Quality Control Inspector

Job Summary

Quality Control Inspectors ensure compliance with all customer specifications. Quality Control Inspectors are responsible to conduct data gathering and prepare fruit data to share with the Management Team and Board of Directors, while ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to. They will also assist to sort, size and pack apples into the appropriate container for delivery to customers. This will occur by hand, line and machine, requiring placement into a variety of containers, including, but not limited to bags, trays, and boxes. Interfacing with other departments to assure good working relations and efficient plant operations is a necessity.

All activities must be completed in accordance with legal, safety and customer standards, as well as all guidelines in the Employee Handbook. This position may be reassigned to other areas of production. Job duties may change at any time, with or without notice. This role is critical to Empire Fruit Grower’s purpose of providing high quality fruit to our customers.

Objectives

· To deliver high quality product to customers

· To provide high level service to stakeholders

· To continually develop employee skills

· To maximize apple returns to members

Responsibilities and Essential Functions

· Ensure compliance with all customer specifications

o Alert production line employees of the customer specifications for each product

o Complete line inspections to verify customer specifications are met, and follow-up with employees and the line operator regarding the line inspections, as necessary

o Act as a liaison between the Operations Managers and Apple Packers to ensure best practices are used

· Document apple quality standards from each production lot (process order)

o Complete required documentation of quality checks and grower feedback

o Alert Maintenance of equipment irregularities impacting the packing process

· Support the Food Safety Program

o Complete required documentation to ensure compliance with the Food Safety Program

o Act as a liaison for production line employees to further understand Food Safety Program requirements

· Miscellaneous

o Operate all equipment in a safe manner

o Maintain a professional image on behalf of the company, including positive vendor, member and employee relations

o Communicate effectively with coworkers to ensure efficient production

o Ability to work in a fast paced, quickly changing, and always evolving work environment

o Willingness to learn new tasks and support in all functional areas

o Ensure a clean, safe environment for all visitors, employees, and products

o Adhere to all food safety requirements, which are trained at orientation and throughout the season

o Comply with quality policies and procedures, provided at orientation and throughout the season

o Complete other duties, as assigned

Qualifications

Required:

· Strong interpersonal communication skills

· Strong computer skills, including troubleshooting

· Read, interpret and write

· Sharp attention to detail

· Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision

· Flexibility to work overtime and weekends, as required

· Compliance with all policies detailed in the Employee Handbook

Preferred:

· Prior experience in a production setting

· Prior experience with production equipment and machinery

· Knowledge of quality assurance practices

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Regularly required to stand; walk; bend; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and smell.

· Hand and finger dexterity required to perform some essential functions

· Regularly lift, carry and/or move up to 45 pounds unassisted

· Ability to stand for long periods of time

· Ability to withstand humid, hot and cool temperatures in a production area

· Regularly exposed to food safe and non-food safe chemicals and toxins

Pay: $18.48 - $20.04 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $20