QC Specialist

• Base Pay $25.00 / Hour
• Job Category Corporate Manufacturing Opportunities
• Employee Type Regular Full Time

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud to have been awarded the Great Place to Work certification and recognized as the Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and the Best Workplace to Work in Manufacturing and Production.

We are currently seeking a passionate, dedicated individual to join our team as a QC SPECIALIST
.If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The Quality Control Specialist has broad responsibility for Quality Control auditing of finished goods and manufacturing facilities. This position will also be responsible for database maintenance, troubleshooting, and product disposition, product hold/release authority, quality inspection, investigation, and reporting issues associated with Food Safety and Quality. This position may require the employee to work overtime as needed. Overtime is scheduled based upon individual job responsibilities and the needs of the department.

This position requires employees to receive cross-training in other QC functions to provide backup support as needed.

• Responsible for data entry, managing, and utilizing data information within the company databases.
• Presiding over facilities sanitation practices, performing inspection of equipment, and or manufacturing processes.
• Conformance to GMP guidelines and all company policies/procedures.
• Inspection of Finished Goods, representing Medical Foods, Dietary Supplements, and other high-profile contract customer products.
• Identify non-conforming conditions within the manufacturing environment and in products and materials, based on their compliance with food safety and food quality.
• Responsible for placing non-conforming products and materials or products that do not conform to specifications into hold status.
• Ensure appropriate communication of food Safety and Quality issues with Production Supervisors, Managers, and other facility personnel as required.
• Initiates investigations into the causes of material or product non-conformances, gathering pertinent information (documents, interviews, graphic and physical evidence, etc.) without prompting from the supervisor. Investigates customer complaints with guidance from the supervisor.
• Perform audits in accordance with SQF guidelines:
  Hard Plastic, Processing Line, X-Ray, etc.
• Make suggestions to improve plant safety, food safety, and product quality.
• Make suggestions to increase efficiency and cost savings within the department, and actively participate in implementing one's own or others’ ideas.
• Gather finished good samples per program requirements.
• Provide hands‑on training to plant employees as directed.
• Other duties may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, the individual must maintain confidentiality and be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

The Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum hourly compensation for the Quality Control Specialist is $25.00. Compensation is determined by a candidate’s experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. The actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon receipt of an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed by clicking here.

• 1-3 years’ quality control experience in the food/beverage industry or other food sector industry.
• Internal auditing, CAPA…