Job Opening: QA
Description
- Position Summary Reporting to the QA Manager, the QA Inspector will oversee quality control activities, ensuring tasks are adequately performed to, customer and regulatory food safety and quality standards.
- The position will be responsible for communication, data collection, and specialized tasks to enhance food safety throughout the facility.
- The QA Inspector will also verify compliance to company food safety and hygiene protocol. Non-compliances discovered in any of these areas are to be communicated to the Production Manager, Maintenance Manager and/or Quality Manager. Position Responsibilities
- Inspect the production and packaging processing area in accordance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Support Line leads and Production Supervisors in quality compliance.
- Performs and oversees the completion of datasheets in Red Zone including sanitation records, production quality monitoring, verifying line clearance and line set up before starting up.
- Be proficient in collecting Adenosine Triphosphate, (ATP), Enterobacteriaceae (EB) and Allergen protein swabs. Use protocols to determine areas to swab and report results in electronic files and/or verbal.
- Ensure proper hygiene is practiced by all employees (procedures, attire, etc.).
- Initiate non-conforming tags for raw and packaging materials, as needed. • Enforce safety guidelines to ensure compliance.
- Interacts professionally with other employees, customers, and suppliers. • Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and departments
- Participate in shift transition meetings.
- Ensure that facilities follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and Global Food Safety Initiatives (GFSI: SQF) guidelines including developing a Food Safety Culture.
- Perform daily sanitation chemical verifications