Quality Assurance Technician
Full-time • West Monroe
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
The QA Technician is responsible for production support and ensuring that finished goods are produced are safe, quality, and produced in accordance with standards and regulations. The QA Technician performs a variety of quality control tests, inspections, sensory, and submits samples for standard microbiological, chemical, physical assays at various stages of the production process to ensure compliance with quality standards. The position will have a direct interface with production and maintenance personnel to ensure safe product output while maintaining high-quality standards through in-house and external testing of raw material and finished goods.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Follow company work and safety policies and instructions
- Comprehend and perform routine QA line checks
- Production checks including but not limited to codes, labels, fill weights, etc.
- Performing sensory on finished goods
- Responsible for quality of labels, lids, boxes, code dates, and general condition of product
- Preventing food safety and quality problems by stopping production when necessary, quarantining product believed to be in non-compliance with Neighbors standards, and escalating issues to personnel with authority to initiate action
- Initiation of RCA (root cause analysis) when deviations or nonconformances occur
- Maintain HACCP and SQF quality records
- Sample collection and submission to 3rd party laboratories
- Follows and champions all Food Safety and GMP procedures across departments
- Environmental monitoring and sample swab collection for compliance
- Utilizing digital quality system software for the completion of compliance documentation and review
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
· HS Diploma or GED required
· Associate degree in food science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology or other related field, strongly preferred.
Experience
· 2+ years’ experience working as a laboratory technician is desired
· 1+ years’ experience in food manufacturing preferred
Supervisory Responsibility
This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
The work environment is typically noisy, with regular machine noises. The smell of related chemicals and lubricants may occur.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
The employee is regularly required to be able to bend, stand, reach, or lift. The employee is required to be able to lift items on a regular basis, up to 50 pounds.
Work Authorization
If hired, all employees are required to submit proof of eligibility to work in the United States within 72 hours of their start date.
Other Duties
Other Duties
This job description is management’s depiction of the role and 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, or activities may change at any time with or without notice, and employees may be given additional responsibilities that are not included on this list, as required.
Compensation: $17.00 per hour
We are 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.
Welcome to Neighbors!
At Neighbors, we are all part of a dynamic effort focused on producing superior quality cookie dough and state-of-the-art customer support services that help our customers deliver essential, revenue generating programs to their clients. The guiding principles of Neighbors, our culture, and our employee ethic, are critical to the success of our mission. Our shared vision and collaboration assure our shareholders that we will consistently produce safe, high-quality products, delivered through an exceptional customer focused system, on trend with consumer expectations and demand.
Here at Neighbors, we love to laugh, and we love making the best cookie dough on the planet. Sure, we have the tried-and-true classics but we've blended these favorites with a whole lotta fortuitous swoon! We've also worked to innovate new flavors that we're convinced will become the new heirloom recipes for our generation.
Our goal is to infuse excitement, enthusiasm, and passion into all we do. And all we do is make cookies! Some say we're crazy. We agree. We're Crazy About Cookies!
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