Quality Assurance Technician I

Cheeze Kurls; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 24,796 - 38,572; Full time

Job summary

Cheeze Kurls in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking a 3rd Shift Quality Assurance Technician within the Quality department. You will assist the QA Manager with routine tasks and testing documentation to ensure finished product meets safety standards.

Responsibilities include testing, data entry, GMP inspections, food safety checks, and cross-department communication. Prior QA experience is preferred; bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must be able to read, speak, and write in English.
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred.
• 1 year of experience in a Quality Assurance role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform required finished product testing and ensure completion of documentation and data entry.
• Inspect finished product for food safety hazards, such as foreign materials.
• Operate and maintain laboratory instruments as required.
• Effectively communicate cross-departmentally.
• Notifies appropriate personnel when non-conformances are noted and assures proper documentation is noted.
• Conduct Food Safety Inspections in the production environment.
• Conduct Daily GMP inspections and follow through with enforcement of GMPs.
• Conducting Weekly and Monthly tasks as assigned
• Ability to assist in raw material inspections and appropriate data entry
• Organize finished product retains
• Other duties with similar skills, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Position: 3 rd Shift Quality Tech
Department: Quality
Reports To: QA Shift Supervisor

Summary

The Quality Assurance Technician ensures finished product meets company quality and safety standards. This position assists the Quality Assurance Manager in the completion of required routine tasks and testing documentation.

Key Duties and Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions of this role.

• Perform required finished product testing and ensure completion of documentation and data entry.
• Inspect finished product for food safety hazards, such as foreign materials.
• Operate and maintain laboratory instruments as required.
• Effectively communicate cross-departmentally.
• Notifies appropriate personnel when non-conformances are noted and assures proper documentation is noted.
• Conduct Food Safety Inspections in the production environment.
• Conduct Daily GMP inspections and follow through with enforcement of GMPs.
• Conducting Weekly and Monthly tasks as assigned
• Ability to assist in raw material inspections and appropriate data entry
• Organize finished product retains
• Other duties with similar skills, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee of this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Required Skills, Abilities, and Experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Must be able to read, speak, and write in English.

Preferred Skills, Abilities, and Experience

• 1 year of experience in a Quality Assurance role preferred, but not required.
• Bi-lingual (English and Spanish)

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing duties of this job, the employee is in an indoor, non-climate-controlled facility. They are regularly exposed to machinery with moving mechanical parts. Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee will be exposed to continuous noise.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for prolonged periods of time. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision