VCQ Technician

Pacific Seafood; Seward (NE); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance benefits options

401(k) Retirement Plan with profit‑drn

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Product purchase program

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Pacific Seafood is seeking a VCQ Technician in Seward, NE. This role supports the Value Creation and Quality team, aiding quality standards, improving processes, and coordinating between departments.

The position favors proactive, analytical candidates who can adapt to changing priorities. Key responsibilities include quality assurance tasks, documentation, and collaboration with operations and sales to ensure compliance with HACCP and labeling requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum one-year related experience and/or training.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Be available nights and weekends as needed.
• Preferred: previous quality assurance experience in the food industry.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GFSI, SSOP and COOL Act.
• Knowledge of Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance and Improvement duties including conducting food safety and quality inspections and identifying defects.
• Report and document quality checks through the production process.
• Communicate with operations and sales teams to meet labeling and quality standards.
• Participate in plant quality activities and pursue continual improvement objectives.
• Maintain records for HACCP, SSOP and quality standards.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

VCQ Technician

Department: Res Bay Processing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Seward

Reporting To: Jason Reber

Compensation: $19.00 - $22.00 / hour

Description

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

The Value Creation and Quality Technician I at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Value Creation and Quality team supporting efforts to maintain quality standards. This position involves communicating between various departments regularly and implementing plans for continued improvement and is ideal for someone who is proactive, analytical, and flexible.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Assurance and Improvement:
   • Conduct Food Safety and Quality inspection or tasks for specific process.
   • Perform regularly scheduled inspections.
   • Identify and report on critical quality defects on production processes and products.
   • Follow project zero product defect’s objective/philosophy.
   • Communicate with operations and sales teams in meeting quality standards and labeling requirements.
   • Participate and assist in plant quality activities.
   • Maintain a positive attitude and constantly look for opportunities for improvement.
   • Responsible for achievement of quality department goals and objectives.
2. Documentation and Compliance:
   • Prepare and submit reports as required.
   • Conduct Food Safety and Quality inspection or tasks for specific process.
   • Document quality checks of product through the entire process.
   • Maintain records for HACCP, SSOP and Quality Standards.

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.

What you bring to Pacific Seafood

Education and Experience

• Required
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Minimum one-year related experience and/or training.
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Be available nights and weekends as needed.
• Preferred
  • Previous quality assurance experience in the food industry.
  • Knowledge of HACCP, GFSI, SSOP and COOL Act.
  • Knowledge of Word and Excel.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

• Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Working Conditions

The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to:

• Office, as well as warehouse environment.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.
• Plant exposure to wet, cold, and/or humid temperatures.
• Standard office equipment and heavy machinery.

Benefits

Total compensation

At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days and vacation
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.