Quality - Micro & Materials Lead

First Products:
Sauerkraut, Horseradish, Pickles

Hourly manufacturing position

The Kraft Heinz Company is currently seeking Micro & Materials Lead to work at our facility in Muscatine, IA. Ideal candidates must be safety and quality orientated and be willing to work in a team orientated, fast paced work environment. Are you ready to work at HJ Heinz’s longest operating facility and join a team that produces quality products that are amongst over 50 household brands in the U.S.?

This is a place for you to create your career and make a difference!

Muscatine, IA

Pay Range: $32.73 hourly

• 1st shift – Mon – Fri, 6am – 2:15pm
• 2nd shift – Mon – Fri, 2pm – 10:15pm
• 3rd shift – Mon – Fri, 10pm – 6:15am
• Start times can slightly vary depending on department or position

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Additional perks:
  Pet Insurance, (EAP) Employee Assistance Program, etc.
• (HRA) Health Reimbursement Account or (HSA) Health Savings Account
• A shift differential for those who work second or third shift

• Assists with planning and implementing Food Safety programs; such as but not limited to, allergen testing compliance, gluten-free claims, HACCP, Sanitation, QRMP and micro lab compliance.
• Responsible for all testing as associated with the micro lab; such as but not limited to, micro daily sampling, monitoring and testing – YSI, operation of the autoclave and all testing associated with the autoclave, and the incubation process.
• Responsible for the micro equipment maintenance for equipment; such as but not limited to, YSI, Charm, and Pipettor.
• Responsible for air quality testing in the Quality Lab.
• Follow the procedures for testing the incoming water sample, municipal water, and potable water sampling.
• Coordinate completion of pre-and post-op swabbing programs, manage the results, track/trend and assist with CAs.
• Comply with all mandates as relating to the Food Safety programs and micro lab audit requirements.
• Enter results in the computerized systems and manage the results of all the listed and assigned programs.
• Participant of departmental or factory subcommittees.
• Must be flexible to work any shift.
• Inspect and test incoming raw materials per required testing frequency and per plant needs
• Retrieve and verify existence and content of all COAs packaging and ingredients, against Heinz specifications in relevant systems (ARK, Agile, Pantry, SAP, etc.)
• Provide Raw Material expertise factory wide.
• Organize and maintain Corporate provided Label Control logs and corresponding PDFs. Inspect and disposition incoming product labels per factory procedure against logs and PDFs.
• Maintain current Kosher certificates and letters of guarantee for all raw ingredients.
• Inventory all lab chemicals, order chemicals and make up solutions needed for testing. Maintain all chemical within prescribed shelf life.
• Assist with inventory and ordering all lab/QA supplies.
• Maintain Millipore system and provide all users with water from system.
• Send raw ingredients for outside testing per prescribed testing frequency per corporate, customer and internal needs.
• Coordinate packaging updates within facility.
• Communicate within house Procurement, corporate Vendor Quality and Vendors as needed.
• Maintain customer-specific raw ingredient and finished product sample program requirements for factory.
• Work with procurement and manufacturing in packaging material quality and monitoring.
• Update KCS information sheets and ensure they are in the computer for KCS employees to access.
• Take out samples from the QA incubator and run analysis.
• Retrieve water sample, test and send to outside laboratory for additional testing.
• This summarizes the general responsibilities of the job and is not to be considered a detailed description of every duty of the job.
• Other duties as required.

• Must have an excellent work and attendance record.
• Must demonstrate excellent planning/organizing skills.
• Must exhibit attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word,…