Quality Assurance Technician

Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician

Job Description

Monitors all quality assurance/food safety activities and makes recommendations and carries out corrections for improving Quality departmental functions. Knowledge of food quality standards and procedures is vital and good attention to detail, strong communication skills & logical thinking. Tests and inspects products at various stages of production process and compiles and evaluates statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform related duties and provide support to the Quality Assurance Management.

• Achieve quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.

• Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

• Perform tests at specified stages in the production process, and test products for a variety of qualities such as temperature, defects, code dates, etc., record results, review records, and reports for accuracy and completion.

• Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.

• Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.

• Complete special projects assigned, work with the project team; help to resolve problems by examining and evaluating data; selecting corrective steps.

• Conduct quality analysis of incoming dry goods for production. Verification of specifications before startup and throughout production processes. Problem solve quality issues with production and other teams. Document key metrics for data analysis. Maintain calibration and logs of all laboratory instruments. Prepare laboratory equipment and solutions. Direct communication with operators and production personnel. General analysis and sampling of production samples. Collect retention samples on shiftily basis.

Hard Skills

Quality assurance

Technician

SOP

Soft Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Logical thinking

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 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

Hiring diverse talent

Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

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.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.