Quality Assurance Technician

Brief Description As a Quality Assurance (QA) Technician plays a critical role in ensuring our products consistently meet quality and food safety standards. In this hands‑on position, you'll conduct inspections, perform tests, and maintain accurate documentation to support compliant, efficient production. You'll partner with cross‑functional teams to identify issues, drive corrective actions, and contribute to continuous improvement across the facility. Brief Description As a Quality Assurance (QA) Technician plays a critical role in ensuring our products consistently meet quality and food safety standards. In this hands‑on position, you'll conduct inspections, perform tests, and maintain accurate documentation to support compliant, efficient production. You're partner with cross‑functional teams to identify issues, drive corrective actions, and contribute to continuous improvement across the facility. Key Responsibilities Inspect ingredients, packaging, finished products, and processes (visual, sensory, formula verification, grading) to ensure conformance to specifications. Monitor and verify food safety systems: GMPs, sanitation/hygiene (ATP, allergen swabs), HACCP/CCPs, environmental monitoring, allergen control, labeling, and traceability. Calibrate and verify quality inspection equipment in lab and production areas for accuracy and reliability. Maintain and review quality documentation: test records, SOP compliance, hold/release procedures, and corrective action reports. Support root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions to reduce quality and food safety issues. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve quality processes, support new product startups, and manage hold/release with proper labeling and documentation. Support internal and external audits; promptly report food safety or quality issues and recommend corrective actions. Requirements Knowledge of food quality/food safety standards, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and HACCP. Must maintain eligibility to drive on behalf of the company; refer to the Company Driver Policy for more information. Prior lab experience preferred. Understand team-based systems; participation, empowerment, and embedding of accountability. Basic knowledge of the rice industry and/or food manufacturing and processing/production systems. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs; Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint. #J-18808-Ljbffr