Full-time
Califia Farms in California, USA is hiring a Quality Assurance Technician for a plant-based food processing company with the following:
Job Responsibilities
- Maintain product quality by analyzing manufacturing and engineering requirements and devising testing methods and procedures.
- Establish product quality documentation by writing and implementing quality assurance procedures.
- Interact with the leadership group, production team members, and maintenance departments to improve and maximize plant output, efficiency, quality and safety.
- Manage a Quality Control Program that ensures that the product is inspected to meet acceptable safety quality standards.
- Maintain, achieve, and record internal quality targets and measurements.
- Ensure Production and other support areas of the plant are maintained to the highest standards and in strict conformation to GMP standards.
- Achieve quality targets and ensure accurate records of quality compliance.
- Ensures the cleanliness, sanitation and overall organization of manufacturing areas.
- Collect and analyse samples taken from production and the field.
- Provide audit support as assigned.
- Prepare and facilitate product sensory evaluations.
- Ensures consistency with quality standards, practices, and policies.
- Support change efforts at manufacturing plant to improve and enhance quality systems
- Support training of quality procedures throughout the plant
- Communicate with production regarding productivity status and discrepancy
- Perform other duties assigned by Executive Management to support the department
- Safeguards and maintains company equipment and property, including Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
- Ensures all areas are always kept clean.
- Attends all company training sessions; and Other duties as assigned.
- Follow GMP Policy – wear a company-issued shirt, hat, safety glasses, earplugs and hairnet in production areas.
- Able to obtain HACCP Certification, SQF practitioner and IBWA certification (within 1 year).
- Able to perform root cause analysis for ERP software solutions.
- Able to communicate and work well with people on all levels of the organization
- Able to receive, analyze and report information efficiently
Job Qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience in food processing.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Must read, write and communicate in English.
- Able to lift to 50 lbs.
- Able to work under pressure in a very fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs) – ability to follow laboratory SOPs.
- Knowledge of Good Documentation Practices (GDPs) – keeping proper records.
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