Quality Technician I-1st shift

MSI Express, Inc.; Ripon (WI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

MSI Express, Inc. is seeking a Quality Technician to ensure product quality through daily line audits and adherence to mandatory specifications. The role involves approving batches, performing lab checks, and monitoring compliance with customer and regulatory standards.

Key duties include executing SOP procedures, reporting nonconformities, conducting analytical and physical tests, and coaching operators on data collection. The position emphasizes food safety and quality across all shifts.

Qualifications

• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Follow work procedures and safety rules.
• Stand, walk, bend, crouch, stoop, reach, stretch, step, climb or sit through shift.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.
• Basic computer skills.
• Read and write effectively.
• Process quality documentation accurately and timely.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Approve/correct batches and monitor that core checks are performed.
• Perform lab checks per defined SOPs.
• Conduct pre-ops and Preventive Control checks.
• Notify appropriate personnel when noncompliance is found.
• Perform analytical tests (VC, Salt, Brix, pH, DS, TA, Vit C) and compare to controls.
• Perform physical tests on raw materials and finished products.
• Run special audits on materials or products on hold as needed.
• Maintain Food Safety and Quality reporting to leadership.
• Follow company policies on manufacturing and safety practices.
• Coach production associates on line data collection.
• Perform other duties as instructed by management.

Skills

Basic lab techniques

Math & formulas

Testing equipment

Job description

Job Description

Primary purpose of the role: Ensure the quality of the products through daily line audits in order to effectively meet or exceed standards set by MSI Express, the customer, and federal and state compliance. There are certain core requirements that need to be performed to adhere to customer specifications regarding the checking of process and finished product specifications. It is Quality Technician’s function to approve batches to run, and to monitor that these core checks are being performed.

Key Accountabilities

• Approve/correct batches – A mastery of basic lab techniques such as basic lab skills, ability to use math/formulas, use of testing equipment.
• Perform lab checks- Quality SOPs are clearly defined and the monitoring of specified items is paramount.
• Perform pre-ops and Preventive Control (PC) checks.
• Notification of up line – If a noncompliance is found specific tasks need to be completed per SOP as well as notification to appropriate personnel.
• Perform all required analytical test per the given procedure *Examples as followed: (VC, Salt, Brix, PH, DS meter, TA, Vit C, compare batch against control and sensory audits).
• Perform all required physical test of raw material and finished product to assure that they meet the proper customer given procedure.
• Perform special audits as needed for raw materials or product on hold.
• This position has responsibility for Food Safety and Quality within their influence. The associate in this job has the responsibility to report, in a timely manner, Food Safety and Quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action on those problems.
• Follow all company policies including but not limited to general manufacturing and safety practices.
• Coach production associates on line data collections.
• Perform any other duties as instructed by management.

Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work overtime as needed
• Ability to follow work procedures and safety rules
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, crouch, stoop, reach, stretch, step, climb and/or sit frequently or through the duration of the shift
• Have appropriate eye, hand and foot coordination to properly use various equipment and/or tools
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Pass all company testing
• Ability to follow written directions
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to read and write effectively
• Ability to process quality documentation accurately and within a timely manner
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Effective communication skills

About the Employer

MSI Express is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are a single-source contract manufacturing and packaging company, delivering innovative engineering solutions from our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities.