Quality Technician - Darlington, WI

Position Overview

Immediate Supervisor: Production Manager, Plant Manager (Functional Reporting)

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Summary: It is the responsibility of the Quality Technician to assist with development, implementation, and maintenance of plant food safety and quality systems in compliance with company, industry and regulatory standards and customer requirements. Conduct laboratory testing on products.

Essential Job Functions

Assist with promotion of quality standards and expectations, execution of accountability of employees, to SQF standards, and implementation of quality and food safety communication and training systems.

Assist with development, implementation, and maintenance of the plant HACCP program.

Assist with plant sanitation, food safety and quality programs per company expectations.

Assist with maintaining SQF 3rd party certification.

Understand the manufacturing process flow and provide support to plant operations regarding any quality, food safety, or sanitation related issues.

Ensure compliance of all quality programs per requirements of company, industry and regulatory standards and customer requirements.

Assist with auditing systems to measure compliance, and facilitate corrective and preventative actions to address non-compliance issues.

Track product quality for conformance to specifications, and other plant quality results, and report results.

Manage specific customer requirements pertaining to finished product quality and food safety, i.e. specifications, certificates of analysis, complaint follow-up and corrective actions.

Assist in the development, maintenance, and verification of plant safety activities to ensure OSHA compliance and promote safety awareness and accountability throughout the facility.

Conduct laboratory composition and microbiological analysis of in process and finished product.

Perform all other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

Excellent communication and organizational skills needed to manage multiple priorities and work well in a team based environment.

Good PC skills with working experience using Word, Excel or other spreadsheet and network experience.

Excellent data management skills.

Must be able to verbally communicate, understand and write in the English language.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand or walk for prolonged periods of time. The employee will be required to operate a computer and keyboard; have visual acuity to review written documentation; ability to hear and understand speech; manual dexterity to operate a telephone; lift horizontally and vertically up to 25 pounds at a time, bend and stoop.