Quality Assurance Associate

FreshPoint, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

FreshPoint, Inc. is seeking a quality-focused warehouse associate responsible for inspecting products and assisting with repacking as needed. This role emphasizes daily cooler checks, accurate product rotation, and effective communication with buyers and management.

The position involves removing distressed product, reworking damaged items, and ensuring proper labeling and inventory control in a high-volume warehouse. Strong teamwork and safe handling of loads are essential.

Qualifications

• Prefer High School or GED.
• Minimum two years of related experience; knowledge of the produce industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Conduct daily walk-through of assigned coolers to check the quality of the product and identify any quality issues.
• Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date.
• Remove distressed product and determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded.
• Rework all distressed/damaged products.
• Communicate quality issues to buyers, management, and associates.
• Report all lost products or transfers.
• Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled.
• Assist in inventory counts.
• Instructs handlers in the proper method of loading trucks.
• All product loaded must be transported without damage.

Skills

Operate warehouse power equipment

Professional communication

Verbal and written communication

Shipping procedures knowledge

Produce varieties understanding

Education

High School or GED

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for inspecting the product to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Conduct daily walk-through of assigned coolers to check the quality of the product and identify any quality issues.
• Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date.
• Remove any distressed product, determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded.
• Rework all distressed/damaged products.
• Communicate quality issues to buyers, management, and associates.
• Report all lost products or transfers.
• Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled.
• Assist in inventory counts.
• Instructs handlers in the proper method of loading trucks.
• All product loaded must be transported without damage

Qualifications

Education

Prefer High School or GED

Experience

A minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred).

Skills

• Ability to operate warehouse power equipment.
• Ability to interact with others in a professional manner.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• General understanding of the shipping procedures of a high-volume warehouse operation.
• Solid understanding of produce varieties handled in a wholesale operation.

Decision Making Authority

Most Important Decisions Made Fully Independently

Identifying quality issues,

Most important decisions made with review and approval of other individuals or supervisors (include the reviews/approvals required):

All work regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager.

Other Information

• Some stooping and bending required.
• Ability to manually inspect produce efficiently for periods of up to or exceeding eight (8) hours.
• They must be able to move around the work area freely.
• Frequent lifting of the product up to 50 lbs. during the shift, infrequent lifting to 80 lbs.