Quality Technician (2ND -3RD Shift)

Pures Food Specialties LLC · Bedford Park, IL

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Level: Technician
Team: Quality
Industry: Industrial
Posted: 3 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level quality role at Pures Food Specialties LLC (industrial) in Bedford Park, IL.

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How this role compares

Against 26 other live quality postings in Illinois.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: Not stated

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✓ Team leadership 59%
FDA / GMP 30%

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Promotion path mentionedLifts up to 50 lbs

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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Pures Food Specialties LLC
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About The Role

The Quality Assurance (QA) Technician has the primary responsibility for protecting the food by conducting food safety and quality sampling, testing, and documentation to meet all regulatory, customer and Pures Foods requirements.

◆Responsible for meeting all applicable food regulations (international, national, state, and local)
◆Responsible for sampling, testing, and documentation of the procedures, records, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
◆Works to maintain the safety, legality and quality of each food and the processes used in their manufacture.
◆Responsible for meeting and exceeding customer

requirements

✓Works to reduce customer/consumer complaints for foods manufactured on site
✓Reports food safety and quality issues to their supervisor
✓Authorized to hold product based on food safety or quality non-conformance
✓Participates in daily food evaluation to identify possible defects
✓Participates in physical bakery inspections on a weekly basis on each area (pest control, operational methods, maintenance for food safety, sanitation, personnel practices, etc.)
✓Selects food items for analysis at specified stages in the production process for evaluating compliance to specification
✓Able to use the following instrumentation/measuring device:

Thermometers

Metal detectors

Ray devices

Calculators

Scales

Gauges

Calipers

Rulers

Moisture analyzers

Essential functions of the job

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and

Education and Experience

✓Education, Technical Qualifications, Experience and Competencies Proficiency Level
✓Effective work ethic and good communications skills
✓High School Diploma, some college science courses or experience in the food industry
✓Training in HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points)
✓Training in a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard such as BRC or SQF
✓Good writing, mathematics, and critical thinking skills
✓Experience in computers including spreadsheets

Travel Required

✓No travel is required for this job.

EEO Statement

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Description

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•Responsible for assuring materials are received from approved suppliers and conducts raw material supplier performance monitoring
•Participates in the Environmental Monitoring Programs (i.e., collecting swab samples, using the ATP system)
•Able to print finished food case labels (as appropriate to the bakery or kitchen)
•Ensures appropriate communication of food safety/QA issues with Production Supervisors and QA Technicians at shift change
•Other duties may be assigned, and QA Technician is expected to effectively manage and execute changes
•Responsible for overseeing Quality Technicians
•Ability to work different shifts and weekend

2ND Shift 3:00PM-11:00PM

3RD Shift 11:00PM-7:00AM

Work Environment and Physical Demands

•The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•Regularly required to climb, stand, or walk for extended periods of time.
•Use a computer keyboard and monitor more than 25% of total work time.
•The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
•The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, and extreme cold.
•The noise level in the work environment is often moderate to loud.