Are you looking for a career at a fast-paced environment, where your hard work and dedication will pay off? Are you a team player, who sets goals in order to get the job done and would like to use your skills to grow with a great company? Look no further…

The Quality Assurance Specialist plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of our food products through meticulous review and analysis of finished product data, creation, and review of certificates of analysis (COA) for product shipments, and management of incoming ingredient documentation. This position also involves providing support for customer requests by assisting in email communication and document uploading. 

Job Duties:

· Review Finished Product Data

· Create and Review Certificates of Analysis (COA)

· Manage Incoming Ingredient Documentation

· Customer Request Support

Key Accountabilities:

· Certificate of Analysis creation, review, and organization

· Data Analysis and reporting

· Continuous improvement in documentation management

· Timely customer communication

Qualifications Include:

· Bachelor's degree in food science, Biology, Chemistry, or related field preferred.

· Previous experience in quality assurance or a related role in the food manufacturing industry.

· Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy in data analysis and documentation.

· Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to interact professionally with internal teams and external customers.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with document management systems preferred.

· Knowledge of food safety regulations and quality standards (e.g., HACCP, SQF, GMP) is desirable.

Physical Requirements & Working Environment

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for prolonged periods of time, as well as walk, bend, kneel, squat, push, and stoop, and occasionally sitting; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move products and materials weighing up to 50 pounds and occasionally ascend/descend ladders to access equipment and machinery. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employees must be able to move about the production and warehouse areas to observe and effectively communicate with team members where noise level is moderate to high.

Work is performed in a production/warehouse environment. While in production and warehouse areas staff will frequently be exposed to grain dust and fine powders that contain common allergens like Wheat, Soy, Milk, Eggs. The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to high, noise protection is required in designated areas of production.

About DakotaMB

With locations in Fargo, ND and St. Louis, MO, DakotaMB is a family-owned business in America’s heartland that has partnered with some of the largest bakeries, snack producers and cereal manufacturers in the world. Our 50 year history is extensive, our experience is impressive and our dedication confirmed by our growing customer base. Although, history and tradition are an important part of our story, they aren’t an anchor on our progress. DakotaMB possesses an unyielding commitment to research and development. We operate without a defined product list, choosing to form close relationships with our customers to create custom solutions.

DakotaMB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of DakotaMB to recruit, hire, train, promote, and administer all other personnel actions, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital status, public assistance, or participation in lawful activity off the employer’s premises during non-working hours which does not directly conflict with the essential business interests of the company, in accordance with applicable laws.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Manufacturing facility
• Office
• Warehouse

Ability to Relocate:

• St. Louis, MO 63127: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person