Quality Technician

 JOB SUMMARY: Provide support and direction to quality efforts for the Love Beets Production facility acting as primary technical consultant to the Technical Manager and other department managers. Manages the plant quality activities to ensure compliance to Love Beets procedures and specifications. Act as primary contact with government regulatory agencies and corporate quality. The primary responsibility is to oversee all aspects of quality assurance and to ensure compliance regulations under FDA, USDA, HACCP, GMP, SQF, and company quality policies by performing specific duties.

Location: Rochester, NY

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

35%

  • Develop and/or maintain Quality Improvement policies and procedures that meet legal requirements and standards.
  • Provide leadership and support in establishing and directing the Quality Improvement Program for the plant, through auditing and working closely with the team.
  • Facilitate, integrate and/or coordinate the development, design, implementation and evaluation of identified quality improvement activities.
  • Supervise workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure conformity to GMP’s and maintain high productivity and technical integrity.

35%

  • Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products, responsible for the implementation, verification and validation of the SQF program.
  • Provide technical and statistical expertise to teams.
  • Formulate, document, and maintain quality control standards and on-going quality control objectives including the company’s quality inspection and product release programs for incoming, in-process and finished goods.
  • Participate in various evaluations, audit, plant inspections and quality system audits.
  • Coordinate objectives with production procedures in cooperations with other plant managers to maximize product reliability and minimize cost.
  • Create, document and implement inspection criteria and procedures.
  • Interpret quality control philosophy to key personnel with company.
  • Provide and oversee, inspection activity for product throughout production cycle.
  • Interact with customers and vendors to ensure quality of all purchased and sold products.
  • Design, develop, and implement Food Safety and quality control training programs for all plant personnel.

30%

  • Analyze non-conformities and quality problems to determine root cause and implement corrective action including addressing customer complaints.
  • Develop robust KPI’s to track and report on quality incidents and to measure performance improvements.
  • Report food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
  • Actively organize and review process for continuous improvement.
  • Manage QA budgetary.
  • Ensure the maintenance and calibration of the laboratory equipment.
  • Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

  • High School diploma; Associates or Bachelors degree preferred in Food Science/Technology or related scientific discipline.
  • Minimum of 3 years of equivalent work experience in a similar capacity, preferably in a Food and Beverage manufacturing environment.
  • SQF Practitioner with prior experience implementing, verifying and validating SQF program.
  • 2-5 years supervisory experience.
  • Demonstrated experience developing quality policies and procedures, including quality measurement, root cause analysis and problem resolution.
  • Must have strong analytical skills and knowledge of statistical tools.
  • Prior experience utilizing equipment such as refractometer, salt titrator, acid titrator, PH meter, color meter and consistometer, various gauges, and torque meters.
  • Prior direct experience with FDA and other regulatory agencies strongly preferred.
  • Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; Oracle experience desirable.
  • Must have high analytical aptitude and ability to work in a fast paced environment.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication (written/oral) and team-based skills are essential.
  • Must be able to work across department and build relationships with other departments to drive continuous improvement.
  • Must keep up with fast-paced work environment and record data as required in an accurate and timely manner.

Pay Rate: Commensurate with experience.
Hours: Monday – Friday A-Shift/Days.  Will need to be available for B-Shift hours.

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