Position: Quality Assurance Specialist

Shift: Monday-Friday 8:00pm:4:30am with OT when needed,

Pay:$19.36hr, 2nd and 3rd shift have a +$1.50hr Shift Differential applied.

SUMMARY  

Monitors all quality assurance/food safety activities and makes recommendations and carries out corrections for improving Quality departmental functions.  Knowledge of food quality standards and procedures is vital and good attention to detail, strong communication skills & logical thinking.  Tests and inspects products at various stages of production process and compiles and evaluates statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products by performing the following duties. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   

• Perform related duties and provides support to the Quality Assurance Management. 
• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change. 
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments. 
• Performs tests at specified stages in the production process, and tests products for a variety of qualities such as temperature, defects, code dates, etc., records results, reviews records, and reports for accuracy and completion.   
• Evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards. 
• Recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability. 

• Completes special projects assigned, work with the project team; help to resolve problems by examining and evaluating data; selecting corrective steps.  
• Quality analysis of incoming dry goods for production. Verification of specifications before startup and throughout production processes. Problem solving on quality issues with production and other teams. Documentation of key metrics for data analysis. Maintenance of calibration and logs of all laboratory instruments.  Preparation of laboratory equipment and solutions. Direct communication with operators and production personnel. General analysis and sampling of production samples. Collection of retention samples on shiftily basis.