What are the responsibilities and job description for the Thermopac Quality Tech position at AMERIQUAL?
This position is responsible for conducting various analyses of in process batch samples and finished goods to ensure that quality products are being produced.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Daily calibration tasks: Verification of aqua titrate, scale, Aqua lab A W, digital/fluke thermometers, and pH meter every four hours.
- Weekly calibration tasks: CEM Smart Machine, Brookfield, and AoAC.
- AoAC: Manual checking of salt against titration, which is done weekly if MRE cheese is running, if not it is done monthly.
- Specific testing, titrable acidities, salt, viscosity, fat, moisture, color and taste, hourly moisture on cheese on each sample, MRE samples every 30 minutes and twice per shift. Complete 24 and 28 hour testing.
- Notifying supervisors when adjustments need to be made.
- Recording results on product lab sheet.
- Files all paperwork in proper place as required.
- Maintain laboratory equipment.
- Keep inventory of any need suppliers and records order supplies
- Record calibration results in calibration book.
- Train other lab technicians as needed.
- Grading of Finished Goods samples
- Making of solutions (nitric acid solution, glacial acid/sodium solution).
- Stocking utensils and solutions needed for the next day, wiping down counter tops, turning off specified lab equipment.