Quality Technician

U.S. Cotton, LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Cotton, LLC is seeking a full-time Quality Assurance/Quality Control professional in the United States (Ohio, Cleveland) to oversee product quality and GMP compliance.

You will monitor safety, enforce procedures, and ensure customer specifications are met across all departments. Responsibilities include inspections, audits, documentation control, and participation in product validations, with a focus on continuous improvement in safety and quality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read and interpret product specifications and SOPs.
• Flexibility to work overtime as needed.
• Strong attendance and punctuality.
• Effective communication with employees at all levels.
• Good math and organizational skills.
• Ability to identify problems and suggest solutions.

Responsibilities

• Perform incoming inspection of raw materials.
• Perform in-process and finished product testing and inspections to ensure compliance with customer specifications.
• Communicate issues to management regarding process, quality, safety, or GMP compliance.
• Monitor GMPs through daily informal internal audits.
• Participate in new product validations.
• Ensure documents are up-to-date, legible, and compliant with documentation requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of product safety and quality.
• Maintain the calibration program for scales.
• Investigate deviations from specifications and identify corrective actions.

Skills

Reading specs

Flexibility

Excellent attendance

Communication

Problem solving

Math skills

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Responsible for overall quality, safety, and accuracy of products produced. Must ensure that products meet all required internal and customer specifications. Ensure that GMP's are being enforced and followed.
• Ensure through monitoring, testing, and observation that all departments are consistently producing safe and legal products to the quality levels specified by our customers and consumers.
• Ensure that GMPs, procedures and documentation requirements are being enforced and followed.
• Perform documented internal audits to verify compliance.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Examples of key duties are interpreted as being descriptive and not restrictive in nature.

• Perform incoming inspection of raw materials.
• Perform in process and finished product testing and inspections to ensure products are produced according to set customer specifications.
• Communicate issues and concerns to management regarding process, quality, product safety, or GMP compliance.
• Monitor Good Manufacturing Practices through daily informal internal audits.
• Participate in new product validations.
• Ensure all documents in use are the current version, legible and that general documentation requirements are being followed.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Work on continuous improvement of the safety and quality of products produced.
• Maintain the calibration program for scales.
• Investigate deviations from specifications and identify actions to prevent recurrence as required.
• Perform incoming inspection of raw materials as required
• Perform finished goods audits and document results on required form.
• Place nonconforming materials or product on QA Hold and ensure they are segregated in designated hold area.
• Oversee rework process and release of product.
• Ensure adequate selection, handling, storage, and approval of customer requested samples, retain samples, and reference samples.

EXPERIENCE:

• experience in a manufacturing environment.

EDUCATION:

• High school diploma or equivalent

SKILLS:

• Ability to read and interpret Product & Packaging Specifications, SOPs, Forms, and Dispos
• Flexibility to work when and where needed, including overtime as required.
• Excellent Attendance
• Accepts supervision & guidance well
• Ability to communicate in a positive and professional manner with employees at all levels.
• Good problem identification and problem solving skills
• Good math and organizational skills

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE

• Bilingual in English and Spanish, preferred but not required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Lifting up to 35 pounds
• Functions well under stress
• See Job Analysis Document

POSITION IN ORGANIZATION

Reports to: QA Manager

Directly Supervises: None

Indirectly Supervises: None

Shift

All shifts available!

Location(s)

Position Classification

Full-time

Compensation

Earn $20.00 to $22.00 per hour, based on the assigned shift.

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Information on race, gender and national origin will only be used for statistical and recordkeeping purposes, and will not be used in making any employment decisions. All information provided will be kept separate from your expression of interest. Providing this information is strictly voluntary, and you will not be subjected to any adverse action or treatment if you choose not to provide this information.