Quality Assurance Technician - 18 Month Contract

Role : Actively supports QA, operations, and sanitation team, performs quality and food safety verifications of paperwork and products. Assists with the enforcement of food safety and quality programs to all departments. Ensures adherence to required food safety laws, regulations, company and customer policies and procedures. Has the authority to suspend operation when serious food safety and quality risks are identified. DAY SHIFT TIME : 7 : 00 AM - 3 : 30 PM AFTERNOON SHIFT TIME : 2 : 45 PM - 11 : 15 PM

Responsibilities :

• Actively participate in the implementation and review of CCP, HACCP and BRC Systems (GMPs, Prerequisite Programs, Policies, SOPs, etc.) as per QA management team
• Train, guide, and support QA verifiers with daily tasks
• Applies regulation, policies and standard operating procedures regarding food safety and quality programs relating to incoming raw material, packaging and labeling inspections
• Profiles and evaluates raw materials, for defects and non-conformities, to ensure food safety, quality, and customer requirements are met
• Communicate with QA / production managers and supervisors for reporting non-compliances / deviations / CAPA
• Ensures appropriate product holds and timely dispositions and / or releases
• Daily follow up external lab micro-test results on daily swab and finished products and handle non-compliances as per HACCP plan and QA policy
• Assist QA team in investigation of HACCP, and BRC non-compliance and deviations through root cause and risk analysis, and the application of corrective and preventative actions
• Assists QA team and HACCP coordinator with onsite verifications, internal audits and HACCP verification tasks / reassessment
• Supports QA team to ensure regulatory compliance with CFIA, GFSI, BRC and Customer requirements are met
• Electronically distribute daily QA shift reports to the relevant team
• Attend daily QA meetings and provide inputs for continuous improvement
• Prepare all samples for Lab submission including paperwork
• Review and verify daily QA and production paperwork and initiate non-compliances / deviations / CAPA as required
• Identify, report and follow up to pest control and sanitation team for relevant concerns
• Actively follow up daily QA forms and paper works to maintain updated versions, communicate with QA management team for necessary changes as per SOP / specifications
• Identify health and safety concerns and report to the management team as required
• Back up QA verifiers and / or QA supervisor in absence / vacations
• Other duties as assigned

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