Quality Technician

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Regular Full-Time Technical Knoxville, TN, US

3 days ago Requisition

Woodstream is the largest independent pest & animal control platform in North America, offering innovative brands with industry-leading efficacy and safety.

Quality starts with you! Join our expanding team as a 2nd shift Quality Technician and make an impact from day one.

We have an immediate opportunity for a Quality Technician 2nd shift, Knoxville, TN

At Woodstream, our values drive everything we do:

• Consumer is the Boss – We are committed to listening to and understanding our customers’ needs!
• Invent the Future – Challenge the status quo:
  Think boldly and creatively!
• Execution is Everything – We are committed to deliver with excellence, speed, and accuracy.
• Collaborate Confidently – We trust, respect, and empower each other to win together.
• Play to Win – We’re bold, ambitious, and relentless in our pursuit of success.

Benefits of Working for Woodstream:

• Competitive benefits package including:
  • 401k with Company Match, eligible on First Day of Employment
  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Effective on First Day of Employment
  • Access to Company Paid Penn Medicine Health Clinics
  • Company General Bonus Program
  • Company Paid Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Company Paid Basic Life & Disability Insurance
  • Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Insurance Options
  • Company Paid
  • Legal Assistance Plan Options
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • Pet Insurance
• Stable, growing working environment with a history of 150 years of doing business.
• Opportunity to advance within the company.

SCOPE & BASIC FUNCTION
:

• Responsible for testing raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished products to ensure conformance to all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and company standards.
• Capable of working with minimal to no supervision.
• Able to organize and coordinate multiple tasks and activities.
• Familiar with laboratory methods.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
:

• Inspect, sample, prepare, and evaluate ingredients, components, intermediate products, and finished products for quality parameters in a safe, sanitary, and productive manner and report results.
• Follow prescribed procedures and test methods and evaluate results against specifications.
• Maintain chain of custody for quarantined inventory, including dispositioning in the Net Suite system.
• Interact with Purchasing and Suppliers while managing quality issues and on a regular basis.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

Specific Responsibilities:

• Prepare samples and conduct in-line and off-line testing.
• Conduct calibration and verification activities.
• Inspect and approve incoming materials, including reviewing COA’s.
• Maintain quality documentation and assist in developing and updating
  
  Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs), Work Instructions, and other documentation as requested.
• Inspect equipment, surface, and areas, including preparing samples for microbiological testing.
• Conduct and/or attend training.

General Responsibilities

• Understand and follow all Woodstream and customer policies, safety rules, SOPs, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), good laboratory practices, FDA, and other regulatory requirements (as applicable).
• Maintain positive and professional working relationships with superiors and peers from all departments, and with customers.
• Assist in all other duties/projects as assigned by supervisor and/or management, including but not limited to assisting on production lines.
• Keep all work areas neat, clean, and orderly in compliance with cGMP standards.
• Work in the QC capacity however qualifications, needs, and work volume permit; i.e. work may not be confined to one production facility or area.
• Understand the overall workflow for each area of responsibility.
• Encourage, support, and champion QC requirements and cGMP.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/OTHER SKILLS
:

• Associate degree or higher, preferably in science discipline; equivalent experience may be considered
• Laboratory experience preferred
• Math skills, including algebra, unit conversion, rounding, percentages, and statistics
• Computer skills,…