What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Control Specialist position at Oats Overnight?
A Little About Us
Oats Overnight is on a mission to build a generational CPG brand. Since 2016, our high-protein, drinkable oatmeal has reached over a million customers through direct-to-consumer, and we’re now scaling with all major nationwide retail and club partners.
Our goal: become a household brand by leveraging speed, storytelling, and strategy.
We are vertically integrated: we develop, manufacture, and fulfill everything in-house. This operational control allows us to engage customers directly into the R&D process, an initiative where we were first-to-market in CPG. It also makes our brand tangible and real: our factory, our team, and our product pipeline are all part of the narrative.
This is an exciting stage—we are emerging as a significant omni-channel brand and launching new products to capture significant market share across verticals. We want you to help us get there.
Every teammate here has equity because we’re building something big, and everyone plays an important role. If you’re excited about building a brand that does things differently, this is that opportunity.
We are not accepting candidates from third-party recruiters or agencies for this role — direct applicants only.
What’s The Job?
The Quality Control Specialist is responsible for ensuring food safety, consistency, and product quality standards are met across the manufacturing process. This role supports Operations in compliance with GMPs, SOPs, and the Oats Overnight Food Safety Plan, while driving continuous improvement and ensuring the integrity of the brand.
What You’ll Be Doing, Stop Scanning and Read This Part
We value people who roll up their sleeves and support their fellow team members. We embrace diversity and encourage equal opportunity every chance we get, and we look forward to learning from people whose backgrounds, skills, and perspectives challenge and enrich our own.
Oats Overnight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oats Overnight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Oats Overnight is on a mission to build a generational CPG brand. Since 2016, our high-protein, drinkable oatmeal has reached over a million customers through direct-to-consumer, and we’re now scaling with all major nationwide retail and club partners.
Our goal: become a household brand by leveraging speed, storytelling, and strategy.
We are vertically integrated: we develop, manufacture, and fulfill everything in-house. This operational control allows us to engage customers directly into the R&D process, an initiative where we were first-to-market in CPG. It also makes our brand tangible and real: our factory, our team, and our product pipeline are all part of the narrative.
This is an exciting stage—we are emerging as a significant omni-channel brand and launching new products to capture significant market share across verticals. We want you to help us get there.
Every teammate here has equity because we’re building something big, and everyone plays an important role. If you’re excited about building a brand that does things differently, this is that opportunity.
We are not accepting candidates from third-party recruiters or agencies for this role — direct applicants only.
What’s The Job?
The Quality Control Specialist is responsible for ensuring food safety, consistency, and product quality standards are met across the manufacturing process. This role supports Operations in compliance with GMPs, SOPs, and the Oats Overnight Food Safety Plan, while driving continuous improvement and ensuring the integrity of the brand.
What You’ll Be Doing, Stop Scanning and Read This Part
- Be a food safety and quality champion by assisting Operations in GMP and SOP compliance.
- Help ensure compliance with product safety, consistency, and quality standards in alignment with the Oats Overnight Food Safety Plan.
- Review finished product test results to verify that quality and food safety attributes meet regulatory and internal specifications, protecting the integrity of the Oats Overnight brand.
- Draft Certificates of Analysis based on finished good testing and batch record review.
- Interpret laboratory and internal testing results to quickly identify and resolve potential issues.
- Maintain finished product testing reports and track laboratory analysis for continuous improvement.
- Track and trend testing results to drive quality improvement initiatives.
- Coach production associates in GMPs, sanitation, and quality checks to identify risk factors that could lead to non-conforming products.
- Audit batching, processing, and filler paperwork, escalating issues when on-conformances are found.
- Coordinate communication between manufacturing, warehousing, and QA personnel to ensure timely finished product release.
- Document customer complaints, investigate, and track/trend data to identify potential food safety issues.
- Maintain thorough and accurate records of tests, audits, and quality procedures.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- 1–5 years of prior quality assurance or food safety experience required.
- High school diploma required.
- SQF and HACCP certification preferred.
- Someone that can partner and influence at all different levels.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and navigate in a fast-moving environment.
- A relentless drive to get things done.
- Flexible, willing, and quick to learn new processes, new technology, and new ways of
- thinking.
- This is going to be fun.
- Casual, friendly culture. We’re serious about what we do but we don’t take ourselves too seriously.
- Every employee has equity.
- High growth potential with opportunities to expand.
- Free oatmeal. It’s very good.
- It’s not a cushy job; the bar is high.
- We are growing quickly and have a fast-paced work environment.
- Must be able to work near food ingredients, exposure to food allergens.
- Must be able to lift up to 15–25 pounds at times.
- Location: inside an air-conditioned manufacturing and warehouse environment.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- You must be able to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions
- consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
- You must be able to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA,
- FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
- Full Benefits; Medical, Dental, Vision and 401k
- Parental Leave
- Weekly Pay
- Stock options, every employee is an owner
- Free, delicious oatmeal
We value people who roll up their sleeves and support their fellow team members. We embrace diversity and encourage equal opportunity every chance we get, and we look forward to learning from people whose backgrounds, skills, and perspectives challenge and enrich our own.
Oats Overnight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oats Overnight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.