Quality Assurance Tech Lv1 - Midnights

Quality Assurance Technician 1:
The Quality Assurance Technician must comply with all plant GMP, SQF Quality, Safety, Food Safety and Bio-Security procedures. The following list of responsibilities is not inclusive and can/ will be changed/ amended as needed to present our customers and consumers with the highest quality, safety and secured products from Biery Cheese.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Train, coaches, mentors, empowers and develops good GMP practices with all team members.
• Maintains compliance and handles all non-compliance and deviations in a swift manner.
• Monitors packaging (CQP#1) and process cheese manufacturing (CCP#1) operations for quality/ Food Safety compliance issues.
• Properly documents line checks and ensures accuracy in paperwork
• Evaluate line paperwork for accuracy and completeness and file appropriately as needed.
• Develops, advises on and coordinates continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with quality policies throughout all internal departments.
• Assist in preparation as needed for USDA/FDA audits, SQF third-party audits, military, and organic audits.
• Ability to create/maintain and investigate in-house product testing.
• Conduct Sanitation Pre-Op inspections.
• Ability to write/construct and implement SOPs, work instructions and form documents pertinent to establishing and maintaining high standards of functioning in both the laboratory setting and production plant.
• Primary environmental and product sampling responsibility of the Biery Cheese Environmental Program.
• Support production personnel's quality needs on the production line.
• Support bulk cheese grading personnel and be able to allocate bulk cheese based on grading results.
• Complete monthly facility internal audits/ input findings.
• Complete customer COA's on a daily basis/ maintain individual customer COA requirements.
• Ability to conduct daily sensory reviews on our process cheeses (CCP#2).
• Perform weekly air sampling testing/ maintain program/ documentation.
• Assist in "Red Flag" product monitoring and new product launches.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Experience/Skills:

• Skills to provide guidance including leading teams, problem solving, tenacity and integrity.
• Must be able to multi-task and prioritize the completion of tasks with respect to importance/ deadlines
• Must understand HACCP and the key components of a HACCP program
• Must be able to work independently and work efficiently with little or no supervision
• Ability to research and interpret trends and potential compliance risks.
• Ability to collect, analyze and present facts in written and oral communication
• Proficiency in MS Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong technical expertise in food safety, regulatory compliance, USDA, FDA, HACCP, SQF and GMPs

Work Environment:
Work environment involves moderate risks or discomforts which may require special safety precautions working around moving machines in production facilities, Protective clothing or gear such as goggles, gloves and shoes may be required.
Physical Demands:
Work requires some physical strain such as long periods standing and walking in production facility, and lifting of moderately heavy items such as test equipment kits and product cases. Other physical demands include climbing, crouching, and reaching.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)