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Quality Assurance Technician | Food Production

Sterling Engineering, Inc.
  • Manteno, IL
  • $20–$24 Per Hour
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Job Description

Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician | Food Production
Location: Manteno, IL
Hire Type: Contract-to-Hire
Target Pay Rate: $20–$24/hour
Benefits: PTO, paid holidays, BCBS medical plans, dental/vision plans, 401(k), & ESOP
Work Schedule: 3rd Shift, 10:00 PM–6:30 AM
 
Job Summary:
The Quality Assurance Technician will perform testing and inspections on food products, ingredients, packaging, and production lines to ensure compliance with quality and food safety standards. This role will conduct routine quality checks, communicate concerns to production and other departments, and maintain accurate records. Approximately 90% of the role will be spent performing quality testing on the production floor.
 
Must Have Skills:
  • Food manufacturing or quality assurance experience preferred
  • Knowledge of GMP and food safety practices
  • Experience performing product testing and inspections
  • Strong attention to detail and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to use QA testing equipment including scales, calipers, rulers, metal detectors, and X-ray test pieces
 
Job Duties:
  • Perform routine quality and food safety checks on production lines and document results
  • Inspect product weights, measurements, packaging, labels, date codes, and shelf life
  • Test incoming ingredients and production products for quality standards
  • Conduct gluten and allergen testing as required
  • Perform pre-op inspections following sanitation activities
  • Conduct daily GMP inspections
  • Test, maintain, and calibrate QA instruments and equipment
  • Pull product retains for shelf life, sensory, and production validation programs
  • Communicate quality or food safety concerns promptly to production and other departments
  • Complete required documentation and shift reports
  • Support additional QA responsibilities and training as skills develop

Qualifications:
  • High school diploma or GED preferred
  • Food manufacturing, bakery, quality assurance, or related experience preferred
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-motivated with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to follow established quality, food safety, and GMP procedures
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
  • Willingness to learn additional QA testing and production line responsibilities


Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Numbers & Facts

LocationManteno, IL
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$20–$24 Per Hour
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1969
Websitehttp://www.sterling-engineering.com

About Company

Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

 

  • Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

 

  • Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

 

Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.

Skills

  • Bakeryunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Consultingunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Food Productionunmatched
  • Food Qualityunmatched
  • Food Safetyunmatched
  • GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • High School Diplomaunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Order Picking/Packingunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Product Testingunmatched
  • Production Systemsunmatched
  • Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • Quality Metricsunmatched
  • Radiographyunmatched
  • Record Keepingunmatched
  • Safety Processunmatched
  • Sanitationunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Test Equipmentunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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