What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Coordinator -3rd Shift position at Wise Foods?
3rd Shift Quality Assurance Coordinator
Hours -12am-8am
The Quality Assurance Coordinator is primarily responsible for ensuring that all products produced in and shipped from our facilities are done so according to food safety and quality standards. They also ensure coordination and communication between the production and quality departments on their shift.
Duties And Responsibilities
Ensure & Monitor Production Quality:
Wise Foods Inc. is a leading producer of salty snacks with a long heritage. Founded in 1921, Wise is a brand of tradition and authenticity that consumers have come to know and trust over the last 100 years. Since our inception, our iconic brand has symbolized great tasting snacks for many generations of consumers including potato chips; cheese flavored baked and fried corn snacks, tortilla chips, pretzels, popcorn, corn chips, onion rings and other assorted snacks. We market our products under some of the most recognizable brand names in the salty snack industry, including Wise, Cheez Doodles, New York Deli and Bravos. We also produce private label products for a number of retailers. Products are distributed using a direct-store-door ("DSD") delivery and merchandising system and sold in major grocery retailers, neighborhood markets and urban bodegas, as well as established retailers in the mass, convenience store, drug, food service and club channels. Wise Foods is fully owned by Arca Continental, the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. We invite you to explore growing your career with Wise!
Hours -12am-8am
The Quality Assurance Coordinator is primarily responsible for ensuring that all products produced in and shipped from our facilities are done so according to food safety and quality standards. They also ensure coordination and communication between the production and quality departments on their shift.
Duties And Responsibilities
Ensure & Monitor Production Quality:
- Check Machines for correct product in bags
- Check bag codes & labels
- Check that correct cello is used
- Check for correct BIP in bag
- Ensure the correct bag weight
- Inform production and warehouse management when products are out of compliance and take the necessary steps to make sure product is placed on HOLD for further evaluation.
- Work with QA technicians on monitoring quality levels (for example, seasoning readings)
- Monitor proper registration and seals on packaging.
- Verify equipment setup is correct (seal checkers, seasoning programs, etc.)
- Make sure metal detectors are working according to procedures
- Audit product samples
- Ensure correct swabbing is done between Allergens
- Ensure machines and lines are properly cleaned.
- Train employees on quality practices
- Ensure employees understand product standards
- Complete metal detector verifications with production operators
- Communicate Quality Holds to production and Management
- Ensure monthly swabbing is done on every machine
- Inspect all production areas weekly for non-conformance & document findings
- Carry out inspections to ensure food safety standards are maintained plant wide
- Associate Degree in Food Science or Science related degree preferred
- 2 years working in food processing or quality control.
- 1 year of experience in food manufacturing preferred
- Working knowledge of Food Safety Standards, HACCP, Kosher, and GMP.
- Strong computer use / knowledge of Microsoft (Excel, Word)
- Effective written, verbal and interpersonal skills
- Physically be able to navigate throughout plant / industrial environment without impediment
Wise Foods Inc. is a leading producer of salty snacks with a long heritage. Founded in 1921, Wise is a brand of tradition and authenticity that consumers have come to know and trust over the last 100 years. Since our inception, our iconic brand has symbolized great tasting snacks for many generations of consumers including potato chips; cheese flavored baked and fried corn snacks, tortilla chips, pretzels, popcorn, corn chips, onion rings and other assorted snacks. We market our products under some of the most recognizable brand names in the salty snack industry, including Wise, Cheez Doodles, New York Deli and Bravos. We also produce private label products for a number of retailers. Products are distributed using a direct-store-door ("DSD") delivery and merchandising system and sold in major grocery retailers, neighborhood markets and urban bodegas, as well as established retailers in the mass, convenience store, drug, food service and club channels. Wise Foods is fully owned by Arca Continental, the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. We invite you to explore growing your career with Wise!