Quality Assurance Technician

Shorr Packaging Corp.; West Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Comprehensive medical, dental and vis​

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) with company match

Team-based employee-owner culture

Job summary

Shorr Packaging Corp in West Chicago, IL is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to conduct testing during manufacturing to ensure products meet quality standards. You will communicate quality issues across shifts and departments per established procedures.

Responsibilities include maintaining HACCP, FSMA, SQF and customer docs, monitoring GMP compliance, performing daily quality checks, inspecting materials and products, and documenting deviations for corrective action.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 2 years of QA experience or training.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Food Safety Audit knowledge preferred.
• HACCP and GMP knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily quality checks to ensure all specs and requirements are met.
• Inspect raw materials, packaging components, in-process and finished products.
• Complete documentation for out-of-spec materials and coordinate corrective actions with production.
• Ensure implementation of QA standards across production, receiving and shipping.
• Recognize and report quality issues through appropriate channels as they arise.

Skills

QA experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Together, We Own it! Start your employee owner journey with Shorr Packaging.

The Quality Assurance Technician is responsible for conducting testing procedures during manufacturing processes to ensure that products comply with quality standards. Communicates quality with other shifts and departments verbally and through written documents according to established procedures.

Responsibilities

Compliance

• Maintain documentation to meet HACCP, FSMA, SQF and customer requirements.
• Monitor pre-op and operational sanitation compliance and record information/deviations as necessary, including notification of quality and production management.
• Monitor production employees and processes for GMP compliance.
• Monitor product quality attributes and assist production with troubleshooting.

Quality Control

• Perform daily quality checks as required to ensure all company, customer, and regulatory specifications and requirements are met.
• Inspection of raw materials, packaging components, in-process and finished product to defined specifications.
• Complete documentation for out of specification material and work with production to correct.
• Ensure implementation of quality assurance and other company standards throughout production, receiving and shipping.
• Recognize and report quality issues through the appropriate channels as they arise.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• 2 years of related experience and/or training as a quality assurance technician; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite in addition to knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Experience with Food Safety Audit expectations and requirements preferred.
• HACCP and GMP principal knowledge preferred.

Physical Demands:

• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception. The employee must lift, slide and/or move up to 100 pounds of material from pallet to pallet and lift up to 20 pounds 72 inches from the floor.

Work Environment:

• Our facilities are in state-of-the-art climate-controlled buildings. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Shorr Packaging does not provide work authorization sponsorship for this position.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $21 - $23 per hour.

Shorr Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - Together, We Own It!
• Comprehensive Employee Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, Paid Time Off and other insurance coverages
• Generous PTO with vacation, sick and floating holidays.
• 401K plan plus matching
• Team based Employee Owner company culture

Shorr Packaging Corp is an equal-opportunity employer. It is the policy of Shorr Packaging Corp to afford full Equal Employment Opportunity, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status or disability status or any other legally protected status.