SUMMARY
The QA Specialist is responsible for monitoring products and employee practices on the manufacturing floor to insure the safety and quality of products manufactured by Georgia Nut Company.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible to report any food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
Perform QA in-process inspections for each department/line once per shift by checking the following: production paperwork, retain sample, code date/lot number/best by date, weight check documentation, metal detection documentation, label, color code, department cleanliness employee GMP practice and checking for any potential allergen cross-contamination
Perform scale checks once per day
Holds: Place on hold materials due to quality, food safety per Hold Policy
Perform metal detector check as an audit during production
DVU: perform verifications on DVU - (2 Log and 5 Log)
Perform changeover validation on production lines and perform clean equipment/ATP swabbing on equipment after sanitation policy 6615
Perform environmental swabbing during manufacturing policy 6614
Perform yearly allergen validation policy 6605
Maintain inventory of QA supplies
Make retain samples for Production
Conduct internal plant audits
Conduct glass and brittle plastic audit
Perform magnet pull test annually
Perform metal detection test on metal detectable ear plugs and band aids twice a year
Monitor GMP on the floor and send out daily report of issues noted
Train new QA Techs and QA Specialists
Generate maintenance work requests
Shut down lines/department when a serious food safety issue is noticed
Filing QA documents
Conduct any other functions as required by the QA department
Check oil FFA and water chlorine
| Location | Niles, IL |