Quality Assurance Lead - 1st Shift - SnackCraft

Description: Food manufacturing is a detailed process that involves many different processes, regulations, safety, and procedures. As a Sr. Quality Assurance Technician, you will serve as a source of knowledge about these different aspects of food manufacturing and safety. You will assure that all regulatory, safety and quality parameters are met. You are the last line of defense prior to product shipping to the consumer.

Department: Quality Assurance and Food Safety

Reports To: Quality Manager

Education and Experience: High School Diploma/ GED

Work Hours:

1st Shift: 7:00 AM - 3:20 PM

2nd Shift: 3:00 PM - 11:20 PM

3rd Shift: 11:00 PM - 7:20 AM

Hours listed are general hours and may be altered as need. Additional hours may be required to fulfill job duties and position expectations.

Work Environment: This job operates in a laboratory setting but requires frequent movement through the food production and warehouse facilities. Although the laboratory is temperature controlled, the facility is not mechanically temperature controlled and at times will require work in hot temperatures. The floor surface is concrete. The noise level is moderate with no vibration. Material movement takes place throughout the facility.

Core Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enforce GMP's, food safety, quality, and defense compliance at all times.

• Test and verify all processing and packaging attributes per scheme.

• Facilitate communication of analytical results between Quality Assurance and Production

• Coordinate special projects and training for laboratory technicians.

• Assist with updating department documentation and procedures.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift 30 pounds and work on their feet, while using tools to perform repetitive actions

• Hearing and speaking to exchange information.

• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling moderately heavy objects as assigned by position.

• Dexterity of hands and fingers for product testing

• Reaching overhead, above shoulders and horizontally.

• Bending at the waist, kneeling, sitting, or crouching

• Seeing to monitor food quality and quantity.

• The ability to stand and walk for an entirety of a shift.

Competencies:

• Comprehensive in practices, procedures and techniques involved in food manufacturing

• Has interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy

• Uses proper lifting techniques

• Comprehensive in general mathematic calculations

• Basic inventory practices and procedures

• Oral and written communication skills

• Comprehensive in record-keeping procedures

• Effective communication in English language

• Comprehensive Sensory Testing Requirements

Duties:

• Trains new Quality Technicians.

• Assist Lab Manager as directed.

• Support coverage for call in's.

• Follows Company, GMP and Safety policies to ensure compliance with the HACCP/HARPC program, AIB, BRC, and other regulatory requirements.

• Follows all food safety, Food Defense principles and legal requirements.

• Data entry, documentation, follow up on non-conforming attributes.

• Verify that all documentation is legible, accurate, complete, timely, and archived in an orderly fashion as directed by the Lab Manager

• Perform attribute testing at set frequencies, which include: Net weight, PDQ, Oxygen, weight/10, oil content, moisture content, seasoning/salt content, FFA testing and others

• Prepare and verify customer samples are complete, that they satisfy requirements and specification and that they pass general inspection.

• Maintain cleanliness of Quality Assurance lab and equipment

• Perform CCP testing, documentation

• Complete any non-conforming holds as needed

• Inform production leadership of food safety, out of specification, and policy violations immediately

• Deliver quick, accurate, and informed feedback to production leadership

• Remain aware of the production schedule and prevent delays in production by anticipating line starts/changeovers

• Provide production paperwork such as PSUs, skid sheets, labels, etc. as needed

• Be the example in following GMPs, OSHA Safety, and all other procedures.

• Other duties as assigned

Additional Responsibilities as a Lead.

1. Performs Environmental swabs for facility monthly

1. Trend Quality Data

1. Calibrate Lab Equipment

1. Performs water sampling as requested

1. Performs weekly equipment/scale calibration

1. Performs Glass and Hard plastic inventories quarterly (creates inventories n new lines)

1. Handles holds in Netsuite

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change any time with or without notice. Additional duties may be required by management that are not included on this list.

At-Will Employer:

• All employees of Snack Craft are employees' at-will and, as such, are free to resign at any time without reason. Snack Craft, likewise, retains the right to terminate an employee's employment at any time with or without reason or notice.