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1st Shift Quality Assurance Technician

Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company
Grinnell, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/31/2026
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Position Summary

The Quality Assurance Technician will support food safety and GMP regulations within our prep kitchen and blast chill environments. Quality Assurance Technicians are expected to hold themselves to a high level of quality, accuracy, and food safety guidelines.

Position Responsibilities May Include, But Not Limited To

  • Perform CCP checks that include cooking and cooling product temperatures
  • Accurately complete all required documentation including CCP records
  • Handle Pre-operational inspections
  • Perform environmental and food contact surface sampling
  • Confirm accuracy checks on thermometers
  • Perform dish inspections for cleanliness
  • Follow strict GMP inspections
  • Perform chemical titrations
  • Authority to stop the kitchen from running if the process is causing a food safety concern

Required Skills And Experience

  • Demonstrate effective Food Safety knowledge (HACCP, allergens, sanitation, GMPs)
  • Passion for accuracy
  • Excellent communicative skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills And Experience

  • 1 year of previous food quality related experience

Physical Requirements

  • Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen
  • Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
  • Able to perform repetitive movements
  • Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)

Company Overview

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide since 1999. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.

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