This position is responsible for ensuring company standards are met on each shift. The QA Technician works alongside production, logistics and maintenance staff to support the production of high quality, safe and legal product.
Requirements
- Perform pre-operation inspections at start of production.
- Verify cleaning and sanitation of production equipment.
- Collect samples at various stages of processing
- Verify Bar Code Scanner
- Monitor sample products at various stages of processing, including Brix, pH test and water activity.
- Monitor Batch Sheets, Upstream Product Testing, Flow rate sheet, Down Stream Product Testing, Display and Master Case Check, CCP for accuracy and completion.
- Examine finished products by sight, taste and weight to ensure conformance to company and legal standards.
- Monitor routine checks for product packaging quality, including date codes, film seal and palletizing formation.
- Set up and monitor challenge of metal detector and x-ray machines.
- Calibrate equipment daily, including pH meter, refractometer, water activity meter, and table scales.
- Enter data in the QC daily workbooks daily.
- Assist in training of new employees.
- Perform weekly verification of temperature in coolers and change out graph.
- Perform internal QC audits.
- Sign off on positive release of finished goods.
- Assist production where required