QA Technician - 2nd Shift
Meijer · Middlebury, IN
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 90+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Meijer (industrial) in Middlebury, IN.
- They ask for
- 90+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP
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How this role compares
Against 23 other live quality postings in Indiana.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (90+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 42%
- Root cause 33%
- ✓ FDA / GMP 29%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 25%
- ISO 9001 21%
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Meijer
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Send a short, curious note
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Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
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What You Bring with You (Qualifications)
- ✓Four-year degree in Food Science, Science or related discipline preferred.
- ✓One-year experience in a Food Manufacturing environment.
- ✓General knowledge/training in Food Safety, HACCP, SQF preferred.
- ✓Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.
- ✓Ability to analyze data and information and make effective and timely decisions.
- ✓Ability to work under pressure and react to situations with urgency.
- ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate throughout all levels of the organization.
- ✓Detail oriented, organized, reliable and resourceful.
- ✓Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.
We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we're a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
- •Weekly pay
- •Scheduling flexibility
- •Paid parental leave
- •Paid education assistance
- •Team member discount
- •Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
This position will be responsible for organizing, executing and monitoring of quality and food safety activities for the facility. The Senior Quality Technician is also responsible for assisting in the development and administration of quality and food safety policies and procedures aimed at assuring incoming raw materials, packaging and finished goods meet the corporate specifications and regulatory requirements.
What You'll be Doing
- •Assure facility compliance to affiliate, regulatory and best in class industry quality, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Safe Quality Foods (SQF) and sanitation standards through monitoring and reporting procedures.
- •Actively promote plant safety and environmental programs and procedures that are in compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.
- •Maintain quality and food safety manuals to assure that all policies and procedures are current and effective, and compliant with corporate and SQF requirements.
- •Conduct quality and food safety training as required for all plant personnel.
- •Assist the Quality Manager in the development and implementation of quality and food safety systems policies and procedures and may provide assistance to the Leadership Team with Third Party Audits and inspections.
- •Provide technical production assistance during trials and with GMP's, sanitation, and ingredient and product wholesomeness.
- •Lead in the evaluation of consumer complaints, and corrective action implementations.
- •Lead in the maintenance of and compliance to the plant's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) program.
- •Coordinate the storage and rework of quality control hold products with appropriate plant personnel.
- •Keep Leadership informed of the status of quality assurance and sanitation issues which may impact production and product deployment.
- •Provide supervisory leadership when the Department Quality Manager is not available.
- •Practice 200% Safety Accountability - Self and Others.