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Quality Control Associate

Coastal Sunbelt Produce
Laurel, MD Part Time
POSTED ON 1/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/8/2026
Job Summary

Responsible for inspecting the product to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
  • Conduct daily walk-through of assigned coolers to check the quality of the product and identify any quality issues.
  • Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date.
  • Remove any distressed product, determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded.
  • Rework all distressed/damaged products.
  • Communicate quality issues to buyers, management, and associates.
  • Report all lost products or transfers.
  • Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled.
  • Assist in inventory counts.
  • Instructs handlers in the proper method of loading trucks.
  • All product loaded must be transported without damage

Qualifications

Education

Prefer High School or GED

Experience

A minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred).

Skills

  • Ability to operate warehouse power equipment.
  • Ability to interact with others in a professional manner.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • General understanding of the shipping procedures of a high-volume warehouse operation.
  • Solid understanding of produce varieties handled in a wholesale operation.

Decision Making Authority

Most Important Decisions Made Fully Independently

Identifying quality issues,

Most important decisions made with review and approval of other individuals or supervisors (include the reviews/approvals required):

All work regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager.

Other Information

  • Some stooping and bending required.
  • Ability to manually inspect produce efficiently for periods of up to or exceeding eight (8) hours.
  • They must be able to move around the work area freely.
  • Frequent lifting of the product up to 50 lbs. during the shift, infrequent lifting to 80 lbs.
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