Quality Control Technician - 1st Shift - Quality

Description

% of Time Spent

• Compliance and Regulatory:

• Ensure compliance to federal and state laws, as well as GPN standards, and maintain documentation to support quality control activities.
• Environmental Control Program ECA – perform swabbing for the environmental corrective actions as directed by the compliance team.

• Process Improvement:

• Collaborate with production teams to identify and implement process improvements to reduce defects, increase efficiency, and enhance overall product quality.

• Communication: Communicate effectively with production teams, quality assurance supervisor, managers, and other stakeholders to resolve quality issues, implement corrective actions, and provide quality feedback.

• Calibration and Maintenance: Calibrate and maintain quality control equipment, instruments, and tools to ensure accuracy and precision.

• Internal Auditing:

• Auditing the assigned area, and communicate quality or compliance concerns with urgency. Document finding within the corrective action records.

• Inspection and Verification

• Perform verification activities across all the production stages such as weighing, dumping, blending and packaging to detect defects, irregularities, and non-conformities.
• Perform verification and direct observation of food safety cheeks such as screens, magnets and x-ray’s to ensure the products are free of foreign materials.
• Perform sensory evaluations on in-process and finished product to determine out of specification batches.
• Complete finish product final inspection and release to distribution.
• Perform cleaning verifications using ATP swabs and visual inspections to approve manufacturing rooms prior to production.
• Records verification to ensure all production and quality documents are accurately completed in real-time during manufacturing process.

• Data Recording and Analysis:

• Data entry in Logs pertaining to Quality Metrics.
• Perform SAP/LIMS transactions for releases, holds, reworks and High Jump where applicable, and enter results into a computerized system, track and report results (GP/SAP/MS Office programs).

• Training: Complete training for new hire employees. Keep the training up to date based on GPN training matrix.

• Other:

• Flexibility to perform other duties as assigned.

Min/Preferred

Education Level

Description

Minimum

High School or GED

Certifications

Minimum Years of Experience

Maximum Years of Experience

Comments

3+

Food or Pharmaceutical Quality Experience Preferred

Demand

Frequency

Sitting

Occasional

Standing

Frequent

Walking

Frequent

Bending/Stooping

Frequent

Demand

Frequency

Designation

Lift up to waist

Lift on up to shoulder

Lift on up to overhead

Carry on up to 25 feet

Carry up stairs