Quality Technician

Parkdale Mills, Inc.; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkdale Mills, Inc. is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to oversee product quality, safety, and GMP compliance on site in the Cleveland area. You will audit processes, perform material and product testing, and drive corrective actions while maintaining documentation accuracy.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and experience in manufacturing, with bilingual English/Spanish preferred. All shifts are available and reports to the QA Manager.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and interpret product specs and SOPs.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, safety, and accuracy of products meet internal and customer specs.
• Enforce GMPs and documentation requirements.
• Perform documented internal audits to verify compliance.
• Perform incoming inspections of raw materials.
• Conduct in-process and finished product testing per specs.
• Communicate issues to management regarding process, quality, or GMP compliance.
• Maintain calibration program for scales.
• Investigate deviations and prevent recurrence.
• Support continuous improvement of safety and quality.

Skills

Read & interpret specs

Overtime flexibility

Excellent attendance

Accepts supervision

Communication skills

Problem solving

Math & organization

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Specific Responsibilities

• 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.

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

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