Quality Technician - 3rd Shift

Grow Your Career with Thrive Freeze Dry

Thrive Freeze Dry is expanding and becoming one of the largest freeze-dry manufacturers in the world. Conveniently located in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, we are hiring immediately for a full-time

• Position:
  Quality Assurance Technician
• Schedule:
  
  3rd Shift | 5:30 PM - 5:30 AM
• Reports To:
  
  Quality Assurance Supervisor
• Starting Pay: $25.50 - $26.50

Thrive Freeze Dry is expanding and becoming one of the largest freeze-dry manufacturers in the world. Conveniently located in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, we are hiring immediately for a full-time Quality Assurance Technician in our Pet Food Division.

• Position:
  Quality Assurance Technician
• Location:
  
  Ryan Road & I-94, Oak Creek, WI
• Schedule:
  
  3rd Shift | 5:30 PM - 5:30 AM
• Reports To:
  
  Quality Assurance Supervisor
• Starting Pay: $25.50 - $26.50

Thrive Freeze Dry is a leader in the freeze-dried food industry. Headquartered in American Fork, Utah, with operations throughout North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Thrive Foods is leading trends in healthy snacking, nutritious ingredients, and clean-label products across the human food, probiotics, and pet food sectors. As a result, Thrive Foods maintains a blue-chip customer base consisting of food service companies, natural food retailers, and well-known consumer brands.

As our company grows, so do our ambitions. We are team-oriented and committed to safety, food quality, and continuous improvement. Our values are simple and guide everything we do.

• Lead with Integrity
• Treat People Well
• Chase Big Goals
• Do What Matters Most
• Win Together
• Learn & Grow

The Food Service Quality Technician plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, quality, and compliance of food products within our operation. This position is responsible for monitoring, documenting, and supporting quality assurance standards, procedures, and controls to meet internal and external requirements.

The ideal candidate is committed to food safety and quality, continuously seeks opportunities for improvement, and is ready to roll up their sleeves and contribute to a growing team.

• Inspect and sample incoming raw materials, ingredients, and packaging materials to ensure compliance with established specifications and standards.
• Conduct inspections and evaluations of product returns, including customer complaints, rejected products, and incorrectly shipped products.
• Collect samples of incoming materials according to established sampling plans.
• Evaluate collected samples against Thrive Foods specifications and requirements.
• Prepare incoming material inspection reports and non-conformance reports for materials that fail to meet specifications.
• Ensure all incoming material inspection reports are maintained and properly filed.
• Communicate material non-conformances to management.
• Maintain incoming QA sample storage and sample libraries to ensure efficient retrieval.
• Review supplier Certificates of Analysis (COAs) to verify compliance with Thrive Foods specifications.
• Serve as a backup for QA Auditors as needed.
• Support food safety, quality, and sanitation programs throughout the facility.
• Communicate food safety incidents, observations, and opportunities for improvement to leadership and team members.
• In the absence of QA Management, help ensure food safety, quality objectives, and SQF system requirements are met.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in quality control within a field, laboratory, or production environment.
• Experience in food manufacturing or food service is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external customers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Reliable attendance and dependability.

• Maintain a high level of commitment to food safety, quality, and sanitation by understanding and following Thrive Freeze Dry's food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Hold yourself and others accountable to established food safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Communicate food safety incidents, observations, or opportunities for improvement to leadership or team members.
• In the absence of the QA Manager, serve as a backup to help ensure food safety objectives, quality objectives, and SQF system requirements are…