Quality Control Technician

Department: Warren QA

Location: Warrenton

Description

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:

The Value Creation and Quality Technician at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Value Creation and Quality team supporting efforts to maintain high standards of food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance throughout the organization. This position involves maintaining regulatory compliance and implementing process improvements and is ideal for someone who is analytical, adaptable, and organized.

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance and Improvement:
• Implement Safety and Quality Standards for an operating unit or process.
• Foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement within the organization through training and communication.
• Facilitate and implement training as required.
• Perform regularly scheduled inspections.
• Remain current on all regulatory requirements and law changes.
• Identify, investigate and report on critical quality defects on production processes and products.
• Follow project zero product defect’s objective/philosophy.
• Conduct environmental testing on contact surfaces, water, and product.
• Conduct equipment calibrations and implement process controls for daily operations.
• Responsible for achievement of quality department goals and objectives.
• Participate and assist in all plant quality activities.
• Documentation and Compliance:
• Conduct product tracking and traceability.
• Maintain records for HACCP, SSOP and Quality Standards.
• Determine source of quality variance and specific steps to be taken in correcting the process and product.
• Prepare and submit reports as required.
• Conduct line level problem analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to quality standards.

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.

Education And Experience

What you bring to Pacific Seafood

• Required
• Minimum of Two-years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Be available nights and weekends as needed.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GFSI, SSOP and COOL Act.
• Preferred
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Previous quality assurance experience in the food industry.

Physical Requirements

The Physical Demands Described Here Are Representative Of Those That Must Be Met By a Team Member To Successfully Perform The Essential Functions Of This Job. While Performing The Duties Of This Job, The Team Member:

• Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  
  

Working Conditions

The Working Environment Characteristics Described Here Are Representative Of Those a Team Member Encounters While Performing The Essential Functions Of This Job. While Performing The Duties Of This Job, The Team Member Is Exposed To:

• Office, as well as warehouse environment.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.
• Plant exposure to wet, cold, and/or humid temperatures.
• Standard office equipment and heavy machinery.
  
  

Benefits

Total compensation:

At Pacific Seafood, Your Base Wage Is Only a Portion Of Your Overall Compensation Package. We Invest In Our Team Members Through a Comprehensive And Attractive Total Rewards Package, Including But Not Limited To:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days and vacation
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program
  
  

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.