Quality Assurance Associate

This role will start out at $17.00 per hour. The shift will be 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday‑Friday with alternating Saturdays. Job Summary Responsible for inspecting the product to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed. Responsibilities Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects. Conduct daily walk‑throughs of assigned coolers to check the quality of the product and identify any quality issues. Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date. Remove any distressed product, determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded. Rework all distressed/damaged products. Communicate quality issues to buyers, management, and associates; report all lost product or transfers. Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled. Inspect product on production lines; identify issues and notify line leads. Identify products according to size, origin, and count. Decision Making Authority Most important decisions made fully independently: Identifying quality issues, removing the distressed and damaged product. Most important decisions made with review and approval of other individuals or supervisors: All work is regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager. Qualifications Education Prefer High School or GED. Experience A minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred). Skills Ability to operate warehouse power equipment. Ability to interact with others in a professional manner. Good verbal and written communication skills. General understanding of the shipping procedures of a high volume warehouse operation. Solid understanding of produce varieties handled in a wholesale operation. Physical Demands and Work Environment Eliminated Produce QC Inspector title. Some stooping and bending required. Ability to manually inspect produce efficiently for periods of up to or exceeding eight (8) hours. They must be able to move around the work area freely. Frequent lifting of the product up to 50 lbs. during the shift; infrequent lifting up to 80 lbs. #J-18808-Ljbffr