QC Checker

Job Type
Full-time
Description
LACTALIS IS OFFERING A $750 HIRING BONUS FOR THIS POSITION To be paid at 90days
Lactalis North America is currently seeking candidates to join our Quality team in Nampa, Idaho.
Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day.
At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.
If you are looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!
Lactalis North America: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.
From your PASSION to ours
The QC Checker provides support to plant operations in maintaining operational quality standards. Responsible for the manufacturing of safe, quality food observing all Good Manufacturing Practices and reporting off-standard or abnormal conditions.
Requirements
From your EXPERTISE to ours
Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Will perform required quality checks for string, fresh mozzarella, shred, sticks, and mozzarella departments. To include such checks as metal detector checks, leaker checks, weight checks, analytical checks, and various other checks to verify product conforms to the product specification.
• When a quality check result does not confirm to requirements, performs necessary rechecks to confirm non-conformance.
• Assist with initiating the hold procedure to control non-conforming product at time of packaging.
• Pull samples from the line per sampling plan for each area to submit for microbiology, chemistry, sensory, shelf life, and/or pathogen analysis.
• Complete screen sort checks as defined in sorting procedure and properly tag product needing additional action to bring to conformance. To notify QA Clerk/supervisor/manager of major defects or patterns of defects in a timely manner.
• Document all quality checks accurately and in a timely manner, including explanation of corrective action taken for any non-conforming quality checks.
• Perform additional tasks such as pulling air samples, hand swabs, and maintenance of our shelf-life library.
• Assist with audits and sensory analysis.
• Ensures policy enforcement.

From your STORY to ours
Qualified applicants will contribute the following:
Education

• High School Diploma required, Associate degree a plus.

Experience

• Experience in food manufacturing and USDA preferred.

Specialized Knowledge

• Ability to analyze, read/draft reports, manuals, and procedures.

Skills / Abilities

• Good data entry skills
• Strong problem solving abilities.
• Basic Math skills (ability to calculate averages).
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal.