QA Technician - Food Manufacturing

QUALI TECH; Chaska (MN); Presencial; USD 34.000 - 39.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Shift differential

Resumo da vaga

Quali Tech LLC in Minnesota is seeking a QA Technician for the food manufacturing division. This role focuses on ensuring product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across raw materials and finished products. The position is a 3rd shift opportunity with a $3/hr differential.

The candidate will monitor analytical results, assist in QA program development, and perform sensory, moisture, and water activity analyses, along with regular lab duties and audits.

Qualificações

• High School Diploma or GED required and 3 years experience in quality control and assurance in an FDA regulated industry or Bachelor’s Degree in a science related field preferred.
• Background in manufacturing and processing environments is desired.
• Proven analytical strengths and experience.

Responsabilidades

• Monitor, evaluate, and report analytical results of products and raw materials.
• Assist in development and review of QA procedures; review production and receiving records.
• Perform sensory evaluation, visual inspection and analyses (Organoleptic, Moisture, Water Activity).
• Maintain sample retain library and lab safety; conduct monthly/quarterly tasks as required.
• Conduct audits of cGMP areas; support third-party audits (BRC, Safe Food/Safe Feed, HACCP).
• Support R&D and Operations; assist in customer complaint investigations.

Conhecimentos

Analytical thinking

Sensory evaluation

Quality control

Formação

High School Diploma or GED

Science degree preferred

Descrição da vaga

QA Technician - Food Manufacturing

Quali Tech LLC Chaska, Minnesota, United States

About this position

Quali Tech, LLC is a manufacturer of plant nutrition, animal nutrition, and food ingredients products and services. Found in 1967, Quali Tech has been developing new techniques to formulate specialized combinations of ingredients resulting in high quality, cost-effective and innovative products and services guided by our values.

World Class Customer Service

Uncompromising Quality

Family Feel/Professionally Run

Qualitech is seeking experienced Quality Assurance Tech for 3rd shift to ensure product safety and the quality of all products in the Food Divisions as well as ensuring regulatory compliance with regulatory bodies, customers and QualiTech.

Shift Hours - 9pm to 5.30am (Sunday - Thursday) $3/hr shift differential.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting analytical results of products and raw materials including alerting out of compliance results
• Assist in administering the Company's Quality Program in accordance with customer and company requirements. This includes:
  • Review and assist in development of QA procedures
  • Regular review of production and receiving records
  • Sensory evaluation, visual inspection and analyses (Organoleptic, Moisture, Water Activity) of raw ingredient and finished product samples
  • Maintain sample retain library
  • Conduct final wash inspections of all production rooms
  • Assist in troubleshooting product discrepancies
  • Internal audits of cGMP areas and premises, including glass and brittle inventories
  • Maintain lab safety
  • Conduct Monthly/Quarterly/Bi-Annual/Annual tasks as required by the Food Safety Calendar
  • Conduct environmental analyses, i.e. swabbing
  • Conduct titration analysis of sanitation chemicals
• Participate in finished goods hold/release system
• Conduct tasks in accordance with Good Laboratory Practices.
• Lend technical support to R&D and Operations as appliable
• Assist in customer complaint investigations
• Assist in the compliance with all appropriate third-party audits such as BRC, Safe Food/Safe Feed and HACCP.
• Create & Maintain production documents including archival storage & organization, master document storage, certificates of analysis.

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED required and 3 years experience in quality control and assurance in an FDA regulated industry or Bachelor’s Degree in a science related field preferred.
• A background in manufacturing and processing environments is desired.
• Proven analytical strengths and experience.

Salary Information

$25 - $28Hourly Wage