Quality Control Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Labor Solutions is seeking a Quality Control Technician responsible for inspecting, weighing, sorting, and sampling raw, in-process, and finished baked goods to ensure compliance with customer specifications and food safety standards.

Pay Rate: $20.00 /hr
Training Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Must be open to weekend shifts as needed)
Training Period: Typically, 1–2 months, depending on candidate performance

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Enforce adherence to all food safety and quality standards

• Follow sanitation and personal safety requirements

• Inspect, weigh, sort, measure, and sample products for conformance

• Record inspection data (weights, measurements, temperatures, quantities)

• Maintain receiving and shipping documentation related to quality

• Monitor critical control points (e.g., metal detection)

• Report and investigate foreign object issues

• Conduct daily quality control audits at established intervals

• Monitor and control ongoing processes

• Perform temperature control checks and verify inspection tools

• Label products as accepted, rejected, or on hold

• Communicate production issues to supervisors promptly

• Discard or hold non-conforming products

• Collect samples for testing when required

• Document test results, recommendations, and corrective actions

• Compare product attributes (color, shape, texture) to standards

• Assist in training new personnel and fill in for absent technicians

• Support receiving department with raw material inspections

• Maintain clean, organized work areas

• Foster positive communication across all levels

Minimum Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in food quality

• Familiarity with food safety standards

• Organized, accurate, and goal-oriented with strong follow-through

• Proficient with documentation, analysis, and reporting

• Quick learner and proactive problem solver

• Collaborative mindset—works well across departments

• Effective at giving and receiving directions

• Basic to intermediate computer proficiency

• Comfortable working in environments with allergens

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Education & Experience

• High school diploma

• 3–5 years of experience in a similar role

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs

• Comfortable working in allergen-prone environments

• Capable of performing under hot, humid, and cold conditions

• Physical agility required: reaching above shoulders, stooping, kneeling, bending, twisting, rapid hand movement, crouching

• Prolonged standing in a fast-paced environment

Labor Solutions, LLC is a leader in the professional, temporary, and direct hire industry throughout the Midwest area. Our clients range from individual entrepreneurs to large corporations, and while we are big enough to serve Fortune 100 companies, we are small enough to stay nimble in an always-changing market.

Company Description

Labor Solutions, LLC is a leader in the professional, temporary, and direct hire industry throughout the Midwest area. Our clients range from individual entrepreneurs to large corporations, and while we are big enough to serve Fortune 100 companies, we are small enough to stay nimble in an always-changing market.\r\n\r\nThank you!