Quality Assurance Technician

Peco-Foods; Pocahontas (AR); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Peco-Pocahontas is hiring for a production quality specialist responsible for maintaining food safety and quality during operations at the Pocahontas facility. You will monitor processes, perform pre-operational checks, and coordinate with Sanitation, Maintenance, and Production to ensure compliance with specifications.

The role emphasizes strict adherence to packaging and labeling standards, accurate use of measurement tools, and reporting any suspicious or abnormal conditions to leadership in

Responsibilities

• Must demonstrate control of assigned department; monitor in-process product, environmental evaluations, and real-time determination for food safety and quality.
• Must be able to effectively conduct a pre-operational inspection; lock out/tag out with verification, equipment disposition, and efficiently communicate with support teams (Sanitation, Maintenance, and Production)
• Must be able to effectively navigate the usage of quality tools and equipment; scales, calipers thermometers, Sightline, and Infinity.
• Must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of production flow; production codes, size limits, and label attributes.
• Identify and report any suspicious or abnormal situations to their immediate supervisor or plant management official such as product tampering, unauthorized employees in restricted area, and equipment malfunction that may put product wholesomeness at stake.
• Follow the written specification for packaging and labeling of products.
• Must exhibit the Peco-Pocahontas values: Safety, Teamwork, Mutual Respect, Accountability, and Honesty.

Job description

Responsibilities

1. Must be able to demonstrate control of assigned department; monitor of in process product, environmental evaluations, and real-time determination for food safety and quality.
2. Must be able to effectively conduct a pre-operational inspection; lock out/tag out with verification, equipment disposition, and efficiently communicate with support teams (Sanitation, Maintenance, and Production)
3. Must be able to effectively navigate the usage of quality tools and equipment; scales, calipers thermometers, Sightline, and Infinity.
4. Must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of production flow; production codes, size limits, and label attributes.
5. Identify and report any suspicious or abnormal situations to their immediate supervisor or plant management official such as product tampering, unauthorized employees in restricted area, and equipment malfunction that may put product wholesomeness at stake.
6. Follow the written specification for packaging and labeling of products.
7. Must exhibit the Peco-Pocahontas values: Safety, Teamwork, Mutual Respect, Accountability, and Honesty.

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