Quality Control Technician - Food

Nassau Candy is a premier importer, manufacturer and distributor of specialty confections, fine foods, and promotional products.

We are currently hiring an on-site Quality Control Technician who will be responsible for day-to-day technical activities of the Quality Control Department, reporting to the Food Safety and Compliance Manager.

Essential Functions:

• Inbound Vendor COA management, supplier follow up, ensuring all inbound COA are reviewed and compared to the product specs and include necessary testing per the FDA and Ingredient Hazard Analysis.

• Outbound COA’s / COC’s
• Customer COI’s
• Lab Samples & Transmittals
• Glass & Brittle Monthly Inspections – floor / desk
• Monthly Environmental Monitoring Floor / desk
• Annual Potable Water Testing Environmental Monitoring Floor / desk.
• Daily Temperature Monitoring
• Weekly QC Issues LOG
• Review WEEKLY inbound / outbound trailer inspections and breakup records
• Quality Alerts for non-conforming product / suppliers
• Shelf-life studies

• Consumer Complaint Logging and working with Compliance Manager on completing CAPA’s - annual trending per SQF and MRG audit requirements and complaint reduction.
• Support the Food Safety and Compliance manager as needed for all audits: SQF, GMP, Customer and DC/GMP’s, RSPO, FT USA, NON-GMO Project Verified.

1. Verify monthly Status of RSPO certified suppliers.
2. Store Monthly RSPO Invoices / Receiving DOCS / BOMS / Sales.

• Manage the completion of dept. forms, meeting customer supplied deadlines, using necessary internal resources for completion as needed.
• Storage and organization of the scanned production documents until the FoodReady ERP is fully operational.
• Participate in mock recall programs.
• Dept. Purchases / Invoices / Receipts

• Assist with R&D as needed. Portal work as needed.

Special Projects:

• Department Purchases / Invoices / CC Receipts
• Assist VP in all Social Audits, Sedex, Inscpecterio, Wordly
• Fully Support the FoodReady ERP System.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 2 - 4 years of Regulatory / QA experience in a food manufacturing or distribution environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Superior proofreading, organizational, time management and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of food product development and processes, food safety and allergens.

Perks:

• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance, and AFLAC
• Paid Vacation, PTO, and Holidays
• Employee Discounts
• Family-oriented company culture, business casual attire
• And Pet Insurance!

This is an excellent Opportunity to join a well-established and thriving Long Island company!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer