QA Technician 1st Shift

Surlean Foods; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Surlean Foods is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to ensure safety and quality of materials and products. You will support the QA Supervisor, enforce GMP, and conduct inspections and testing across production lines.

You will work with USDA and plant personnel, monitor SSOPs, and assist in investigations of deviations. Strong teamwork and basic computer skills are required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency is required.
• Basic computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint are required.
• Ability to work in extreme temperatures and as part of a team is essential.

Responsibilities

• Enforce GMP policy and monitor sanitation SOPs.
• Conduct pre-operational inspections of equipment and facilities.
• Perform ATP and environmental swabbing as needed.
• Monitor packaging, raw materials and finished products for quality.
• Record weights, temperatures and sensory characteristics daily.
• Perform HACCP monitoring and verification at critical control points.

Skills

Team player

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS 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.