Quality Assurance and Control Technician

Are you ready to join a fast-growing, innovative company looking to revolutionize global health?  Are you looking for a company that offers competitive pay with employee benefits that are available upon hire?  Do you want to work for a company who promotes from within?  Do you want to be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about improving the lives of people and pets by delivering premium, healthy products through world-class research, innovation, and manufacturing?  If so, we want to hear from you!  

At Vireo Resources, we are seeking a talented Quality Assurance and Control Technician who shares our vision and wants to help us fulfill our mission!   

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Quality Assurance and Control Technician is an attentive and team-oriented individual who will perform a variety of tasks ensuring that manufactured products meet the highest standards of quality.  The QA Tech assures consistent quality of production by developing and enforcing good manufacturing practice (cGMP), enforcing HACCP principles, enforcing SQF (food safety management system) codes; validating processes; and providing documentation.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Achieves quality assurance by enforcing policies and procedures (FDA, USDA, SQF, OSHA, NSF)
• Prepares and updates SOP’s, Policies, active participation in all internal and external audits
• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Meets quality assurance by initiating corrective actions.
• Validates quality processes by writing and updating quality assurance procedures (SOP’s)
• Maintains and improves product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance, and surveillance audits.
• Monitors execution and results of regularly-scheduled monthly, biannual, and annual audits and testing necessary for maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.
• Performs regular in-house equipment calibration and verification; maintains equipment calibration records and ensures calibration via third-party organizations is performed per procedure.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

• Troubleshoot problems with manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Monitor and optimize process parameters and production costs.
• Performs equipment qualification testing to validate machine effectiveness and demonstrate reliable production of quality product.
• Initiate investigations and gather initial information to assist with customer complaints, process or product deviations, and equipment issues. Assist with collection and submission of samples to third party labs as needed to facilitate business needs.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2-4 years of previous Food safety/Quality experience in an FDA-regulated company.
• Ability to Lead, Manage, and hold Accountable direct and indirect reports to ensure established practices and policies are followed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and organize information coming from multiple sources and to quickly make decisions.
• Adherence to Vireo’s Core Values: Kind and Grateful, Resilient and Results Oriented, Honesty and Integrity, Collaborative, Kuality People Doing Quality Work Computer proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Must be able to sit/stand for 8-10 hours 
• Must be able to lift up to 60 pounds
• Occasionally be available to work non-standard hours.

COMPENSATION BENEFITS

• Base salary starts at $18.00/hr bonus based on company and personal performance
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Supplement insurance programs with company assistance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time off, Paid Holidays
• Shift differential for 2nd and 3rd shift

Salary : $18