Quality Assurance Technician

About Nuevo Garcia Foods

At Nuevo Garcia Foods, we approach every day with a focus on preserving our legacy originally created by the Garcia family over 60 years ago, while uncovering new ways to win and drive sustainable, profitable growth as we establish the future of our company. We are committed to adding value in the marketplace through strategic and focused growth that leverages our core competencies, portfolio of products, and leadership experience.

If you are looking for a great place to work, we would love to hear from you. We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Technician to join our family!

The Role

QA Techs perform numerous essential functions to ensure the safety and quality of all raw and finished products used and produced by the plant. QA Techs also adhere to company policies, standard operating procedures, and customer regulations and specifications.

QA Techs are champions of the quality and safety of our products. As a QA Tech and under the direction of the QA Supervisor, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all regulatory agencies by making sure all products meet or exceed all regulatory, company, and customer requirements as they relate to food safety.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations and maintain quality standards, including GMPs, HACCP, SQF, and allergen controls
• Support accurate HACCP and Control Point data collection and record-keeping
• Monitor cooking, chilling, and processing activities as well as identifying product that is not within specifications and place in rework bin
• Conduct audits, inspections, and testing to maintain quality standards and HACCP plans
• Communicate effectively quality and food safety concerns to Production Manager and/or QA supervisor
• Follow and communicate safety and manufacturing processes
• Complete daily paperwork accurately and obtain supervisor signature
• Adhere to company and department policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations, team member safety, and quality programs
• Proficient knowledge in basic laboratory equipment and scales
• Ability to read and write in order to draft reports, business correspondence, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and policy and procedure manuals
• Strong analytical skills to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and foster a positive work environment across all organizational levels
• Display ownership, responsibility, good judgment, initiative, and resourcefulness
• Ability to change, adapt and work well under pressure in a rapidly changing environment
• Detail oriented with strong organization and time management skills
• Must demonstrate ability to work independently and collaboratively, effectively adapting to both supervised and unsupervised tasks
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills:

• Apply concepts such as averages, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
• Work in cold, hot, humid and/or wet environment
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Able to reach with hands and arms and use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear
• Able to stand and walk for extended periods of time
• Able to climb, bend, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and stretch for extended periods
• Ability to lift 50 pounds

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent - At least 18 years old and a valid driver's license
• Associates Degree or related experience
• A minimum of 1 years' experience in Quality Assurance in Food Manufacturing
• Bilingual - English/Spanish a plus
• Basic math skills and able to read and write in English functionally
• Computer literate including Microsoft Office 365

Pay: Depends on experience - Starting pay $16.00

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8-10-hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend and night availability if applicable

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: On Site