QA Technician

About our Organization:

We are the WOW flavor behind some of your favorite meal experiences. We are the partner to some of the most well-known names in food, food service, and retail. You will find our products on fast-casual menus, frozen meals, retail deli, meal kits, and RTE bagged Salads.

We co-create and supply our partners with hot-cooked products including sauces, cheese sauces, soups, chilis, and marinades. Our cold-processed products include dressings, sauces, spreads, and batters. We are a fast-growing food organization with 2 production facilities in So Cal and 1 facility in the East Coast.

Safety and Quality:

Stir Foods employees are committed to safety and quality. We adhere to, promote, and improve quality and safety policies and practices within the department and throughout the facility. Safety and quality are at the forefront of our culture.

Job Purpose:

Quality Assurance Technician is responsible for carrying out SOP's related to Food Safety and Quality. This includes document control, scanning documents, filing, data entry, lab work, and production floor presence.

Job Functions:

• Pre-Op and operational sanitation plant inspection.
• Perform ATP and environmental swabs.
• Perform chemical and physical analysis of products in-process and finished items as needed: PH, AW, TA BX, Consistency, Viscosity, color, organoleptic as necessary.
• Check plant equipment calibration thermometer, and scales.
• Manage laboratory equipment, materials, and procedures, and implement operational safety guidelines.
• Calibrate Lab Equipment
• Plant verification temperatures: coolers freezer, processing room, and warehouse.
• Ensure conformance to specifications: daily formula and specifications performance review, and daily processing and packaging process reviews.
• Raw material, work in-process and finished products inventory rotation verification.
• Daily metal detector verification.
• Label verification and approval.
• Daily review and reconciliation of all QA/QC records, including HACCP, Net Weight, etc
• Prepare and distribute HOLD reports.
• Compile information and create reports.
• Data entry, Deacom (ERP) QC Checks, Holds, and Release.
• Interface with the USDA inspectors: Report immediately any discrepancies. Recommend corrective actions.
• Recommend preventative measures.
• Daily employee hygienic practices audit.
• Recommend and enforce corrective and preventative measures to improve plant sanitation, employee hygienic practices, and product safety standards.
• Assist the QA Manager in continuous improvement efforts and follow up on corrective actions and implementation.
• Ensure that all department personnel are using proper procedures, work instructions, forms, tools, and equipment established for the jobs they perform.
• Keep QA Manager informed about problems and opportunities for improvement.
• Create and maintain accurate inspections files and prepare reports summarizing inspection results.
• Employee training, promote, and ensure the hygienic handling of product and other sanitary requirements including HACCP, SSOP's and GMP's to ensure cleanliness in the preparation and handling of edible product.
• Daily employee hygienic practices audit.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Skills:

• Knowledge of ERP, WMS, is preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite is needed
• Perform duties with minimum supervision.
• Ability to demonstrate good communication skills in English and Spanish.

Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience in the field of Food Manufacturing.

Education: High School or GED, HACCP certification preferred.

We are EEO.