Quality Assurance Technician

Medical insurance 100% on us! Great careers start with great benefits! Join the Barrett Petfood family and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical (company paid), dental, vision, a 401(k) with company match, life insurance, health savings account, paid time off, seven paid holidays, employee discounts, complimentary pet food, and fun company‑sponsored events.

As a Quality Assurance Technician in Brainerd, MN, you will play a critical role ensuring quality assurance processes that uphold our commitment to excellence. This onsite position allows you to collaborate directly with a dynamic customer‑centric team. Competitive pay ranges from $20.50–$25.50 per hour, based on experience and shift differential. Embrace the challenge of problem‑solving in a high‑performance culture that fosters creativity and integrity.

• 1st Shift: Mon – Fri 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM
• 2nd Shift: Mon – Fri 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM
• 3rd Shift: Mon – Fri 10:00 PM – 6:30 AM

As a Full‑Time Quality Technician at Barrett Petfood, you will be at the forefront of our commitment to safety and quality control. This role entails conducting comprehensive checks throughout the entire production process, from inspection of raw ingredients and materials to final product. You’ll actively monitor production methods and practices, ensuring every step aligns with our rigorous safety protocols and quality standards.

Your keen eye for detail and problem‑solving abilities will be vital in maintaining our high‑performance culture, while ensuring products meet the expectations of our customer‑centric mission.

• Ensures and verifies that all plant departments and employees are adhering to the quality standards and guidelines of the company.
• Takes samples, tests, records, and reports on basic physical, chemical, and biological properties of ingredients, formulations, packaging, and other associated material, leading to their acceptance, approval, or disposition.
• Actively monitors, teaches, and enforces plant sanitation policies, GMPs, HACCP, and methods for allergen control.
• Prepares, maintains, monitors, and tracks plant documentation.
• Monitors the departmental efficiency, testing and approval times, yields, scrap loss, and other key indicators.
• Teaches, instructs, and leads plant employees in sanitation issues.
• Accurately prepares and maintains all departmental forms and documents and monitors the completion of paperwork by other departments, emphasizing optimum record keeping.

Attention to detail is paramount, as you will be responsible for meticulously examining raw ingredients and finished products to uphold our safety and quality standards. Strong organizational skills enable efficient monitoring of production methods and practices, while computer and mathematical skills are essential for data entry, analysis, and precise measurements during quality assessments. A proactive approach to problem‑solving will enhance your ability to identify areas for improvement and contribute to our innovative, customer‑focused culture.

• Attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• Computer skills
• Mathematical skills

• Prolonged periods of standing and walking through the factory.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds at times.

Salary: $20.50 – $25.50 per hour.

Barrett Petfood is committed to a safe workplace for all employees. In connection with your employment, notice is hereby given that a consumer report and/or investigative consumer report may be obtained from a consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. These reports may contain information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, mode of living, criminal history, credit history, driving and/or motor‑vehicle records, education or employment history, or other background checks.

You have the right, upon written request made within a reasonable time after receiving this notice, to request disclosure of the nature and scope of any investigative consumer report. The scope of this notice and authorization is not limited to the present and, if hired, will continue throughout the course of employment, allowing the company to conduct future screenings for retention, promotion, or reassignment, as permitted by law unless revoked by you in writing.