Quality Tech (167)

## Description

**Job title:***Quality Technician*

**JOB PURPOSE**: The primary role of the Quality Technician is to assure product quality by supporting, monitoring, observing, and testing the food production process, the environment, raw materials, and finished product.

**DUTIES AND RESPONBILITIES:** **\*This is a night shift position\*** Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Follow all Stellar Snacks GMPs and work in a manner consistent with all corporate and regulatory food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements.
• Perform line and finished product testing to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Accurately prepare and process daily paperwork in an organized manner.
• Collect environmental monitoring samples in the manufacturing process as scheduled.
• Maintain sample logs daily to ensure timely testing and tracking of all samples.
• Communicate lab results cross-functionally to ensure consistent product quality and notify staff of any product nonconformities.
• Monitor trends in product sampling for comparison with finished product nutritional information, to report possible process or mechanical issues, and to investigate quality issues or consumer complaints.
• Prepare product or environmental samples using aseptic methods for shipping to third-party laboratories as needed.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in SQF guidelines and other governing bodies for food production.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of QA laboratory.
• Submit samples for shelf-life and nutrition testing.
• Troubleshoot and calibrate laboratory equipment.

**WORKING CONDITIONS:**The characteristics described here represent those an employee counters while performing essential functions of the job:
**This is a night shift position 6pm-6am Sunday-Wednesday**

• Laboratory environment
• Warehouse/production environment
• Work in hot and cold environments
• Noise exposure
• Work near moving mechanical parts
• Chemical hazards
• Biological hazards
• Power/electrical equipment or hazards
• Exposure to food allergens

**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:**Ability to work in hot and cold environments.

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds infrequently.
• Able to work in various positions including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, and bending over for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work with and around food allergens.

**DIRECT REPORT:**QA and Food Safety Director

All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. Stellar Snacks, LLC will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

## Qualifications

**QUALIFICATIONS/Preferred Background**

• English speaking is a must; Bilingual (Spanish and English) is preferred
• Associate’s Degree or Higher Level of Education focused on laboratory studies including Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, or Public Health coursework.
• 3+ years of experience working in a Food Science or Public Health Laboratory.
• Experience writing Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures.
• Qualifications include:
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Proficiency with food production and laboratory equipment.
• Previous quality assurance experience in the food industry.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be able to effectively communicate in English and Spanish (speak, read, and write).
• Ability to work weekends, as needed.
• College or technical school training is desired.
• Knowledge in microbiology or Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is desired.