Job Title: Quality Control Techician
Location: Manhattan, KS
Our client, a food manufacturing environment, is seeking a Quality Control Techician to join their team. As a Quality Control Techician, you will be part of the Quality department supporting quality inspection and compliance activities across an automated production line. The ideal candidate will have a strong attention to detail, the ability to troubleshoot quality issues that impact food safety and legality, and the confidence to work with laboratory tools and business software to document results accurately.
What's the Job?
- Perform quality inspection activities on an automated production line, ensuring products meet food safety, food quality, and food legality requirements.
- Troubleshoot food manufacturing issues and help identify non-conformance impacts, escalating concerns to Production management and Quality leadership as needed.
- Read, comprehend, and apply customer product standards to the company process, following detailed procedures.
- Use basic laboratory equipment (pH meter, refractometer, densitometer, total solids unit, and viscometer) to support quality testing and documentation.
- Complete Quality Analysis paperwork with strong detail orientation while working in a high-energy, fast-paced manufacturing environment.
What's Needed?
- 1-year experience in food manufacturing or a related field with Quality Inspection responsibilities.
- Ability to troubleshoot quality issues affecting food safety, food quality, and food legality.
- Comfort working with Microsoft Suite of Business Software (Excel, Word, Teams, etc.).
- Ability to work within computersoftware environment.
- Ability to use Inspection equipmentequipment, and follow laboratory procedures precisely.
What's in it for me?
- Opportunity to build hands-on quality inspection skills in a production setting with an automated line.
- Structured training period: will train on days for 3–4 weeks.
- Work schedule structure: work 36 hours get paid for 40.
- Clear reporting line to the Quality Manager and collaboration with Production management and staff.
- Chance to contribute to cross-functional teams formed to address facility issues.
Upon completion of waiting period associates are eligible for:
- Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability Insurance
- 401(k)