Quality Assurance Technician
Summary
Quality Assurance Technician at food manufacturer Watershed Foods, working 3rd shift (11:00pm-7:30am) in the Final Packaging Department in Gridley, IL. Day to day: running standardized tests/audits on ingredients, in-process and finished products, recording data (weight, temperature, moisture), enforcing and training on GMPs, and maintaining testing equipment and a clean work area.
Seeking Quality Technicians for our Final Packaging Deparment. Shift differential pay available!
3rd Shift 11:00pm - 7:30am
Overall Responsibility: Assure products are produced and manufactured in a safe manner. Evaluate samples and verify GMP/Quality processes are being used to assure quality products are being shipped to Watershed Food customers.
Duties
- Conduct standardized tests/audits throughout various stages of production to ensure factors meet ingredient, in-process, and finished product requirements for internal standards, customer specifications, and legal regulations.
- Record test data, such as weight, temperature, moisture content, color, aeration, consistency, quality and quantity, which is inspected or graded.
- Propose process improvement recommendations regarding handling of ingredients, product-in-process, and finished product which affect product quality.
- Communicate product quality or processing equipment problems to the operators and management to eliminate any irregularities in future production batches.
- Review production documents and process checklists for completeness and accuracy. Notify Shift Supervisors and/or Quality Management of employee record keeping issues.
- Role model, reinforce, and train employees on GMPs, and notify supervisor and manager if GMPs are not followed.
- Maintain a clean work area (floors, equipment, and workstation) at all times to avoid product contamination and safety.
- Clean and maintain product testing equipment for accuracy of measurement.
- Assist other team members with their work responsibilities as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Serves as back-up (with Quality Assurance Manager) for Quality Assurance Supervisor when supervisor is absent.