Quality Technician

Quality Technician

Join a dynamic team as a Quality Technician in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. This full-time position requires working the 2nd shift from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and every other Saturday, which will be considered all overtime. It is essential that candidates have no food allergies, as the role involves dealing with nuts, dairy, and other allergenic products. The position entails conducting standardized tests on intermediate and finished food products to ensure compliance with standards and regulations related to size, color, and flavor.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct standardized tests on food products to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Perform flavor analysis, which includes tasting products that may contain allergens such as wheat, milk, soy, egg, peanut, tree nut, and sesame.
• Check the metal detector for proper operation and report malfunctions to appropriate personnel.
• Gather retention, microbiological, and control samples from raw materials and finished products.
• Prepare microbiological sample composites and paperwork for laboratory pickup.
• Examine and approve product labels before printing.
• Place products on hold and assist with investigations as needed.
• Complete daily paperwork as assigned.
• Comply with all safety and sanitation regulations including SQF code, Plant programs, HACCP, GMP's, and policies.
• Enforce and report deficiencies in safety and sanitation when appropriate.
• Analyze quality data to identify problem areas and assist in resolving issues affecting quality.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to address quality problems and ensure continuous improvement of processes and methods.
• Obtain environmental samples.

Essential Skills:

• 2 years of college and 1 2 years of experience in quality control or assurance, or
• 4-year high school diploma and 3 5 years of progressively responsible related experience.
• Proficiency in quality inspection, SOP, HACCP, and food industry standards.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience in quality control, quality assurance, and quality inspection.
• Knowledge of HACCP and SOP in the food industry.

Work Environment:

The work takes place in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment, specifically at the Calhoun Road Plant where solid products like cakes are manufactured. The plant is noted for being on the colder side. Employees are encouraged to dress warmly and adhere to safety standards. The work environment is engaging and encourages growth, offering competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits, training, mentoring, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Job Type & Location:

This is a Permanent position based out of New Berlin, WI.

Pay and Benefits:

The pay range for this position is $39520.00 - $49920.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. This is a direct placement role. Benefits will be provided upon start of assignment or earlier if requested by candidate.

Workplace Type:

This is a fully onsite position in New Berlin, WI.

Application Deadline:

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 18, 2026.

About Actalent:

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.