Quality Technician 2nd Shift

Want to make an impact?

As a Quality Technician reporting to the Quality Supervisor, you’ll be a key player in ensuring every candy we make is safe, consistent, and top-quality. You’ll monitor production processes, inspect materials and packaging, verify procedures, maintain documentation, calibrate equipment, and ensure our formulations, nutritional info, and ingredient statements are accurate. Your work helps keep our products delicious and compliant every day.

Position requires the ability to work overtime. As a result, it may require working varying start times, end times, and weekends dependent on business needs.

• Inspects supplies, raw materials, WIP, and finished products to verify quality standards.
• Reviews formulas to ensure all processing parameters and procedures are in compliance.
• Samples and documents process data to meet product specifications.
• Verifies processing data and makes recommendations if necessary.
• Evaluates and approves all work in progress and finished products.
• Performs basic computer skills including but not limited to Windows, Spreadsheets, and Word Processing.
• Implements statistical methodology to analysis processing.
• Calibrates testing equipment periodically.
• Provides and assists in designing forms for the manufacturing departments.
• Reports all discrepancies to Quality Assurance leadership.
• Coordinates with Operations staff the successful disposition of non-conforming product.
• Supports internal audit programs.

Inherent in each position is a general duty to maintain each respective work area in a safe and sanitary condition. Regular, predictable, full-time attendance is required as an essential function of this position. The employee may be required to perform other such duties within the scope of their employment as may be assigned. The employee must also possess the ability to take direction, follow instructions, work with others, follow work rules and schedules, focus on details, and work flexible hours as needed (including weekends).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• LANGUAGE
  
  SKILLS:
  
  Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
• MATHEMATICAL
  
  SKILLS:
  
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• REASONING ABILITY:
  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• OTHER
  
  SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
  
  Proficiency with MS Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook;
  Redzone, database and ERP system experience preferred. Strong understanding and commitment to food safety and quality; knowledge of HACCP and FSMA standards preferred. Ability to manage time and multitask successfully.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• WORK ENVIRONMENT:
  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and taste or smell work in progress and finished goods. The employee is occasionally required to sit; during product…