QA Technician - 2nd & 3rd shift

Kettle Cuisine; Lynn (MA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food manufacturing seeks a QA Technician for the 2nd and 3rd shift in Lynn, MA. The position involves monitoring quality, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and participating in audits. With a pay range of $18-21 per hour, this role offers growth opportunities within a supportive and passionate team environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual discretionary bonus program

Qualifications

• Requires 1-3 years of experience in food manufacturing.
• On-the-job training of 6-12 months is required.
• Experience with USDA & FDA requirements is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Monitor production personnel for quality assurance.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP and other quality standards.
• Assist in Food Safety Training Program.

Skills

Good communication skills

Follow-through

Knowledge of Quality Assurance methodologies

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.

Job Summary

Schedule: 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM / 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM

Performs daily operational sanitation. Completes all documentation relevant to programs including auditing all SSOP, HACCP and SQF related processes to ensure compliance to programs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor production personnel to ensure that a consistent quality product is being manufactured.

Support SQF program.

Participate in GMP audits for KPI metrics.

Helps maintain the retain set aside program.

Ensure the continuous production of products consistent with established standards.

Assist with document failures and ensure that mechanical personnel are notified of any equipment failures.

Perform process check throughout the production, filling, package integrity and labels checks, net weight checks, organoleptic checks.

Monitor HACCP critical control points.

Drive factory GMP Standards

Assist with the Food Safety Training Program.

Required Skills

• High school diploma or GED required.

Requires one - three years of experience

On-the-job training of 6-12 months.

Basic data entry, simple formatting of documents and creates basic templates.

Desired Skills

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Good communication skills-written and oral.

Ideal candidate will possess 5+ years food manufacturing experience

Excellent follow-through including ability to reason through critical issues.

Ability to communicate with employees at all levels of the organization.

Good knowledge of the Food Manufacturing Industry and of Quality Assurance methodologies.

Should have experience with USDA & FDA requirements

Responsibility

• Works with little supervision, but work is reviewed. Exercises discretion within area of responsibility.

Advises others within the organization on matters within area of expertise.

Position has little to no contact with customers.

Position has little or no impact on revenue, actions and results are subject to review or inspections.

Ineffective actions could result in significant loss of time, resources and/or could have moderate impact on the organizations public image. Decisions or actions have a significant impact on the organization. Errors are difficult to detect and may be difficult and/or costly to correct. Decisions may have a significant impact on resources and organizational effectiveness; funding, productivity, service, quality, security of assets or external relationships may be adversely affected.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Position is not responsible for supervising or influencing the actions of others.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.

Core Values

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.

Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle

Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners

Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team

Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence

Pay Range for QA Technician - 2nd & 3rd shift

The QA Technician - 2nd & 3rd shift base pay range$18-21 USD/hourly.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Lynn, MA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The QA Technician - 2nd & 3rd shift position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package and is eligible for the annual discretionarybonus program up to 5%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.