What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Technician position at Carlo's Bakery Lackawanna?
Location: 631 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ, 07310
Company: Carlo’s Bakery
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25.00/hr
About Carlo’s Bakery
Carlo’s Bakery, home of the “Cake Boss,” is a world-renowned bakery known for its high-quality, handcrafted desserts and exceptional customer experience. We take pride in our craftsmanship, creativity, and family-oriented culture. We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable Bakery Assistants to join our team and help bring our delicious creations to life.
Position Summary
The QA Technician supports food safety and quality assurance operations by maintaining accurate documentation, monitoring production process data, and ensuring compliance with SQF, HACCP, GMP, and company policies. This role conducts product inspections, pre-operational checks, and sanitation verification, while ensuring equipment calibration and audit readiness. The technician collaborates closely with production and QA teams to address quality concerns, maintain testing records, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
Maintain documentation in orderly fashion for management review.
Enter production process variables into production management system.
Maintain various logs according to HACCP program.
Ensure equipment is calibrated and functioning properly
Assist in SQF program enforcement and employee training
Follow and assist in enforcement of GMPs, Food Safety Guidelines, and other operational policies, ensuring the facility is always audit-ready
Inspect products to ensure adherence to product specifications
Collaborate with and report any urgent quality issues to Production Supervisors, Production Managers, QA Managers
Effectively communicate and collaborate with other teams to continuously improve daily operations
Conduct daily pre-operational inspections
Maintain testing records
Perform basic data entry
Oversee, verify and validate sanitation procedures using approved methods
Qualifications
Minimum 1 year in food safety/quality assurance field
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Able to work collaboratively with multiple teams
Organized and detail oriented
Working knowledge of SQF, GMP, HACCP guidelines
Basic computer skills
Why Join Carlo’s Bakery?
Opportunity to grow with an internationally recognized brand.
Friendly and collaborative work environment.
Hands-on experience in the baking industry.
Employee discounts on our famous baked goods.
Apply today and become part of the Carlo’s Bakery family — where passion, craftsmanship, and teamwork create something truly sweet every day!