What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Specialist position at O-AT-KA?
Job Overview:
O-AT-KA, a farmer-owned cooperative, is committed to delivering high-quality dairy products. We are seeking a skilled Quality Assurance Specialist to support our manufacturing plant's total quality focus. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with company policies, FDA regulations, GFSI initiatives, customer specifications, HACCP, and GMP requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities:
O-AT-KA, a farmer-owned cooperative, is committed to delivering high-quality dairy products. We are seeking a skilled Quality Assurance Specialist to support our manufacturing plant's total quality focus. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with company policies, FDA regulations, GFSI initiatives, customer specifications, HACCP, and GMP requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the development and implementation of quality systems, food safety policies, procedures, and practices involved in the manufacturing process.
- Conduct line processing checks on packaging lines at required frequencies and collect line samples for customer and lab testing.
- Serve as the point of contact for quality concerns with production and lab personnel.
- Participate in area pre-ops, post-cleaning, and master sanitation checks.
- Assist in investigations, including customer, root cause, and internal auditing.
- Perform internal audits, document reviews, and ensure compliance with GMP, Glass-Plastic, and other regulatory requirements.
- Input repair orders and follow up on their completion as needed.
- Coordinate HOLDS, paperwork, Ross transactions, and email communications to ensure product segregation and timely resolution.
- Review re-work from holds prior to release and pull ingredients samples/run testing for product identity.
- Maintain accurate records of environmental monitoring temperatures and humidity levels.
