QC Technician

Village Gourmet; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Village Gourmet is hiring a QC Technician in Wilkes-Barre, PA to support our Quality & Food Safety team at the Three Little Pigs – House of Bricks facility. You will help protect product quality, safety, and integrity throughout the manufacturing process.

We are seeking detail-oriented, safety-minded individuals who are passionate about food quality and want to grow within a structured technical career path.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Experience in quality control or food manufacturing preferred.
• USDA-regulated facility experience is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to document accurately.
• Ability to read specifications and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-process quality and food safety checks.
• Verify weights, temperatures, labels, packaging, and codes.
• Document out-of-spec conditions and deviations.
• Maintain quality records and hourly logs.
• Ensure compliance with USDA, SQF, HACCP, GMP, allergen control.

Skills

Detail orientation

Safety-minded

Food quality awareness

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Data entry

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Wilkes-Barre, PA |1st shift and 2nd Shift
3 Little Pigs – House of Bricks

Compensation: $22.00 - $26.00 per hour, based on skills and experience.

About the Role

As a QC Technician, you will help protect the quality, safety, and integrity of our products throughout the manufacturing process.

We are looking for a QC Technician to join our Quality & Food Safety team at our Three Little Pigs – House of Bricks facility in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is detail-oriented, safety-minded, and passionate about food quality and wants to grow within a structured technical career path.

What You’ll Do

Monitor Product Quality

• Perform routine in-process quality and food safety checks throughout assigned production areas.
• Verify product weights, temperatures, labels, packaging, coding, and other established specifications.
• Identify, document, communicate, and elevate out-of-specification conditions and process deviations.

Maintain Accurate Quality Records

• Complete required quality documentation and hourly shift logs accurately and on time.
• Maintain records that are complete, legible, accurate, timely, and traceable.
• Identify and report missing or incomplete documentation.

Support Food Safety & Compliance

• Monitor compliance with USDA, SQF, HACCP, GMP, allergen control, sanitation, and applicable food safety requirements.
• Verify required preventive controls, critical limits, and quality checks within assigned responsibilities.
• Promptly elevate food safety, regulatory, sanitation, or product-hold concerns.

Inspect, Sample & Test

• Collect product samples and perform routine inspections and testing using approved methods and equipment.
• Support the identification, segregation, and documentation of nonconforming or potentially affected product.
• Maintain sample, testing, and inspection records.

Partner Across the Operation

• Work closely with Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Quality teams.
• Support investigations, corrective actions, verification activities, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain organized quality work areas, records, tools, and testing equipment.

What We’re Looking For

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Previous experience in quality control, food manufacturing, laboratory, production, or a related environment preferred.
• Experience in a USDA-regulated food manufacturing facility is a plus.

Knowledge & Skills

We’re looking for someone who:

• Understands or is willing to learn GMPs, HACCP, allergen control, sanitation, food safety, and quality principles.
• Can accurately perform measurements, inspections, sampling, and basic calculations.
• Can read and follow product specifications, quality standards, and SOPs.
• Has strong attention to detail and can recognize and communicate deviations.
• Demonstrates strong communication, teamwork, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Is comfortable using computers for data entry and quality documentation.
• Takes ownership and understands the importance of accurate records and timely escalation.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, success means you:

Complete required quality checks and hourly logs accurately and on time.
Recognize and promptly elevate quality and food safety concerns.
Maintain complete, accurate, and traceable records.
Help ensure products meet established quality and food safety specifications.
Communicate effectively with Production and other departments.
Follow GMP, HACCP, sanitation, allergen, and food safety requirements.
Maintain safe, organized, and compliant work practices.
Take ownership and follow through on responsibilities.
Demonstrate Village Gourmet's Core Values every day.

Join Village Gourmet and become part of a team where your work directly helps protect our people, our products, and our customers.

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