Quality Assurance Tech - 3rd Shift

Crown Bakeries; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown Bakeries is seeking a detail-oriented professional to uphold quality and food safety across all production processes. You will review documentation, support HACCP alignment, and work with plant leadership to maintain safe operations that meet customer specifications.

The role involves participating in audits, maintaining quality records, and communicating findings to supervisors and managers on a regular basis to drive continuous improvement in product quality and compliance.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Familiar with GMP, HACCP, and food safety principles.
• Experience maintaining quality records and audits.
• Ability to analyze data and trends to support root cause investigations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain work areas to meet quality and food safety demands.
• Participate in customer work groups to maintain relationships.
• Assist with product specifications to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Ensure compliance with quality programs and supplier requirements.
• Prepare for and participate in customer and regulatory audits.

Skills

Strong communication

GMP/HACCP knowledge

Quality documentation

Data analysis

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Summary

Adhere to and report accurately and completely on all aspects of food safety and quality-related functions l. Review all quality documentation and operations control documents and assistant role working with quality departments and plant leadership to ensure a safe work environment that efficiently manufactures the highest quality products that meet customer specifications. Align to Food Safety Team and HACCP teams.

Adhere to and report accurately and completely on all aspects of food safety and quality-related functions l. Review all quality documentation and operations control documents and assistant role working with quality departments and plant leadership to ensure a safe work environment that efficiently manufactures the highest quality products that meet customer specifications. Align to Food Safety Team and HACCP teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain work areas and operation in order to meet and exceed internal and external quality and food safety demands
• Participate in customer work groups as needed in order to maintain appropriate relationships
• Assist with product specifications at an interval that assures compliance with all regulatory and customer requirements
• Ensures associates compliance in quality and food safety programs, policies, and procedures to meet or exceed the established guidelines of regulatory agencies, customers, and GFSI
• Assure the execution and adherence to Crown Bakeries quality and food safety programs, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain quality records and date in a way that allows for an efficient flow of information to plant leadership and customers
• Prepare for and participate as needed in customer and regulatory audits at each company facility to ensure superior audit scores and compliance with all regulatory and customer requirements. Superior audits help maintain or gain approved supplier status with customers.
• Ensures effective gathering of information and documents related to any investigations, root cause analysis, risk assessments and implementation of change control, and corrective and preventive actions to the adhered timelines while following up through various methods including trending to ensure all corrective and preventive actions were implemented effectively.
• Communicate quality information to any Supervisor or Manager on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis through reports, meetings and presentations as required. Provide plant management data that is accurate of the company performance in quality

Qualifications And Skills

• Strong communication skills - written and verbal
• Strong Computer skills proficient at Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of statistical and analytical problem-solving procedures preferred.
• Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, HACCP, food quality testing and safety issues

Work Environment

This job operates in a production environment. The employee is frequently exposed to facility elements such as noise, dust, fumes and odors. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machine.

EEO Statement

Crown Bakeries is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. It is our policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit any such discrimination or harassment in our workplace and strive to foster a diverse and inclusive workforce. This EEO policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.