Quality Assurance Technician

Freshline Produce LLC; Mahwah (NJ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Freshline Produce LLC in Mahwah, New Jersey, is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to join our premium fresh fruit and vegetable processing facility. The role focuses on maintaining production quality by enforcing GMP, validating processes, and managing QA staff.

You will conduct production line QC checks, supervise staff, and contribute to HACCP initiatives while ensuring accurate documentation and compliance with food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must be able to stand for long periods in a refrigerated environment.
• Ability to observe and document quality and documentation issues.
• Strong supervisory, communication, training and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented with meticulous record-keeping.
• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred.
• Experience in the food industry a plus.
• Knowledge of GMP and food safety regulations is a plus.
• Flexible to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Identify and inventory WIP products in coolers daily.
• Log discarded WIP with name, weight, lot and date; inform Production.
• Perform QA checks on production lines for GMP and labeling compliance.
• Run metal detector checks hourly and investigate false detections.
• Oversee knife distribution and condition assessments.
• Support HACCP team through training and coaching.
• Monitor attendance and onboarding of temporary staff.

Skills

Quality control

Supervisory

Communication

Training

Interpersonal skills

Detail oriented

Bilingual English/Spanish

Food industry

GMP knowledge

Organizational skills

Evenings & weekends

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

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Quality Assurance Technician

QUALITY ASSURANCE Full Time Mahwah New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1044

Quality Assurance Technician

Full Time

Freshline Produce LLC., a premium fresh fruit and vegetable processor based in Mahwah, NJ, is seeking a talented Quality Assurance Technician , to join its fast growing organization. As QA Tech, he/she will assure consistent quality of production by developing and enforcing good, automated manufacturing practice (GMP) systems, validating processes, providing documentation, and managing staff.

Position Summary

Responsibilities:

Production:

• Identify, label, date and make a daily inventory list of all WIP products in the coolers. Share the list with Operations and Inventory control.
• Dump WIP’s in the cooler that are not usable. Maintain a log of product being dumped – including name, weight, lot number and date. Provide information to Production manager and Procurement specialist. Items that can be reworked are to be brought to the attention of the Production manager.
• Production Line Quality Checks to be completed throughout shift. Checklists include product quality, case quality, OxySan concentration checks, temperature, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and label checks.
• Metal detector checks which include hourly line checks as well as determining root causes of false detections.
• Inventory of knives distributed to production floor employees.
• Knife condition assessments during distribution and collection.

Staff:

• Serve as member of HACCP Team which includes training of new team members as well as on-going training with current employees.
• Observe and report production team GMP infractions to the QA team. Issues to be addressed through training and/or disciplinary action.
• Responsible for observing, coaching, and correcting deficiencies on the production floor.
• Responsible for checking in (attendance, jacket, and knife distribution) of all temporary employees.

Requirements :

• Must be able to work on your feet for extended periods of time in a refrigerated environment
• Ability to regularly observe and document quality and documentation issues
• Strong supervisory, communication, training and interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented
• Bi-lingual (English and Spanish) is preferred
• Experience in the food industry is a plus
• Working knowledge of GMP and food safety regulations is a plus
• Effective organizational skill; Able to manage priorities and complexities
• Knowledge of processing machines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Flexible availability to work evenings and weekends.