Weston Foods in Lebanon, Indiana is looking for a Quality Assurance Resource Auditor to join our team! 

We are a premier North American bakery company and we’ve been in business for 135 years. Our team is passionate about baking the foods your family and friends love to eat. We bake cake at our Lebanon, Indiana location. Weston Foods proudly serves communities through our ~35 bakeries across North America, and every day, our team strives to elevate moments for our customers and your loved ones by producing high quality baked goods.
Our bakery team is the heart of our company and plays an important role in keeping North America’s food supply going. Our machine operators are essential to our success, and ensure our production equipment is operating smoothly to produce delicious, premier baked goods for our customers.
We are not just a job, we are an extended family, committed to elevating everyday moments and feeding communities and families across the country. Join us and find fulfillment and purpose in your work. 

Shift: 2-2-3 schedule- 6:00 A.M.- 6:00P.M. with and hourly rate of $24.45/hr.

Job Responsibilities - What You Would Do

• Investigates and analyzes product or raw material quality problems and develops, recommends, implements corrective measures as necessary. 

• Audits sample data taken for use in the implementation of the plant’s IPM (Integrated Process Management) System. 

• Identifies process problems through the use of statistical analysis. 

• Suggests and implements corrective measures to improve the manufacturing processes.

• Records and communicates results through reports and meetings.

• Monitors incoming raw materials to ensure materials meet our specifications.

• Ensures compliance with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) standards as well as HACCP compliance and other food safety and workplace safety initiatives.

• Support activities of other departments such as Production, Dry Warehouse, and Sanitation through auditing.

• Communicates with other departments to ensure that substandard product is identified. 

• Ensures that substandard product is not packed and/or shipped and that it is disposed of as waste, rework or thrift inventory.

• Assists in the development of standards and procedures for new and existing products. 

• Continuously strives to improve processes to eliminate waste.

• Leads and contributes to the efforts of Continuous Improvement Teams. 

• Other duties as assigned by management.

• Adheres to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) standards as well as HACCP compliance and other food safety and workplace safety initiatives

• Physical Demands

• Occasionally required to push up to 30 pounds.

• Frequently required to stand and walk and work while rotating at the thoracic and lumbar spine and reach between knee and shoulder height.

• Constantly required to grasp, handle, and maintain balance.

• Occasionally exposed to non-weather related hot temperatures.

• Able to hear and listen for alarms that indicate completion of the baking cycle.

• Able to see, visually inspecting cupcakes to determine if cakes are over- or under- baked.

• Able to smell, distinguishing and detecting the smell of over-cooked cakes.

• Able to work safely in tight spaces in an industrial environment and wear required PPE, including heat protectant gloves.

• Regular, dependable attendance is an essential requirement of this position. 

• Company Performance Expectations

• In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Performing all job tasks in a safe manner every time, reporting any hazards, unsafe work practices, and accidents to a supervisor immediately, and wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Performing high-quality work, with or without direct supervision, in order to meet company performance objectives.

• Adjusting to shifting work priorities by demonstrating flexibility and openness to work in any area in the bakery where the employee has been trained and is able to safety perform the assigned task.

• Interacting professionally with other employees, vendors, and suppliers.

• Working effectively as a team contributor on all assignments, demonstrating the ability to multitask and plan several events simultaneously and to work under pressure.

• Working independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.