Quality Assurance Technician - Afternoon Shift

Who we are Skjodt-Barrett is a world-class manufacturer of food solutions and custom ingredients for North America's most beloved and trusted brands.

We take pride in working closely with our customers to understand their unique needs and create innovative, individualized solutions that deliver joy to their customers.

A family-founded company started over 35 years ago, we are backed by the investment company Axel Johnson Inc (AJI).

With their investment and support, we are well-positioned to foster growth and explore new opportunities.

Our customers, blue-chip international brands and mid-sized producers alike, are why we exist.

Our teams of innovators, communicators, and managers are the people who meet their needs, build trust, and exceed their expectations. Who we need Reporting to the QA Supervisor, we are looking for a QA Technician to join our team during this exciting growth period.

You will play a critical role in ensuring the highest product quality by conducting analytical testing and production floor quality analysis.

You will oversee product testing from raw ingredients to final batch sampling, verifying that all products meet the required specifications.

You will foster collaboration with the manufacturing team to optimize processes and ensure safety and quality standards compliance. This is an existing, full time, permanent role working the afternoon shift, Monday through Friday, 3 PM - 11 PM, with occasional overtime.

What’s in it for you Impact.

Quality and Food Safety are foundational at Skjodt-Barrett.

Your work will directly support the systems that ensure every product leaving our facility meets rigorous safety and quality standards.

In highly regulated categories such as infant nutrition, where expectations are exacting and oversight is strict, your role will help maintain the trust our customers place in us every day.

Hands-on exposure.

This role offers hands-on involvement across the full production process.

You will work both in the lab and on the production floor, participating in sensory testing of raw ingredients, monitoring temperatures and pH throughout production, and sampling finished products to verify quality standards.

You will collaborate closely with Production, R&D, and Quality teams, gaining practical insight into how quality systems operate in a modern food manufacturing environment.

Career development.

Skjodt-Barrett has a long history of promoting from within.

Many team members have built their careers starting in plant or administrative roles and progressed into leadership across Quality, Production, and Operations.

In this role, you will build the technical and operational experience that can open doors across the organization.

How you will make an impact: Ensure quality and compliance.

You will maintain sample integrity by collecting, evaluating, and managing retain samples, including pallet preparation, documentation, and electronic logging.

You will collect, prepare, document, and submit microbiological samples to external laboratories according to established schedules and protocols.

You will also support food safety verification programs through ATP, allergen, environmental, and water sample collection.

Verify materials and production standards.

You will evaluate, test, and release raw materials to confirm compliance with food safety and quality specifications prior to use.

You will verify and document critical processing parameters across batching, filling, and post-pasteurization systems by reviewing displays, chart recorders, work instructions, and retention times, and signing off on approved processing parameter check sheets.

Perform product testing and verification.

You will conduct in-process and finished product testing to support timely product release, including Vitamin C, malic acid and %TA titration and adjustments; Brix, pH, viscosity, Bostwick, USDA flow; texture analysis; water activity; spread and bake testing; density determination; inversion; torque, compression, and tensile testing; and sensory evaluations.

You will also verify packaging and labeling accuracy through weight checks, package integrity checks, metal detector validation, and product coding verification.

Maintain sanitation and food safety systems.

You will support sanitation and allergen control programs by maintaining SSOP boards and executing post-sanitation validations, including allergen swabbing (Neogen).

You will monitor production areas to ensure adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).

Support documentation and compliance.

You will complete and maintain required quality and food safety records, including sanitation logs, calibration records, glass and brittle plastic audits, light intensity checks, water/air/steam monitoring, and NC hold documentation.

Investigate and resolve quality issues.

You will initiate, investigate, and document non-conformances (NCRs), communicate findings to QA leadership, and support root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

Support customer and internal quality requests.

You will prepare and release Certificates of Analysis (COAs), collect samples for Sales, Product Development, and external partners, and inspect and release NC holds.

Maintain operational communication.

You will support effective shift-to-shift communication by sharing critical quality and production information to maintain continuity and alignment across teams.

What you bring to the role: The qualifications.

You have a bachelor’s degree in Food Science or a related field, or equivalent experience in a relevant food science role.

You bring practical quality assurance experience, ideally within a food or pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

You are comfortable alternating between the lab and production floor.

The knowledge.

You can read, interpret, and apply scientific standards, measurements, processes, and results.

You understand basic addition and subtraction, and you can accurately measure and interpret temperature and weight data.

You are familiar with quality control, lab testing, sensory testing, and manufacturing processes, particularly in food production environments.

The drive.

You are naturally curious, proactive, and bring strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

You identify opportunities for process improvement and work collaboratively with production teams to implement solutions.

You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and excel at planning, with a continuous learning mindset to expand your knowledge and expertise.

The interpersonal skills.

You have professional and adaptable verbal and written communication skills, including recording, interpreting, and reporting data.

You build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across all levels.

You value diverse experiences and perspectives, listening, understanding, and responding with respect.

The reliability and adaptability.

You demonstrate consistent, regular attendance and dependability, and you are flexible to adjust to varying tasks, work environments, and overtime hours as needed.

We support and care for our employees and their families. The expected base pay range for this role is $50K-$53K.

Final compensation will be determined based on the successful candidate’s experience, qualifications, and internal equity.

Why join?

We've got great taste.

We care deeply about fostering a culture of transparency, responsibility, and integrity.

It's what drives us to make great-tasting, convenient, and healthy ingredients and finished products that our customers depend on.

With a focus on nurturing and growing our employees' careers and professional satisfaction, we believe in open communication, idea sharing, and knowledge building.

Skjodt-Barrett is committed to building an inclusive culture that helps to create longevity, growth, and innovation in the food industry.

We are working towards a sustainable future.

We believe that what's good for people and the planet is good for profit.

It is everyone's responsibility to do their part.

We recognize the growing need to prioritize sustainability in manufacturing, and we continue to take steps to evolve.

We strive to accelerate the adoption of sustainable packaging and food products to be a responsible partner for our customers and for the greater good.

We take our role as a supply chain partner to heart and adhere to a strict Supplier Code of Conduct to ensure that our vendors uphold the integrity and values we live by.

We believe actions speak louder than words.

Every day, we come together to exceed the expectations of our customers, each other and ourselves, inspired by our values: We care.

About family, honesty, and respect.

We communicate.

Across every level, often, effectively, and clearly.

We Empower.

With trust, integrity, and accountability.

We Deliver.

Every time, through teamwork, innovation, and results.

Apply now.

At Skjodt-Barrett, we aim for diversity, equality, accessibility and inclusion in all of our operations and interactions.

We welcome and appreciate candidates with a range of backgrounds and experiences.

If you have 70% of the qualifications we are looking for and want to play an integral role in delivering innovative food product solutions, apply to express your interest. What you can expect from our interview process: A virtual interview with a Talent Advisor discussing your interest in the role and your experience.

The conversation will be recorded using BrightHire, an AI-powered video interview tool.

More details will be shared when you are invited to interview.

An in-person interview with the Quality Manager and the Quality Supervisor.

This conversation will give you the opportunity to learn more about the team, discuss your experience, and understand the plant’s quality standards and operations.

If interested, you will also have the option to tour the facility and see the plant setup firsthand.

Skjodt-Barrett welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.

Please let us know what accommodations you require across the selection process.

We use recruitment technology that may incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) as part of our hiring process.

All hiring decisions are made by our team.

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