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Form of workFood Safety & Quality Tech II
On-Site Job | 3rd Shift
10:00PM to 6:30AM
$20.50 Hourly
10:00PM to 6:30AM
$20.50 Hourly
Why should you join our team?
Steven Charles is part of the rapidly growing Dessert Holdings Family, offering potential career growth opportunities. Dessert Holdings is North America’s fastest growing premium dessert company, recognized for providing retail and foodservice customers with chef-inspired innovative desserts made with real ingredients, a flexible and low-cost supply chain, and best in class service. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, it is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: Steven Charles, The Original Cakerie, Lawler’s Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company and most recently, Dianne’s Fine Desserts. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.
The company employs approximately 3,000 people across eight manufacturing facilities and its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The manufacturing facilities are geographically dispersed, with two facilities in Canada and one each in Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina.
Our location in Aurora, CO has an opening for a FSQA Tech I.
Your Day to Day
- Performs process check verifications such as weight, height, width, length, diameter, perfect packaging etc on food samples at established frequency
- Checks all CCP and other preventive controls such as temperature, metal and X-ray detectors timely to ensure food product safety.
- Checks the quality check points on different food product lines accurately and at established frequency to ensure compliance.
- Performs product reviews and sensory evaluation for taste, appearance and flavor on the production line.
- Aseptically collects food ingredients and finished food product samples for both microbiological laboratory and retain samples.
- Performs pre-op inspection on machines right the first time and swabbing to ensure machines are adequately cleaned and ready for production
- Completes the required daily paperwork and ensure accuracy in data entry.
- Communicates to leads and supervisors when product is outside of established limits. Follow instructions for increased monitoring or holding of product until the defect is corrected or reworked.
- Ensures that all work assigned is performed in accordance with written specifications, instructions, and requirements.
- Monitors labels to ensure they meet regulatory and customer requirements such as weights, inkjet, expiration date, lot codes, product identification and other requirements.
- Conducts in-house basic hygiene, GMP and Food Safety audits on assigned production lines to ensure compliance.
- Supports QA lead or designee in during quality issue investigations.
- Performs weigh scale calibrations daily or at set frequency.
- Ensures accuracy of data entry by other techs at the end of the day.
- Fills QA data on the customer portal.
- Performs all other duties as necessary.
What You Bring to the Team
- Ability to interpret and follow SOP’s (standard operating procedures), instructions, Quality Management Software system.
- High School Diploma, GED or Food Safety, quality experience
- 1 or more years of QA experience in food manufacturing environment.
- Able to work in 3rd shift (10:00 pm to 06:30 am)
- Ability to use Microsoft Office programs
- Complete a report accurately.
- Strong attention to details
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Intermediate computer skills
- Available to work on some weekends and overtime
Preferred
- Experience in a food manufacturing environment
- The ability to attend work on time with few absences
- Display strong work ethic and positive attitude
- Adaptable and dependable with ability to follow direction and work in cooperation with others
- Must maintain a helpful and professional attitude and appearance
Benefits
Steven Charles offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan. Steven Charles sponsors a 401 (k) plan which includes company match. Steven Charles offers paid vacation, holidays, and provides wellness/sick, bereavement leave, and others income replacement plans for eligible employees.
Steven Charles offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan. Steven Charles sponsors a 401 (k) plan which includes company match. Steven Charles offers paid vacation, holidays, and provides wellness/sick, bereavement leave, and others income replacement plans for eligible employees.
EEO Statement
Steven Charles provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Contact HR if you have any questions.
