Quality Assurance Technician (Temp), $21.50/hour

Position Summary: 

Under the supervision of the Production Manager and general direction of the full time Quality Assurance Tech, assists in ensuring green bean coffee products meet or exceed the highest standards of quality set by Kauai Coffee Company LLC by inspecting or manually testing products before, during, or after the manufacturing process. Implements technical oversight programs that help maintain food safety and ensure compliance with regulatory standards for internal and public distribution centers.

Primary Functions:  

• Assists with setting up cupping of green product coming off of the production line
• Assists with roasting small batch samples for quality review and cupping
• Collect and compile statistical quality data including cherry counts
• Assists in analyzing data to identify areas for improvement in the quality system
• Make operational suggestions based on drawn cherry, pulp waste and dryer sample analysis, logs and reported data to determine plant efficiency, losses, drying times
• Assists in determining the overall quality of a product by conducting and evaluating various drawn samples and tests to ensure set specifications are met
• Following prescribed methods in conformance with State of Hawaii, Department of Agriculture, Standards for Coffee and standards set by the Company, performs quality checks and data gathering on Wet Plant processing and Dry Plant output.
• Draws samples during Dry Plant operations to ensure conformance green bean output with State of Hawaii, Department of Agriculture, Standards for Coffee
• Assist in developing special departmental projects, and work in conjunction with the Production Manager and provide quality assurance services
• Assist with training personnel on compliance with regulations, policies, and standard operating procedures
• Plan, conduct and test and inspection of materials and products to ensure quality is maintained
• Maintains Factory lab including pars for all parts and supplies and ongoing cleanliness
• Ability to work on weekends and overtime
• Complies with all Federal, State, Local and Company safety, health and environmental regulations
• Complies with all Company Rules and Company Policies
• Assist with other duties as necessary

Qualifications/Skills/Knowledge Requirements:       

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills that promote cooperation and collaboration 
• Skills that exhibit integrity, ownership and “can-do” attitude 
• Exceptional problem solving skills, attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines and meet priorities 
• Self starter, works well and must be willing to work independently 
• Quality inspection, auditing and testing experience 
• PC skills required including but not limited to MS Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. 
• Experience with implementation of corrective action programs 
• Product specific experience 
• Knowledge of tools, concepts and methodologies of QA 
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements 
• Certification and/or licensing may be required (e.g.: driver's license, professional license, etc.)    

Note: The above job description indicates the general nature of the responsibilities, requirements and job duties.   It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, and requirements associated with the job. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, Kauai Coffee reserves the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or to require that additional or different tasks be performed as directed by management.