Food Quality Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Join a team where quality and food safety are at the heart of every product. In this hands on role, you'll play a key part in ensuring products meet the highest quality standards through inspections, testing, and collaboration with production teams. If you're detail oriented, enjoy problem solving, and want to make a direct impact on food safety, we'd love to hear from you.

• Routinely observes production activities to assure consistency and conformance to standards, as well as providing improvement suggestions.
  
• Assists in the effective completion and documentation of daily, weekly, and monthly scheduled tasks as required.
  
• Notifies senior team members when non-conformances are noted, assists with scheduling product evaluations, and assuring proper documentation.
  
• Assists Quality Management with verification and validation by collecting the required data.
  
• Perform required finished product testing and the effective completion of documentation and data entry.
  
• Maintain the condition of the food supplies required for daily operation.
  
• Organize finished product retains Conduct Food Safety Inspections in the production environment (i.e. inter-batch cleaning)
  
• Execute visual chemistry tests on raw materials, water sources, in-process samples, environmental samples and finished products
  
• May be responsible for performing auditing for batch adherence and label and code quality.
  
• Tracking, verification and data entry of raw material specification and COAs.
  
• Informs the team of raw material issues
  
• Operate, maintain and calibrate laboratory instruments as required Ensure compliance of incoming labels and packaging
  
• May complete FSQ related production records to assure conformance to requirements.
  
• Inspect finished product for food safety hazards including foreign material. Filing QA documentation as requested.
  
• Other duties with similar skill, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
  
• Previous experience in food handling, food manufacturing, or a manufacturing environment is preferred.
  
• Customer service experience is welcomed and considered a plus.
  
• Candidates with a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn are encouraged to apply, even if they do not meet every preferred qualification.