QA Technician Seasonal Position 1st Shift . Weekends

QA Technician Seasonal Position 1st Shift 7am to 3:30pm. Weekends as needed.

The Meiji Group was founded in Japan in 1916. For nearly a century, it has provided a broad range of products built upon the accumulated knowledge and skills of its talented workforce.

Meiji America Inc., founded in 2011, as the United States division distributes a variety of unique confectionery and snack products including HELLO PANDA™, YAN YAN™ and CHOCOROOMS®. Hello Panda and Yan Yan are fun portable treats that are perfect for on-the-go snacking. Hello Panda has a crème center and a crunchy shell with drawings of cute Pandas enjoying various sports.

Quality Assurance Technician - Seasonal Position (6 months)

POSITION SUMMARY:

Supports food safety and quality throughout receiving, storage, processing, baking, packaging, sanitation, and release for shipping. Properly documents and completes GMP & Absolute Safety Violation reporting, internal audits, sanitation inspections & verification, critical & preventive control verifications, product evaluations, holds of non-conforming materials, and investigations of supplier & customer complaints. Participates in hold investigation and resolution, meetings as required, product reviews, production data analysis, root cause analysis, and identification of corrective and preventive actions.

Maintains laboratory instrumentation, lab procedures, recordkeeping, calibration, 6S, and high level of Good Laboratory Practice compliance.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• 35% - Interacts with Operations, Maintenance, Sanitation and Engineering to investigate and resolve production issues. Participates in daily meetings as required, coordinate’s product evaluation, and facilitates the evaluation and timely closure of non-conforming issues and finished product holds. Provides data analysis, product summaries, and inspection results to management for appropriate product review and disposition.
• 35% - Provides Quality support to the operation through inspection and verification activities. Verification activities include monitoring critical processing information regularly to tie to finished product attributes and characteristics to ensure compliance to Manufacturing Specifications. Inspection activities include observation, measurement, and inspection at key points in the production process (i.e. taste, visual inspection, analytical measurements, and physical characteristics).
• 15% - Facilitates the collection, organization, storage, and retention of the Quality System documentation including Operations paperwork packets, COAs, lab analytical reports, etc. Collects, analyzes, and prepares monthly scorecard data as required as well as Operations and Quality metric tracking.
• 10% - Participates as an active member on continuous improvement projects; 6S teams, Kaizen events, PDCA, Safety audits, Sanitation audits, GMP walks, internal food safety team, etc.
• 5% - Assists with the design, development, implementation, continuous operation/improvement, and maintenance of the Quality Information System.

RESPONSIBILITIES/JOB COMPLEXITY:

• Performs quality support through observation, verification, and inspection at critical processing steps. Tasks may be operator procedure verifications, inspections of equipment and cleaning performance, as well as raw material, in-process product, or finished product evaluations.
• Analyzes key product and process variables/attributes to understand process capability, identify process drift, and effects on finished product quality.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Sanitation to troubleshoot a product defect or processing issue. Participate in the discussion of potential root causes and assist with the implementation of effective corrective and preventative actions.
• All other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITY:

• GED, Diploma, Food Safety/ Quality certification, or minimum 1 year of food industry experience.
• Strong technical acumen - ability to troubleshoot a problem, involve other stakeholders as necessary, and brainstorm potential root causes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Computer skills necessary,…