Beverage Industry - Quality Technician Floater

Beverage Industry
- Quality Technician Floater

Job Category: Quality

Requisition Number: BEVER
001719

• Full-Time

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Douglassville, PA 19518, USA

Sunny Sky Products
- Douglassville is a leading aseptic beverage manufacturer located in Douglassville, PA. We specialize in processing shelf-stable dairy, coffee beverages, and coffee creamers. Our company is rapidly growing and is seeking passionate people to join our team.

We are looking for a Quality Technician Floater to support our Quality Assurance department by performing laboratory equipment calibrations and verifications, maintaining QA inventory and supplies, conducting environmental monitoring, reviewing CIP documentation, completing daily QA/PRP walkthroughs, supporting PDA and regulatory sampling, managing product retain samples, and assisting with quality documentation.

This position is based in a manufacturing plant environment and may involve exposure to loud noise, heavy machinery, and varying temperatures.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct daily QA/PRP walkthroughs and leak checks.
• Perform calibration and verification of QA/laboratory equipment, including thermometers, refractometers/Brix equipment, pipettes, and pH meters.
• Maintain accurate calibration records and identify equipment approaching its calibration due date.
• Coordinate the repair or replacement of malfunctioning QA equipment.
• Maintain QA and laboratory inventory, including reagents, standards, test strips, swabs, sample containers, and laboratory supplies.
• Monitor inventory levels, order supplies, and check expiration dates.
• Perform scheduled weekly environmental monitoring swabs and assist with monthly pathogen environmental monitoring.
• Prepare, label, document, and coordinate shipment of environmental and other regulatory samples to outside laboratories.
• Collect sugar and raw material samples as applicable.
• Review CIP documentation and print and organize applicable CIP trends.
• Verify required CIP parameters and documentation are complete.
• Assist with sanitation pre-operational inspections.
• Collect monthly milk samples and complete applicable PDA/regulatory documentation.
• Maintain records for block heaters, calibration strips, laboratory refrigerators/freezers, and other QA equipment.
• Collect, organize, and maintain product retain samples.
• Assist with pulling retain samples for investigations and customer complaints.
• Assist Quality and Laboratory Technicians with routine testing, sampling, documentation, and other QA support as needed.
• Assist with identifying and segregating product placed on hold.
• Assist with follow-up investigations for unacceptable environmental monitoring results.
• Create and update SOPs and work instructions as assigned.
• Assist with reviewing and trending environmental, laboratory, GMP, and other QA data.
• Maintain clean, organized, and sanitary QA and laboratory areas.
• Support Quality Assurance coverage across departments and shifts as needed.
• Perform other duties and quality-related responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate degree or coursework in a science-related field is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate record-keeping skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical and regulatory information.
• Basic mathematics and laboratory calculation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and computer systems.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and stand/walk for extended periods.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to loud noise, heavy machinery, and varying temperatures.

Experience:

• 1+ year of experience in a…