Quality Control Technician

Epicurean Butter; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Epicurean Butter in Thornton, CO is seeking a Quality Control Technician for four 10-hour shifts, morning 4:30AM–3:30PM, with weekend availability. This in-person role reports to the Director of QA and is based at a single site.

You will uphold GMPs, food safety, and QA standards, perform daily QC checks, retention sampling, and documentation, and implement corrective actions for non-compliance as needed.

Qualifications

• Food manufacturing experience preferred.
• Able to stand for 4 hours at a time.
• Attention to detail.
• Comfortable correcting peers.
• Outlook, Word and Excel preferred.
• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out GMPs, food safety and QA policies to keep the facility audit-ready.
• Verify policy, procedure and standard compliance through monitoring and documentation.
• Implement corrective actions for non-compliance to policy and standards variance.
• Pull retention samples and log information appropriately.
• Inspect equipment at start and during production for cleanliness and safe use.
• Assist with other projects as assigned.
• Report any food safety or quality issues to management.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

Stamina - standing 4 hours

Attention to detail

Comfortable correcting peers

Bilingual English/Spanish

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

JOB TITLE: Quality Control Technician

DEPARTMENT: Quality Assurance

DIRECT SUPERVISOR:Director of QA

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION:

Scheduled hours for this position can vary depending on the needs of the company at the time. Shifts will generally be scheduled for four 10 hour shifts. We are currently hiring for these shifts:
Morning Shift - 4:30AM - 3:30PM
Weekend availability is required for this position.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for carrying out policies and procedures as implemented by EB including GMPs, food safety, and quality to always keep facility “audit ready”
  • Report violations to Production Lead or Supervisor, if repeat violations occur report to QA & Production Managers.
• Responsible for verifying policy, procedure and standard compliance through monitoring and documentation
  • This includes but is not limited to Net Weight, Metal Detection, QC Checks, Retention Sample Log, Hold Log, Label Verifications & Misc. Paperwork that may be needed.
• Responsible for implementing corrective actions for non-compliance to policy and procedure and standards variance.
• Pulls retention samples and stores them in appropriate places with appropriate information logged.
• Inspects equipment at the beginning of production day & throughout the day for cleanliness and safe use.
• Other projects as assigned.
• Reports any food safety or quality issues immediately to Management.

MINOR DUTIES:

• Places out of spec items on hold as needed.
• Identifies quality and food safety issues.
• Performs GMP training to new hires & refresher training as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Food manufacturing experience preferred

Able to stand for 4 hours at a time

Attention to detail

Comfortable correcting peers

Outlook, Word and Excel preferred

Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred but not required

RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD SAFETY: Yes

Pay Rate: $22.00 – $25 DOE

WORK SETTING:

• In-person

ABILITY TO COMMUTE/RELOCATE:

Thornton, CO 80023: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

WORK LOCATION: ONE LOCATION