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Quality Assurance Technician

Sonstegard Foods Company
Sonstegard Foods Company Salary
Estherville, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/19/2026
Quality Control Technician - Day Shift

Estherville, IA

Full-time, Regular position, Primarily M-F

Call 712-362-3527 for more information

Estherville Foods is seeking to hire a Quality Control Technician to join their quality department. As a Quality Control Technician, employee will be responsible for ensuring the food safety of the product, this includes observing and addressing direct food/food contact surface contamination and employee practices that put the product at risk. The Quality Control Technician will support daily, weekly, monthly and annual quality testing, inspections and procedures.

Benefits

This position is hourly nonexempt status, which means you are eligible for overtime pay. As a member of Sonstegard Foods, you will have an excellent benefits package available, including:

  • Medical, dental and vision
  • Short term and long-term disability
  • Life and AD&D
  • Paid holidays and paid time off
  • 401k

EXAMPLES OF RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

  • Monitoring and enforcing Good Manufacturing Practices
  • Reviewing, completing and/or working with quality and other staff on completion of required documentation and practices
  • Complete daily tasks including certificate of analysis, calibration, document collection, cleaning verification activities, titrations and product physical testing
  • Complete inspection tasks including facility and glass
  • Collection of finished product samples and environmental swabs
  • Complete employee training needs and training documentation
  • Reviewing, updating and monitoring written Standard Operating Procedures
  • Collect, review and analyze data, identifying and correcting problems
  • Understanding and following Quality SOPs
  • Active in the quality team for continuous improvement within Sonstegard Foods
  • Promote food safety and adhere to USDA and company regulations
  • Work weekend/holiday rotation at the offsite laboratory when needed

Skills /Abilities

  • Proven team player.
  • Knowledgeable and familiar with documentation, procedures and records.
  • Ability to follow written and/or verbal directions.
  • Good verbal & written communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with people in all levels and functions.
  • Highly motivated self-starter and has the ability to work multiple tasks with excellent results.
  • Must be detail oriented.
  • Skilled in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Experience

  • Quality and/or Laboratory experience preferred, but not required.

Physical Demands

Employee is required to speak, read and write English frequently. The employee is frequently required to stand, sit and handle material. Employee will be required to use a computer, use hands and arms, climb/balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee must be able to lift 30-50 pounds occasionally. Employee will work in an environment ranging from -20 to 100 degrees F. The work environment can be in wet and dry environments. Work includes office work, plant floor work and laboratory work environments. This position spends approximately 50% time in office and 50% on the plant floor.

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