Quality Assurance Technician

Hickory Harvest Foods, located in Akron, OH, is a 3rd generation family owned business. Hickory Harvest Foods is a leading provider of products to retailers in the multi-billion dollar and growing healthy snacks sector.

SUMMARY: Monitor production floor with periodic safety and quality checks. Oversee product change overs and performs swabbing. Monitor product safety and quality through periodic HACCP checks and visual and sensory inspections of products.

Training Schedule (first two weeks): 8:30a-5:00p

After Training: 5a-1:30p

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Holds responsibility for Food Safety and holds authority to initiate action regarding Food Safety.
• Take and log production retains
• Inspect, sample, and document inbound deliveries
• Take samples for EMP program-weekly
• Perform specified analysis and testing
• Manage the Hold and Release Program
• Executes Positive Release Program
• Ensure finished product meets or exceeds expectations and customer specifications
• Ensure that all food safety/quality policy and practices are being followed
• Enforce GMP policy adherence with entire team
• Report all major issues and non-conformances to management
• Manage sensory programs such as Daily Production Review and Product Cutting
• Pre-Operational checks
• Scale verification checks
• Hourly checks- metal detector checks, nitrogen testing, water testing for leaks, sensory checks, other package quality checks
• Initiates and completes foreign material investigations as needed
• Cleaning verification and equipment sign off
• Allergen swabbing
• GMP compliance monitoring
• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to data entry and other production projects.

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience:

• 1-2 years’ experience in production environment, preferably food processing or pharmaceutical

Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Critical thinking
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel

RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to the Quality Assurance Manager
• Works closely with Production, Customer Service, and Warehouse

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, reach, stretch, stoop, bend, and use hands and fingers. This position requires the employee to be able to read, write, and communicate orally in English. In addition, the employee must be able to hear and have color vision.

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PROVISION TO COVER DURING ABSENCE:

· Duties will be performed by Quality Assurance Manager, Label & Sample Technician, or Team Leads.

Job Type: Full-time

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Quality assurance: 1 year (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $32,700 - $41,400