QA Technician

Job Description
Department:
Manufacturing BC
Directly reports to:
Regional QA Manager (Bake Mark Canada)
Indirectly reports to:
General Manager, BC

Purpose of the Job
Ensures that internal customers are satisfied and fulfilled with outputs and responsiveness. Always follows Bake Mark’s guiding principles of Best Practices as both process improvement and cultural attitude.

Continually reviews manufacturing processes to maximize productivity, increase profitability, increase efficiency and improve quality.

Ensures all Bake Mark manufactured products meet Quality Assurance specifications by performing all pertinent quality control tests.

Works on special projects as assigned by the General Manager or Regional Quality Manager.

Principal / Essential Accountabilities
Manufacturing Administration

Ensures all Best Practices – BRC, HACCP, GMP, Food Safe policies, etc. are adhered to at all times

Assists in the preparation and hosting of facility audits, including BRC

Reports all safety, repairs, and maintenance requirements to the General Manager

Ensures the facility is maintained and facility internal audits are performed as per the set procedure, following up on shortcomings in coordination with the Production Supervisor and the General Manager

In coordination with R&D, develops and understands the manufacturing process for each product

Quality Control – Finished Products

Performs all relevant quality control tests on a daily basis to ensure that manufacturing products meet all finished product specifications

Ensures all processes for maintaining records for all QC testing are followed

Ensures all processes for maintaining daily production records are followed

Reviews and adjusts all product processes that affect the specifications of the finished product, where required

Ensures that the ingredients used in the manufacturing operation conform to required standards

Maintains and revises the sampling size and technique for all manufactured products as required

Ensures that lot numbers of ingredients used in the manufacturing operation are recorded and traceable

Produces Certificates of Analysis for manufactured products

Quality Control – Administration

Ensures finished products are stored by date and by product number

Retains samples of all tested manufactured products for a period of three months or as regulated

Orders quality control supplies as required

Works with R&D department as required

Human Resources

Assists in guiding and training all manufacturing staff to ensure adherence to all food safe and GMP policies

Education & Experience

Must have a diploma in Food Science from a recognized institution and/or worked within a manufacturing environment

Must have understanding of manufacturing processes

Must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in written format with all departments

Must be accurate with numbers

Must be proficient in the Microsoft Suite of products, especially Excel and ERP systems

Physical Demands/Work Environment
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Regularly required to talk and hear

Frequently required to taste or smell

Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

Must occasionally lift and/or move up to (25) pounds

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, colour vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus

Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, high precarious places: fumes or airborne particles; and vibration

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation

Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance (Comprehensive healthcare benefits package, with many coverage options at a very low employee cost)

RRSP with Company Match

Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off

Bake Mark is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment, in accordance with the requirements of all applicable state and federal laws, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, age or any other basis prohibited by law.

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