QA-Backup

Job Summary: This position is a shared position. The primary duties are as a general labor employee in production. This position will fill in as a QA Technician when needed. Oversee the production process, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Prior food service industry experience is a plus.
• Must have good written, verbal, and math skills.
• Must be highly detail orientated.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for daily QA function within a food processing plant.
• Daily, perform a pre-operational sanitation checklist for buildings A, B, C, and D
• Perform an operational sanitation checklist for buildings A, B, C, and D for the duration of each production day.
• Monitors production compliance to HACCP Plan
• Perform ATP test after deep cleaning procedures and after allergen productions. Determine conformance or nonconformance and take corrective action when necessary.
• Check traceability records compared with actual lot numbers and correct any discrepancies.
• Periodic audit of Recipes to see if followed.
• Periodic line studies to pinpoint sources of increased micro count on product.
• Collect and maintain reference samples for all products manufactured daily for freezer storage.
• Collect records from the previous day's production.
• Check the thawing process and document.
• Check all temperatures around the facility and record on the Daily Temperature Log sheet and Pre-shipment HACCP record (2x Daily- am. / p.m.)
• Take aseptic raw material and finished good samples for microbiological analysis.
• At least every hour makes a production inspection for (if specifications are met):
  • The thickness of the dough
  • Raw product integrity
  • Internal product temperature (when applicable).
  • Organoleptic inspection.
  • Cooling tank operating
  • Product condition after the freezer
  • Packing machine operation, package seals
  • Proper film bag, bag code date
  • Box label and code date
  • Metal detector
  • Weight
  • Employee dress
  • Floor area
  • Monitor all areas of production
  • Water pick up when doing Precooked items.
  • Perform pH testing and Bostwick (Sauce plant)
• When product is out of specification, put product on HOLD following SOP.
• When Metal Detector rejects product, QA must inspect product following SOP
• Check sanitizer concentration once a week.
• Check soap concentration once a week using a test kit.
• Basic computer knowledge, ERP system, Microsoft Excell, Microsoft Words, PowerPoint

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma preferred; some college coursework or an associate's degree in Food Science, Biology, or Chemistry is desired but not required.

Literacy:

• Ability to understand documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence