Quality Control Tech

D&D Foods, Inc.

Job Title: Quality Control Technician

Department: Production Indirect

FLSA: Non-Exempt

General Function

The Quality Control Technician’s responsibilities include: Working closely with production employees, supervisors and regulatory staff to ensure Quality and Food Safe items for D&D‘s customers.

Core Competencies

• Partnership
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Reporting Relations

Accountable and Reports to:  Quality Control Managers and Compliance Manager

Positions that Report to you: None

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and ensuring food safety. Report any food safety deviations to your supervisor immediately.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time. Adheres to company policies and departmental guidelines.
• Responsible for taking ATP swabs as needed.
• Review labels of all production runs. Ensuring proper dating and product are used.
• Monitor daily allergen sequences and assist production with sequence of production runs.
• Performs pre-operational checks on equipment as needed.
• Review daily production paperwork and ensure it is complete.
• Ensure and monitor all levels of sanitation daily including workstations and employee practices.
• Ensure HACCP and food safety practices are followed.
• Ensure the collection of product samples are complete.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Worker Characteristics:

• Attention to detail and follow through.
• Must have the ability to use logical or scientific thinking to solve problems and with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Must be knowledgeable of warehouse distribution, safety program, procedures, laws and regulations, sanitation practices and standards.
• Needs to have some computer experience.

Education and Experience:

• High School education or equivalent.
• Prior food manufacturing or Quality Control experience.

Physical Requirements:

This is considered an unskilled position.  Frequent to constant handling, grasping, constant listening, talking, hearing, seeing, reading, dealing with people, influencing others, evaluating information.

Working Conditions:

• Duties occur on production floor.
• Will be required to work under time constraints and be flexible in hours worked.
• Ability to adapt to changes throughout daily operation.
• Must have the ability to work independently.

Equipment Used to Perform Job:

Photocopier, scale, thermometer and two-way radio.