Quality Control Coordinator

Navajo Agricultural Products Industry; Farmington (NM); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI) seeks a qualified QA/food-safety inspector to uphold strict Global GAP and Oregon Tilth standards. You will conduct routine inspections, collect samples and coordinate with labs to verify product safety and quality.

The role requires maintaining detailed records, preparing audit reports, and communicating findings to supervisors. On-site position with emphasis on compliance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Maintains compliance with Global GAP and Oregon Tilth Organics standards for total quality and food safety controls.
• Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, storing, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI concerns on food safety.
• Inspects agricultural commodities and related operations for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety in order to maintain Global G.A.P, and Oregon Tilth Organics.
• Inspects and test horticultural products to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, and infestations, and to determine the quality of products.

Responsibilities

• Inspects cleaning and sanitary practices of establishment employees.
• Monitors the operations and sanitary conditions of packing and storage facilities.
• Inspects food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
• Monitors and verifies daily quality control and sanitation logs for food safety.
• Collects samples from plants and/or products and routes them to laboratories for testing.
• Writes reports of findings and recommendations, and advises supervisors on corrective actions.

Skills

Quality compliance

Food safety

Regulatory knowledge

Auditing

Sanitation

Traceability

Laboratory sampling

Job description

• Maintains compliance with Global GAP and Oregon Tilth Organics standards for total quality and food safety controls.
• Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, storing, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI concerns on food safety.
• Interprets and enforces government acts and regulations and explains required standards to agricultural workers.
• Inspects agricultural commodities and related operations for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety in order to maintain Global G.A.P, and Oregon Tilth Organics.
• Inspects and test horticultural products to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, and infestations, and to determine the quality of products.
• Inspects the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees.
• Monitors the operations and sanitary conditions of packing and storage facilities.
• Inspects food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
• Monitors and verifies daily quality control and sanitation logs for food safety.
• Collects samples from plants and/or products, and route them to laboratories for microbiological physical/chemical assessment, ingredient verification, and other testing.
• Maintains recording system of food products to ensure compliance of sanitary and quality control measures.
• Writes reports of findings and recommendations, and advise supervisors of corrective action to be taken.
• Maintains training records related to Global GAP, Oregon Tilth Organic compliance for Crops, Bean Plant, Fresh Pack, Region 1 and Region 2 Granary, 371 Potato Bays, Region 1 Potato Bays, Region 1 Fresh Pack and Scales department employees.
• Assists Lab Manager in compiling and maintaining food processing records for audits.
• Corrects audit findings and implements new department processes to maintain compliance.
• Verifies that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
• Takes emergency actions such as closing production facilities if product safety is compromised.
• Compiles, documents and revises a continuous food safety manual for crop.
• Provides traceability on product shipments and inventory on hand.
• Assists in storage and trans-load operation during peak season in sorts, maintenance or repairs, and operation handling equipment as it pertains to Global G.A.P. standards.

• Maintains compliance with Global GAP and Oregon Tilth Organics standards for total quality and food safety controls.
• Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, storing, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI concerns on food safety.
• Interprets and enforces government acts and regulations and explains required standards to agricultural workers.
• Inspects agricultural commodities and related operations for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety in order to maintain Global G.A.P, and Oregon Tilth Organics.
• Inspects and test horticultural products to detect harmful diseases, chemical residues, and infestations, and to determine the quality of products.
• Inspects the cleanliness and practices of establishment employees.
• Monitors the operations and sanitary conditions of packing and storage facilities.
• Inspects food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
• Monitors and verifies daily quality control and sanitation logs for food safety.
• Collects samples from plants and/or products, and route them to laboratories for microbiological physical/chemical assessment, ingredient verification, and other testing.
• Maintains recording system of food products to ensure compliance of sanitary and quality control measures.
• Writes reports of findings and recommendations, and advise supervisors of corrective action to be taken.
• Maintains training records related to Global GAP, Oregon Tilth Organic compliance for Crops, Bean Plant, Fresh Pack, Region 1 and Region 2 Granary, 371 Potato Bays, Region 1 Potato Bays, Region 1 Fresh Pack and Scales department employees.
• Assists Lab Manager in compiling and maintaining food processing records for audits.
• Corrects audit findings and implements new department processes to maintain compliance.
• Verifies that transportation and handling procedures meet regulatory requirements.
• Takes emergency actions such as closing production facilities if product safety is compromised.
• Compiles, documents and revises a continuous food safety manual for crop.
• Provides traceability on product shipments and inventory on hand.
• Assists in storage and trans-load operation during peak season in sorts, maintenance or repairs, and operation handling equipment as it pertains to Global G.A.P. standards.

Other

• Works collaboratively, cooperatively, and in coordination with fellow team members and with others in the organization, treats them with respect, courtesy and consideration, and shows understanding and the appropriate support of other team members to help get the job done.
• Provides information, guidance and resources to diverse groups of customers, clients and others outside of the organization; treats them in a friendly manner with professionalism, helpfulness, respect, courtesy and consideration at all times regardless of circumstances.
• Maintains regular, dependable attendance and punctuality, and physical presence at the assigned worksite; must interact directly with people or objects at the worksite on a regular basis. Communications technology may, for certain tasks and under certain circumstances, enable an employee to effectively perform some of the work-related duties from home on a temporary basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned and which are deemed necessary or desirable by NAPI.