What are the responsibilities and job description for the 3rd Shift Senior QA Technician- Woodrow Facility position at Salm Partners?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Monitor & document compliance with USDA-FSIS Regulations including food safety regulations on cooking and chilling, sanitation regulations, and labeling regulations.
- Interpret and communicate customer requirements to production and supporting teams.
- Establish and audit processes to ensure that customer requirements and product specifications are met; review nonconformance issues, conduct root-cause analysis, determine appropriate corrective actions and preventive measures, and assess effectiveness of preventive measures over time.
- In conjunction with Operations personnel and others, design and implement methods/strategies for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
- Oversees Quality Control Program, and reviews non-conforming items, providing corrective actions and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
- Conduct statistical analysis of quality attributes and process measurements; develop data and trend analyses; evaluate trends and communicate findings to management, including but not limited to Salt Analysis, PH and Fat Analysis.
- Perform food safety & quality audits.
- Serve as a QA resource in the new project development process and subsequent new product rollout to production as needed.
- Participate in process validation activities.
- Will be main point of contact for USDA.
- Assist in the resolution of customer complaints.
- Aid in the revision of product specifications, product audits, QA & Food Safety forms & procedures, etc.
- Reviews incoming material non-conformances and contacts procurement department as needed, set’s up JIRA’s for vendor non-conformances.
- Oversee calibration of technical equipment.
- Compile, write, and deliver training material to QA personnel on quality control standards, procedures and activities as needed.
- Support the SQF certification process and ongoing compliance.
- Will need to be able to perform all other Quality checks performed by both operations and QA teams.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
