Quality Control Technician

Cuisine Solutions Inc.; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacations & holidays

Job summary

Cuisine Solutions Inc. is seeking a Quality Control Technician to join our premium frozen food production team. Reporting to the Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager, you will help ensure products meet strict safety, regulatory and quality standards in a fast-paced facility.

Responsibilities include conducting and documenting QC inspections, taking environmental and product samples, calibrating equipment, investigating non-conformities, supporting audit prep, and retraining staff as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-5 years' experience in a restaurant, food industry or sanitation company.
• Exposure to food industry audits, GMP, and other food safety standards is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• Ability to perform multiple complex tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Conducts and documents quality control inspections/controls.
• Conducts and documents inspections for personal hygiene and GMP.
• Collect samples for sensory, microbiological, or chemical testing.
• Perform equipment calibration as established by QA procedures.
• Identify and investigate non-conformities.
• Coordinate and enforce corrective actions with QA Manager.
• Recommend new quality policies and procedures to ensure high quality.
• Observe and report quality issues throughout the facility.
• Assist in corrective and preventative action investigations and other QA tasks.
• Assist with audit preparation as needed.
• Review QC records and retrain production staff as needed.

Skills

Quality control

GMP

Sampling

Documentation

Calibration

Teamwork

Job description

JOB TITLE: Quality Control Technician

Cuisine Solutions, a premium, fully-cooked frozen food manufacturer, has immediate openings for production workers. Production employees follow procedures and recipes to prepare food with the highest quality standards. You'll work in a safe, high-end environment. In fact, one of our facilities was recently named a top food production plant by Food Engineering Magazine.

BENEFITS: Health, Life, Paid Vacations & Holidays, and more!

WORKING HOURS: 2nd shift (2:30pm-11pm)

SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager, the Quality Control Technician is responsible for ensuring Cuisine Solutions products meet the company's food safety, regulatory, and quality standards.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2-5 years' experience working in a restaurant, food industry or sanitation company.
• Exposure to food industry audits, good manufacturing practices, and other food safety standards a plus.
• Ability to demonstrate values of honesty and integrity, respect for others, teamwork, and collaboration, accountability, and performance.
• Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts and documents quality control inspections/controls.
• Conducts and documents inspections for personal hygiene and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Collect samples from the environment or food product for sensory, microbiological or chemical testing.
• Perform equipment calibration as established by quality assurance procedures.
• Responsible for identifying and investigating non-conformities.
• Coordinates and enforces corrective action for non-conformities with Quality Assurance Manager.
• Recommends new quality policies and procedures as necessary to ensure high quality products, products, process and services.
• Observe and report quality issues throughout the food manufacturing facility to
• Assist in completing corrective and preventative action investigations and any other food safety and quality related action items.
• Assist with audit preparation as needed.
• Review quality control records, take necessary actions and retrain production staff as needed.

Cuisine Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.