Quality Assurance Technician

Randstad USA; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad USA is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to uphold product quality and food safety across production areas, ensuring compliance with SQF, regulatory, customer, and company standards.

You will lead investigations, support CAPA, maintain traceability documentation, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive improvements in safety and quality. The role requires 2 years of experience and a High School diploma.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in QA/inspection roles.
• Experience level: Experienced.
• Education: High School diploma.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal audits and equipment calibrations to verify food safety and product quality.
• Investigate deviations, consumer complaints, and assist with root cause analysis.
• Follow and enforce programs and policies that support SQF, regulatory, company, and customer standards.
• Support the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the SQF system.
• Review production records and documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.
• Collaborate with other departments to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform timely qualitative and quantitative testing on raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods.
• Accurately document test results and maintain records for traceability.
• Troubleshoot testing instruments and support evaluation of test methods.
• Assist with validation of production lines and equipment.
• Escalate food safety and quality issues and assist with RCA efforts.
• Perform all tasks safely, efficiently, and accurately to support optimal plant performance.
• Adhere to EHS policies and serve as an active member of safety initiatives.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Inspection

Product Inspection

Monitoring

Blueprints

Quality Control

Electronic Maintenance

Engineering

Inspecting

First Yield Pass

Testing

Sampling

Production Control

Providing Feedback

Education

High School

Job description

Position Profile This role is responsible for upholding product quality and food safety within assigned production areas by adhering to regulatory, company, and customer requirements. The position ensures all products meet established specifications, supports root cause investigations and corrective actions for deviations, and partners with cross-functional teams to sustain compliance and drive continuous improvement in safety, food safety, and quality initiatives.

Key Mandates

• Ensure compliance with all regulatory, customer, and company standards
• Drive a culture of food safety and quality across the facility
• Promote continuous improvement practices and initiatives
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation for traceability and verification
• Escalate and help resolve issues impacting product safety, legality, or quality

Core Competencies

• Creative Thinking: re-examining traditional strategies and practices, and proactively looking for new ideas and ways to improve products, services, and work processes. A Person with this competency looks at problems and opportunities from a unique perspective, seeing patterns and themes that are not immediately apparent to others and taking time to refine and shape a new idea so it has a higher likelihood of success
• Information Seeking: Investigates and researches information, digs to resolve discrepancies; obtains information or opinions internally and externally to gain insight or expertise – makes well informed decisions
• Initiative: Initiates courses of action that will lead to improved performance/effectiveness of the Business Unit Team. Sees a need and takes action to address; questions the way things are done and initiates changes where necessary; sticks with an issue until it is resolved
• Self-confidence: Willing to take on a new challenge or assignment displaying confidence and enthusiasm; emphasizes the positive and upside aspects of difficult situations – every situation provides an opportunity for learning
• Results Orientated & Can Do Attitude: Strives to beat or meet project deadlines; sets own high standards for quality of work; seeks ways to use time and resources more cost effectively; highly organized with the ability to set priorities and multi-task

salary: $45,000 - $50,000 per year

shift: First

work hours: 6 AM - 2 PM

education: High School

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

This list is not all inclusive, other duties assigned as necessary by management.

Food Safety and Compliance:

• Conduct internal audits and equipment calibrations to verify food safety and product quality
• Investigate deviations, consumer complaints, and assist with root cause analysis
• Follow and enforce programs and policies that support SQF, regulatory, company, and customer standards
• Support the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the SQF system
• Review production records and documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
• Collaborate with other departments to implement corrective and preventive actions

QA/QC Duties:

• Perform timely qualitative and quantitative testing on raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods
• Accurately document test results and maintain records for traceability
• Troubleshoot testing instruments and support evaluation of test methods
• Assist with validation of production lines and equipment
• Escalate food safety and quality issues and assist with root cause and corrective action (RCA) efforts

Health & Safety:

• Perform all tasks safely, efficiently, and accurately to support optimal plant performance
• Adhere to environmental, health, and safety (EHS) policies and serve as an active member of safety initiatives

The essential functions of this role include:

• wearing steel toe shoes
• standing for 8 hours at one time

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Inspection
• Product Inspection
• Monitoring
• Blueprints
• Quality Control
• Electronic Maintenance
• Engineering
• Inspecting
• First Yield Pass
• Testing
• Sampling
• Production Control
• Providing Feedback

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 2 years
• Experience level: Experienced

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Experience

• Experienced
• 2 years

Education

• High School