Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician

Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician I Opportunity Overview

Are you ready to elevate your career in manufacturing operations and be a part of creating the world's best desserts? Dessert Holdings partners with some of North America’s most iconic chains to bring people together to celebrate life’s sweetest moments! Our location in Aurora, CO has an opening for an FSQA Tech I to support our Quality team on night shift.

The Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) Technician I is responsible for verifying product process checks including weights, physical attributes, proper product assembly, PC or CCP, correct packaging, and all quality check points. This position also is responsible for understanding Quality Management Systems including SQF, HACCP, and GMP to ensure safety and quality of employees and products. The job duties include ensuring food safety and quality for Steven Charles products and reporting any issues or threats related to food safety or quality to QA or production supervisor.

• Perform process check verifications such as weight, height, width, length, diameter, and perfect packaging on food samples at established frequency.
• Check all CCP and other preventive controls such as temperature, metal and X-ray detectors timely to ensure food product safety.
• Check the quality check points on different food product lines accurately and at established frequency to ensure compliance.
• Perform product reviews and sensory evaluation for taste, appearance and flavor on the production line.
• Aseptically collect food ingredients and finished food product samples for both microbiological laboratory and retain samples.
• Perform pre‑op inspection on machines right the first time and swabbing to ensure machines are adequately cleaned and ready for production.
• Complete the required daily paperwork and ensure accuracy in data entry.
• Communicate 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.
• Ensure that all work assigned is performed in accordance with written specifications, instructions, and requirements.
• Monitor labels to ensure they meet regulatory and customer requirements such as weights, inkjet, expiration date, lot codes, product identification and other requirements.
• Conduct in‑house basic hygiene, GMP and food safety audits on assigned production lines to ensure compliance.
• Perform all other duties as necessary.

• Ability to interpret and follow SOPs (standard operating procedures), instructions, and Quality Management Software system.
• High School Diploma, GED or prior experience in food safety, quality.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office programs.
• Complete a report accurately.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Available to work on weekends and overtime.
• Experience in a production environment.
• The ability to attend work on time with few absences.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• 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.

Dessert Holdings offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, and 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 other income replacement plans for eligible employees.

Dessert Holdings 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.