Quality Assurance Specialist

Handsome Brook Farms; Morristown (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Handsome Brook Farms is seeking a quality assurance technician to support food safety and quality across the production shift. The role involves swabbing, temperature checks, calibration, and assurance checks throughout the shift to ensure compliance with USDA and FDA standards.

Responsibilities include monitoring process controls, documenting issues, calibrating scales, performing WIP and finished product testing, and participating in routine trainings to uphold quality and safety across all

Qualifications

• Must have QA experience in a food processing environment.
• Strong understanding of food safety and proper food handling and storage.
• Ability to communicate any quality deficiencies and corrective action procedures.
• Familiarity with calibration programs and equipment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitors process control points before, during, and after production.
• Documents and reports food safety or quality issues for corrective action.
• Calibrates production scales per the facility's Calibration Program.
• Performs process monitoring on WIP and finished products per Food Safety Plan.
• Verifies the facility environment (temperature, sanitizers) as assigned.
• Observes and coaches good manufacturing practices.
• Collects samples from in-process intermediates for testing.
• Completes Hold Tags and Cooling Tags to isolate non-conforming products.
• Participates in daily product reviews of sensory attributes of finished products.
• Attends monthly Safety / Food Safety trainings.

Skills

QA experience

Food safety knowledge

Calibration understanding

Documentation & reporting

Communication skills

Tools

Calibration equipment

Packaging equipment knowledge

Job description

The quality assurance technician will be responsible for periodic checks of the product, swabbing and temperature checks. Responsible for calibration and assurance checks throughout shift. Compliance with food safety and quality standards and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Monitors key process control points before, during and after production operations. Documents and reports any food safety or quality issues so that corrective actions can be taken.
• Calibrates production scales according to the facility's Calibration Program.
• Performs process monitoring and verification checks on Work-In-Process and finished products according to the facility's Food Safety Plan and Quality Plan.
• Verifies the facility's environment such as temperature throughout the production facility, sanitizer concentrations and others as assigned.
• Observes employee practices, documents and coaches good manufacturing practices.
• Performs filling and packaging verification checks according to the facility's Food Safety Plan and Quality Plan.
• Collects samples of in-process intermediates for testing.
• Completes Hold Tags and Cooling Tags, if appropriate, to isolate non-conforming products.
• Participates in daily product review of key sensory attributes of finished products.
• Attends monthly Safety / Food Safety trainings and other trainings as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must comply with all USDA and FDA regulations.
• Must have prior QA experience, preferably in a food processing environment.
• Must have a strong understanding of food safety and proper food handling and storage.
• Strong understanding of commercial food processing and food packaging equipment will be helpful.
• Ability to communicate effectively any quality deficiencies and corrective action procedures.