Quality Control Associate

Mike Hudson Dist; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacations

Paid Holidays

Health, Dental and Medical Benefits

Weekly pay

Life Insurance

401k

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

The Chefs' Warehouse is seeking a quality control team member to monitor all products distributed from our warehouse, ensuring our high standards are met throughout picking, packing, and shipping processes. This associate also ensures all food safety procedures and GMP’s are being followed.

Responsibilities include inspecting warehouse products for defects, auditing to meet high quality standards, maintaining proper sanitation, and keeping documentation in order while assisting other departments

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required for general functions.
• Experience in quality control in a food industry is preferred.
• Ability to audit processes and maintain GMP compliance and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Inspect all products in warehouse for defects or near expiration.
• Conduct routine audits to ensure food safety and sanitation procedures.
• Maintain accurate, orderly paperwork and assist other departments as needed.

Skills

Quality inspection

Food safety

GMP compliance

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Inventory systems

Job description

About Hardies

Hardie’s Fresh Foods has been delivering the freshest produce and finest specialty ingredients to Texas kitchens for over 80 years. Family-owned and Texas-proud, Hardie’s started with a single truck and a passion for quality. Today, we’re a trusted partner to chefs, restaurants, and foodservice professionals across the Lone Star State—supplying everything from peak-season fruits and vegetables to artisan cheeses, premium olive oils, chocolates, and center-of-the-plate proteins like meats and seafood. With deep relationships across local farms and global producers, we stay ahead of culinary trends while staying true to what matters: dependable service, outstanding quality, and helping chefs create memorable menus. Rooted in tradition, driven by innovation—Hardie’s is here to fuel kitchens with the ingredients that make food shine.

Summary

The quality control team member is responsible for monitoring all products distributed from our warehouse, ensuring our high standards are met throughout all stages of the picking, packing, and shipping processes. This associate also ensures all food safety procedures and GMP’s are being followed.

What you’ll do:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Inspects all products in warehouse for defects or approaching expiration.
• Exercises judgment when conducting audits to ensure all product meets our high standard of quality.
• Conducts routine audits to ensure proper food safety and sanitation procedures are practiced.
• Maintains all paperwork in an accurate, orderly fashion.
• Assists other departments as needed.

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Works with Quality Assurance Team to ensure specific Good Manufacturing Practices are being followed.
• Employee shall adhere to all company food safety policies, procedures, and trainings.

About You:

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• 1 year of previous quality control experience.
• Quality control experience in a food industry preferred.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation,pregnancy, gender identityor any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.