Seasonal QA Lab Tech

Lakeside Foods, Inc; Weston (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Foods, Inc. is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician in Weston, Oregon. Join a team focused on safe, wholesome foods and continuous improvement.

Use scales, calipers, micrometers and CMMs to test products, maintain records, and ensure compliance with standards. You should have a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 1–3 years of related experience; HAACP certification is a plus. This role supports cross‑functional collaboration with production and maintenance to resolve quality

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• 1-3 years related experience and/or training preferred.
• Math and measurement skills; solve practical problems with concrete variables.
• Computer skills for data entry purposes.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagram or schedule instructions.
• Familiarity with quality standards and inspection techniques.
• HAACP Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Compile and maintain documentation, including checking standards and weights.
• Collect and analyze samples for quality control.
• Identify and report recurring quality issues and suggest improvements.
• Use measuring tools like scales, calipers and product standards; use micrometers, CMMs, digital gauges.
• Conduct routine tests to ensure products meet specifications and record data.
• Maintain logs, reports, and documentation for compliance and traceability.
• Verify conditions meet established specifications.
• Support programs and policies to ensure products are safe and wholesome.
• Report deviations or non-conformances to supervisors.
• Participate in team meetings and training sessions.
• Work with production, maintenance, and QA teams to resolve issues.
• Complete any other duties assigned by Supervisor or Manager.
• Adhere to Lakeside Foods policies and procedures.
• Notify supervisor of unsafe or potentially hazardous conditions.

Skills

Math and measurement

Data entry

Instruction interpretation

Quality standards

HAACP Certification

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Micrometers

CMMs

Digital gauges

Job description

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people's lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together - valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there's a seat at the table for you.

Here at Lakeside Foods, our Quality Assurance team works hard to ensure safe and quality foods. The Quality Assurance Technician is a respected team member. If you are a creative, positive, self-motivated individual with strong attention to detail, we want to talk with you.

What You'll Do:

• Compile and maintain documentation, i.e. checking standards & weights, etc.
• Collect and analyze samples for quality control.
• Identify and report recurring quality issues and suggest improvements.
• Use measuring tools like scales, calipers and product standards & utilize advanced measuring tools like micrometers, CMMs, digital gauges and statistical sampling methods.
• Conduct routine tests to ensure products meet specifications and record inspection and test data accurately.
• Maintain logs, reports, and other documentation for compliance and traceability.
• Verify conditions meet established specifications.
• Support programs and policies to ensure products are safe, legal, wholesome and meet specifications.
• Report deviations or non-conformances to supervisors
• Participate in team meetings and training sessions.
• Work closely with production, maintenance, and QA teams to resolve quality issues.
• Complete any other duties assigned by Supervisor or Manager.
• Adhere to all Lakeside Foods policies and procedures.
• Notify supervisor immediately if any unsafe or potentially hazardous conditions are discovered.

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, preferred.
• 1-3 year prior related experience and/or training, preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Math and measurement skills, ability to solve practical problems with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardizations exist
• Computer skills for data entry purposes
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Familiarity with quality standards and inspection techniques
• Understanding of customer specifications
• HAACP Certification, preferred

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities