Quality Control Technician

Job Details

Job Title:

Quality Control Technician

Location:

Enfield Farms, Inc.

- Lynden, WA 98264

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $19.25 - $21.25 Hourly

The Quality Control Technician is responsible for ensuring established food safety and quality standards are consistently met. This role performs product grading, quality checks, and production monitoring activities to verify compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications. The QC Technician evaluates samples, utilizes computers and iPads to accurately document inspection results, and communicates findings to the Quality Leadership Team.

All employees are expected to adhere to and actively promote Enfield Farms’ food safety standards, continuous improvement initiatives, and company values.

• Collect and inspect fruit samples and packaging materials to ensure compliance with USDA and customer specifications
• Accurately record inspection results and quality data in required paper and electronic documentation systems
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment in accordance with 5S principles:
  Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain
• Communicate clearly and effectively with supervisors, managers, line operators and production employees
• Monitor and document production practices accurately in real time
• Ensure that Good Manufacturing Practices for self and employees are strictly enforced and correct/report non-conformances as required
• Stock and maintain lab and production floor supplies, including personal protective equipment, soap, sanitizer stations, and paper towels
• Maintain a high standard of quality by verifying work for accuracy and completeness
• Promptly document and report any food safety/quality concerns to Food Safety Team
• Participate in all required annual, departmental, and job-specific training
• Conduct x-ray/metal detector and check weigher verification checks
• Collect shelf life and retain samples to send out to a third-party laboratory for pathogen and microbiological testing

• Relevant experience or degree
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Strong communication skills
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Ability to become competent in all relevant work instructions and product specifications within 30 days

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in cold (non-weather) conditions and in moderate to loud environments (hearing protection required). The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts. Expect to work in teams and independently.

Employee is required to stand and walk for long periods of time. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently bend, kneel, extend and walk upstairs. The employee occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds and infrequently up to 40 pounds.

Position Type:
Full-Time, Year-Round

Work Hours:

(Mon-Sat)

AM Shift: 4:30 AM – 2:30 PM

PM Shift: 2:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Overtime:
Required based on production needs

El Técnico en Control de Calidad es responsable de garantizar que se cumplan de forma constante los estándares establecidos de seguridad y calidad alimentaria. Este puesto realiza la clasificación de productos, controles de calidad y actividades de monitorización de la producción para verificar el cumplimiento de las políticas de la empresa, los requisitos regulatorios y las especificaciones del cliente. El Técnico Control de Calidad evalúa muestras, utiliza computadores y iPads para documentar con precisión los resultados de las inspecciones y comunica los hallazgos al Equipo de Liderazgo de Calidad.

Se espera que todos los empleados cumplan y promuevan activamente los estándares de seguridad alimentaria, las iniciativas de mejora continua y los valores de la empresa de Enfield Farms.

• Recoger e inspeccionar muestras de fruta y materiales de embalaje para garantizar el cumplimiento del USDA y las especificaciones del cliente
• Registrar con precisión los resultados de inspección y los datos de calidad en los sistemas de documentación en papel y electrónicos requeridos
• Mantener un…