QA ADMINISTRATOR

Quality Assurance Administrator

Purpose of Position

This position is responsible for supporting the Quality Assurance team by performing clerical duties and support activities.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Documentation review including the generation, creation and review of all QA / production documentation.
• Responsible for filing all documentation in an organized manner.
• Communicate with suppliers to obtain necessary raw material and supplier approval documentation.
• Verifying the completion and accuracy of receiving documentation.
• Ensuring all applicable fields are populated within ERP system.
• Releasing raw materials from QA hold once the supplier documentation has been received and reviewed.
• Review production run analytical data and compare to customers specifications and GA’s. Communicate any corrective actions with customers.
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Transport QA and other related samples to external delivery points when necessary.
• The completion of sample submission documentation (when necessary)
• In conjunction with the Director of QA and the Lead QA Tech, order QA supply items.
• Maintain and replenish blank processing documents.
• Assisting the QA Department with additional duties as needed
  
  

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• FSMA Trained
• Proven work experience as an Administrative Assistant, Receptionist, or related position
• Highly professional
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Excel and Word
• Strong organizational skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work with minimal direction
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in work product
• Ability to meet and establish deadlines
• Flexibility and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
  
  

North Freeze Dry offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance including employees, child(ren), spouse and family coverage.
• Ancillary benefits include Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• 401(K) Program available with a company match up to 4%.
• Paid Time Off accruing on your first day and Paid Personal Days.
• 7 Company Paid Holidays.
  
  

Work Environment & Physical Demands

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job operates within a professional office and plant manufacturing environment. While performing the duties of this job inside the office, the employee is frequently exposed to normal working conditions for an office environment with a noise level that is usually quiet to moderate. While performing duties of this job inside and outside the manufacturing plant, the employee is frequently exposed to normal working conditions of a food manufacturing facility with a noise level that is usually moderate to loud. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets, as well as laboratory instrumentation and equipment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee may be required to stand for long periods of time as well as use hands or fingers to reach or handle, and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. All vision abilities are required to encompass close-up work. On occasion, employee must be able to tolerate and endure extended seasonal hours and maintain alertness to meet deadlines.

Occasionally while performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to machinery and moving parts, airborne particles including grain dust and hazardous materials or fumes, which may require the use of PPE. The employee may be exposed to adverse weather conditions, extended seasonal hours, high precarious places, and confined spaces. The noise level in some of the work environments may require the use of hearing protection.

About The Company

North Freeze Dry, LLC headquartered in Fargo, ND, is a U.S.-based co-manufacturer that produces freeze-dried companion animal food and treats. The Company’s freeze-drying facility in Little Falls, MN is one of the industry’s largest and most fully integrated freeze-drying co-manufacturing facilities. North Freeze Dry, LLC is a joint venture between Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC, a leading supplier of premium ingredients for the food and pet food industries, and Barrett Petfood Innovations, a rapidly expanding co-manufacturer of premium pet foods.

Disclaimer

This job description is not a complete description of responsibility, but reflects the general qualifications, duties and/or responsibilities necessary to perform this position. All candidates who receive a written offer of employment will be required to successfully pass a background check. North Freeze Dry reserves the right to revise the job description as circumstances warrant. North Freeze Dry. is an at-will employer, which means that either the employee or the company may terminate the relationship at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause. We are an equal opportunity employer.