-operational inspection of equipment and facilities.
• Perform ATP and environmental swabbing as needed.
• Monitor SSOPs and document compliance.
• Monitor quality of packaging, raw materials and finished products.
• Monitor metal detection and rejection processes.
• Record weights and temperatures of finished products.
• Perform HACCP monitoring and verification for CCPs.
• Collaborate with USDA and production staff.
• Train personnel on food safety and quality policies.
• Report deviations and place product on hold.
• Investigate foreign material discoveries and source.

Skills

Team orientation

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent worker

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Quality Assurance Technician performs numerous essential functions to ensure the safety and quality of all incoming materials and finished products used and produced by the plant. The QA Technician answers to the QA Supervisor and must adhere to all company policies, standard operating procedures and customer regulations and specifications.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Enforce the company’s Good Manufacturing Practices Policy.
• Conducting pre-operational inspection of equipment and facilities as required.
• Perform ATP swabbing and environmental swabbing as needed.
• Monitor sanitation standard operating procedures and document SSOP’s in accordance with the companies. program.
• Monitor and document the quality of packaging, raw materials and finished products.
• Monitor metal detection and rejection.
• Monitor and record weights of finished products.
• Take raw and finished product temperatures.
• Monitor physical, chemical and sensory characteristics of raw and finished products.
• Generate and complete the required records and documentation daily for each product line in accordance to the customer’s specifications.
• Perform HACCP monitoring and verification for all critical control points of the company’s HACCP programs.
• Work alongside USDA and production employees.
• Monitor food security and safety.
• Training plant personnel on food safety and quality policies and procedures.
• Report any deviations from spec and place product on hold.
• Report any foreign material discoveries and assist in the investigation of the source.
• Ensure testing equipment is cleaned and calibration verified prior to use.
• Assist the QA Manager and QA Department on any other tasks as needed.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS/ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• High School Diploma or equivalency
• Frequently stands, lifts 50 lbs., walks, reaches, stoops, bends, handles product, smells, listens, speaks and sees
• Basic computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Must be able to work in extreme temperature
• Must be a team player and be able to work cross-functionally
• Must be able to work unsupervised

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The temperature ranges from 0 degrees in freezers to 110 degrees in the cook rooms. There is exposure to equipment and machinery that are considered to be hazardous. Potential electrical, chemical, and heat hazards are also present. The level of noise is high and constant. Floors are damp and slick. There is forklift traffic present.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

Hard hats, ear plugs or muffs, frocks, non-porous steel toe boots, hair nets, and beard nets must be worn at all times within the plant. Cotton and Latex gloves must be worn when handling product or contacting sanitary surfaces at all times for personal safety and product quality.

EMERGENCY TASK AND JOB ASSIGNMENT:

In the event that the QA Tech is not available the other QA Techs/QA Supervisor will be responsible for assigned tasks.