Quality Assurance Technician

Job Title: Technical Services Technician

Reports to: Technical Services Supervisor

Summary: The Quality Assurance Technician monitors production processes of the facility to ensure all products meet company food safety and quality requirements as set forth by company policies, customer requirements, USDA and BRC standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Complies with all food safety and quality policies, USDA regulations and BRC third party requirements. Models and coaches these expectations to other employees.
• Ensures product meets internal and customer specifications and takes appropriate actions when a non-compliance issue is noted.
• Conducts product audits for compliance to include (but not limited to) proper labeling, packaging, temperature, product specifications, and weights.
• Performs and records quality checks on product and regulatory checks as specified within company HACCP, food safety and quality programs and USDA regulations.
• Inspects equipment for cleanliness and proper working condition prior to start up and record findings. Collects microbiological pre-op swabs.
• Conducts raw material audits to ensure incoming products are within specification before production.

Education/Experience:

• Preferably a high school diploma or equivalent, and one (1) years’ experience in a manufacturing setting, preferably in a food-processing environment.
• Excellent reading, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide units of U.S. currency, weight, volume, and distance measurements, etc.
• Must be able to prioritize projects and multitask.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to read and interpret documents and routine correspondence. Responds promptly and professionally to customer needs. Gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Must be able to stand a minimum of eight hours and continuously lift, push, and pull. Requires the ability to stand for the majority of the shift in a cold working condition and the use of Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. safety equipment) such as hard hats, hair/beard nets, earplugs, etc.

Receipt & Acknowledgement: Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________

Important Notice: This job description is a generalized summary of job duties and can be modified as determined as necessary by Colorado Premium. It is not a contract of employment. All employment is “at-will” an Employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause, and without advance notice, procedure, or formality.

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