3rd Shift QA Lab Technician

Job Description:

• The 3rd shift QA Lab Tech will work 9:30pm - 6:30am.
• Minimum of 2 year degree required
• Minimum of 1 year in Quality Assurance or Lab Tech experience required
• Perform pre-operational line inspections. Support sanitation supervisor to ensure cleanliness, food safety and accuracy of sanitation documentation.
• Perform Pre-Operations Swabs and support environmental sampling, including air and water as required by DCI and/or customer requests.
• Perform ATP bioluminescence testing and maintain Uni-Lite software and equipment
• Provide training and support to sanitation team
• Monitor equipment and structure for food safety risks.
• Complete work orders as needed for areas identified as potential risks
• Assist with equipment “tear downs”
• Perform microbiological testing.
• Perform analytical testing of source and finished products.
• Perform quality audits including: specification verification, date code verification, label verification, quality testing including leaker tests, Oxygen / Carbon Dioxide tests, metal detector verification, SPC weight control verification, and pulling retained samples where required.
• Perform Quality and Food safety inspections on production lines.
• Ability to make decisions and coach non-conformances in production areas regarding quality audits and documentation.
• Monitor first run production for adherence to specifications.
• Assist with programs (e.g. SQF) for food safety, regulatory and quality programs. Including implementation, employee training and documentation implementation.
• Review and perform metal detector checks to ensure adherence to the HACCP program, conduct hands-on training for employees in the proper operation of the metal detectors, and provide metal detector set-up and operation guidance.
• Review work orders, as needed, for product quality requirements and specification changes.
• Review SPC documentation for regulatory compliance.
• Review all quality records for completeness and accuracy, and communicate issue to shift supervisors for follow-up and corrective action.
• Monitor and audit production line cleanliness/ sanitation effectiveness. Monitor footbath function.
• Monitor temperature in coolers. Check/calibrate receiving dock and slice line thermometers and calibrate cooler temperature charts.
• Monitor and perform GMP inspections.
• Assist with customer, third party and regulatory plant inspections, and perform, or assist, with vendor plant inspections as needed.
• Assist in maintaining and monitoring the Hold and Release program.
• Issue and follow-up on raw material complaints to vendors.
• Investigate and assist in response to customer complaints.
• Assist with mock recall exercises twice per year, or at customer request.
• Monitor traceability records for completeness and accuracy. Provides training for employees.
• Write/train/maintain/monitor Quality Assurance policies and programs as required.
• All other job duties as assigned by management.

Required Skills:

• Lab Test
• Documentation
• Quality Assurance
• Data Entry