Apex Systems has an immediate opening for a excellent entry-level career opportunity for recent graduates in the Food Science, Food, & Beverage or Engineering discipline to get their “foot in the door” with a great local company! Internship experience within food manufacturing/QA, GMP regulated environments supporting Quality, Food Safety or Manufacturing is preferred (not required).

Position: QA Specialist (Food Science, Quality, Food Safety, Beverages, Sensory)

Contract: 6 month contract

Pay: $18-20 an hour

Location : Landover, MD

Start Date: ASAP

Hours:

Afternoon Shift: 2pm-12am

Monday-Thursday.

You will be held accountable for:

• Evaluate finished goods line samples that are brought to the lab by running tests for color, moisture, breakage, grind and residual oxygen; do visual check of packaging and code date. Give feedback to operators.
• Prepare samples for tasting by roasting, grinding, set up cups, pouring water. Taste samples and evaluate against standards
• Test samples for moisture, density and evaluate grade; input approval in Roasting Control Room.
• Check on product quality on production lines and in the processing department. Investigate any quality issue or defective product in the Plant. Find product and inspect, coordinate with supervisors.
• Communicate with operations team to resolve issues either through meetings or by tracing problems to their root cause in the Plant.
• Instrument set up, calibration and support
• Data Entry
• Clean up after cupping by washing cups, loading and unloading dishwasher
• Project work: data analysis, procedure writing, etc. (mainly desk work)
• Participate in new product development/sensory evaluation

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree
• Lab experience
• Working proficiency with Microsoft PC-based computing skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and show initiative