Quality Assurance Technician - 1st Shift

Job Description

Job Description

A Little About Us
Oats Overnight is on a mission to build a generational CPG brand. Since 2016, our high-protein, drinkable oatmeal has reached over a million customers through direct-to-consumer, and we’re now scaling with all major nationwide retail and club partners. Our goal: become a household brand by leveraging speed, storytelling, and strategy.
We are vertically integrated: we develop, manufacture, and fulfill everything in-house. This operational control allows us to engage customers directly into the R&D process, an initiative where we were first-to-market in CPG. It also makes our brand tangible and real: our factory, our team, and our product pipeline are all part of the narrative.
This is an exciting stage—we are emerging as a significant omni-channel brand and launching new products to capture significant market share across verticals. We want you to help us get there.
Every teammate here has equity because we’re building something big, and everyone plays an important role. If you’re excited about building a brand that does things differently, this is that opportunity.

What’s The Job?
We are seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to join our rapidly growing team and help ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards. This role will be hands-on in supporting operations, conducting inspections, performing testing, and partnering with plant personnel to maintain a safe, consistent, and high-quality product.

Work Schedule: 10-hour shifts, Monday – Thurs 5am - 3:30pm ET (some Fridays)

What You’ll Be Doing, Stop Scanning and Read This Part
Be a food safety and quality champion, assisting Operations in GMP and SOP compliance.
Help ensure compliance with product safety, consistency, and quality standards in alignment with the Oats Overnight Food Safety Plan.
Routinely interact with plant personnel to provide quality and safety-related information.
Perform inspections and real-time sanitation checks using rapid result testing.
Inspect incoming shipments and materials.
Sample ingredients and products using correct sampling techniques.
Maintain records of tests, audits, and other quality procedures to ensure accurate documentation.
Collaborate with other departments to identify and address food safety risks throughout the production process with other food safety team members.
Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and promote food safety throughout the facility.
Perform other related and assigned duties as necessary.

What You’ve Done And Who You Are
1–5 years of experience in food manufacturing or quality assurance.
High school diploma required; some college preferred.
Experience supporting a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
Conscientious, reliable, and detail-oriented.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong organizational and time management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines.
Computer proficiency with MS Office.
Razor-sharp problem-solving skills and the ability to assess and adapt quickly.
Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
Must be able to read and write English.
Flexible, willing, and quick to learn new processes, new technology, and new ways of thinking.

Why You Might Like Working Here
This is going to be fun.
Casual, friendly culture. We’re serious about what we do but don’t take ourselves too seriously.
Every employee has equity.
High growth potential with opportunities to expand.
Free oatmeal. It’s very good.

Why You Might Not Like Working Here
It’s not a cushy job, the bar is high.
We are growing quickly and have a fast-paced work environment.

Physical Demands
Must be able to work with food ingredients, including exposure to food allergens.
Must be able to lift 20–50 pounds occasionally, and/or 10–25 pounds frequently, to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.
Location: inside an air-conditioned manufacturing and warehouse environment.
Prolonged standing and walking, with the ability to walk up to 8 hours.
Required use of hands, fingers, arms, and the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must be able to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Must be able to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.

The Perks
Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life.
Monday – Friday schedule.
Weekly pay.
Stock options — every employee is an owner.
Free, delicious oatmeal.

And last but never least…
We value people who roll up their sleeves and support their fellow team members. We embrace diversity and encourage equal opportunity every chance we get, and we look forward to learning from people whose backgrounds, skills, and perspectives challenge and enrich our own.
Oats Overnight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oats Overnight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.