What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Technician position at Vienna Beef?
Summary Of Responsibilities
Ensures the accuracy and quality of all products that are shipped from Vienna Beef by working alongside production to conduct on-the-line checks of product specifications and quality standards.
QA technicians will refer to Standard Operating Procedures
Issue Escalation
The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing
Ensures the accuracy and quality of all products that are shipped from Vienna Beef by working alongside production to conduct on-the-line checks of product specifications and quality standards.
- GMP’s - Visual Inspection and enforce GMP’s throughout the facility, QA Lab Daily GMP Audit - especially packaging
- Check the Quaternary Ammonium concentration levels in the Foot Baths and Foot Foamers
- Monitors and places areas on hold if drains back up
- Monitor the sanitation requirements for maintenance repairs, equipment downtime
- Performs metal detection, check weights, and packaging/case integrity, calibrate thermometers.
- Monitors employee and machine performance during operational inspections.
- Prepares and takes samples
- Monitors the storage and transfer of packaging supplies, ensuring they meet sanitation requirements.
- Follow Hold Procedure & Quarantine process.
- Verify and conducts temperature checks through facility
- Conducts Metal detector calibration
- End of shift room release for sanitation
- Thermometer calibration and Scale calibrations
- Production Inspection
- Perform all duties that maybe assigned
QA technicians will refer to Standard Operating Procedures
Issue Escalation
- Promptly notifies QA Manager or Vice President of Quality Assurance when quality issues arise or safety concerns.
- Arrives to work at scheduled time and follows time off request procedure
- Communicates with co-workers in a professional manner
- Treats co-workers with respect at all times
- Uses teamwork with working with production throughout the day
- Follow the facility GMP’s and help enforce them throughout the facility
- Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs
- Seek the guidance of your supervisor if in doubt of any circumstance or problem.
- Directly contact your supervisor an hour prior to start time if you cannot work a scheduled shift.
- Contact maintenance personnel when minor repairs to equipment are required.
- Contact maintenance personnel and supervisor when major repairs to equipment are required.
- Bilingual spanish preffered.
- Have knowledge of all company documented Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
- Have knowledge of all company documented Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP/SQF).
- Have knowledge of companies’ sanitation procedures and inspection process.
- Qualify and comply with companies forklift training and operation policies.
- Have knowledge of finished product specifications.
The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing
