Come join New England's favorite bakery! We have an immediate opening for a 2nd shift Food Safety & Quality Technician. Regular schedule will be scheduled for 2pm - 10:00pm. Previous experience is necessary. The preferred candidate will be bi-lingual in Spanish as communicating to our entire population is part of the requirements. Summary: The Quality Control Technician works closely with the Production, Packaging & Engineering Departments to ensure quality of all incoming materials and components, work in progress, and finished product. The Technician must be able to work independently in a fast paced production environment. They are responsible for checking physical attributes, verifying dimensions, performing various quality tests, using independent judgment, and clearly documenting specific findings. Duties and Responsibilities:
- Verify quality of incoming materials including raw and packaging material.
- Work as a team with the Production, Packaging & Engineering Departments to resolve quality issues
- Perform the pre-flight quality inspection at the beginning of the shift with Production, Engineering and Sanitation Departments.
- Follow Quality Control Procedure to ensure all quality measures are performed and all non conformances are inspected, corrected, and findings are documented.
- Clearly document and communicate quality control findings to appropriate parties
- Check and record finished products for daily performance evaluation against specifications
- Ability to read and interpret standards and specifications
- Non-conforming material and CCP investigations
- Provide suggestions / strategies to help maintain consistent and quality products
- Responsible for handling minor quality issues and making minor decisions regarding food safety
- Monitor ingredient storage in warehouse for proper rotation and usage of materials
- Perform weekly audits (as scheduled) to ensure systems and policy compliance including GMP's, line audits and formula compliance
- Review, maintain and suggest possible upgrades for any established quality programs or policies
- Review and maintain quality programs for raw materials, food safety procedures and established finished product quality levels of acceptance
- Help maintain departmental budget
- Monitor all aspects of the Allergen Program awareness, including segregation of any materials to prevent cross contamination
- Support continuous improvement activities as needed
- Monitor and maintain all GMPs for Calise and Sons Bakery
- Responsible for participating in all activities set out by the company in support of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
- Assist with all private and governmental audits at Calise and Sons Bakery
- Everyone has responsibility to support and follow our Food Safety and Food Defense programs.
- Strong work ethic and attendance is a must
- Any other associated tasks as assigned by supervisory personnel.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Strong understanding of food safety and product quality systems
- Self Motivated & ability to work with a minimum of supervision
- Good independent decision making capabilities
- Bi-Lingual preferred and the ability to read & write in English
- Effective communication skills, both written and oral, documentation ability is also essential as well as good listening & comprehension skills.
- Effective problem solving capabilities and administrative ability to communicate and follow-up with all levels of management required
- Effective use of computer programs such as Excel, Word and Outlook on a daily basis.
- Commitment to food safety and product quality
- Work flexible hours based on project and business demands.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Lift a minimum of 25 lbs.
- Stand and walk for extended periods of time, up to 4 hours without a break.
- Stand for up to 12 hours.
- Work in very hot temperatures (>90 degrees F) seasonally