What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Technician 1 position at Latitude 36 Foods?
Position Summary
Under the direction of the Quality Assurance Supervisor and the Quality Assurance Manager, the QA Technician has the responsibility of performing production line checks, ensuring GMP’s are being followed, and ensuring the quality of both in process component packaging as well as finished products
Required Qualifications
- Minimum formal education: High School Diploma
- 1 year of high-speed production experience
- Effective communication skills
- Basic computer skills including ability in MS Office Products (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
Preferred Qualifications
- Bi-lingual (English and Spanish a plus)
- Ability and willingness to follow Standard Operating Procedures
- Ability to receive written and verbal directions
- Ability to understand general work processes
- Detail oriented, excellent record keeping and documentation
- Responsible, reliable, attention to
- Familiarity and understanding of Critical Control Points (CCP’s), SOP’s and Quality
- Familiarity with ingredients, processes and finished product
- Understand and follow all GMP’s.
Responsibilities
- Monitor daily operations as assigned to ensure compliance with established procedures, customer specifications and/or Work Order
- Find and report unusual quality conditions to Quality Department management employees for
- Ensure adherence to company employee safety, food safety and GMP
- Inspect machinery to ensure proper cleaning has occurred when
- Help in managing retain sample inventory
- Assists QA Tech I, Lead, and Supervisor as
- Ensure prevention of below standard raw materials are held and removed from available inventory
- Responsible for reporting Quality Concerns for non-conforming raw materials,
Physical Requirements
- While performing the duties of this Job, the team member must regularly talk and hear
- The team member must often stand, walk, sit, and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms
- Sample collection requires technicians to combine products into a basket and transport them back to the Quality Control
- Ability to lift 25 pounds
- Ability to work in cold environment
Latitude 36 Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we take great pride in our diverse and talented workforce. We are looking for diversity in candidates for employment. We recognize that our continued success depends on the collective strengths of our associates.
