Food Safety and Quality Technician (Night Shift)
Ocean Spray · Middleboro, MA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Ocean Spray (food & beverage) in Middleboro, MA. Calibrate, troubleshoot, maintain, and operate all lab equipment.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree preferred
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $51k–$70k.
Median of the low and high ends of 24 live postings that list pay, out of 437 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 12 other live quality postings in Massachusetts.
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 38%
- GD&T 31%
- FDA / GMP 31%
- ISO 9001 31%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 31%
- SPC 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Ocean Spray in Middleboro
1 other open role at this site.
- Food Safety & Quality Supervisor · Quality · Supervisor
Full description from Ocean SprayAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Provide quality testing, analysis and review to ensure that production quality and schedule standards are being achieved.
- ◆Train and support manufacturing personnel in quality systems to maximize product quality.
- ◆Initiate problem-solving activities relating to quality parameter issues
- ◆Support the continuous training, record keeping and maintenance of the food safety and quality practices within the plant.
- ◆Act as point of contact and through professional judgment and evaluation, suggest resolution to food safety and quality concerns in the absence of the Quality Manager
- ◆Support and promote food safety and quality program indicatives within the plant environment
- ◆Calibrate, troubleshoot, maintain, and operate all lab equipment
- ◆Follow all safety policies and procedures, including laboratory safety and chemical handling
- ◆Perform QA verification of cleaned equipment, and support/assist with sanitation
- ◆Perform Positive Release duties and micro testing when required
- ◆Perform FM investigations and product holds when required
Position
Requirements
- ✓High School Diploma or GED required.
- ✓Bachelor's Degree or Associates Degree in Food Science or related field preferred.
- ✓1 - 3 years prior production/manufacturing experience OR 2+ years relevant lab technician experience.
- ✓Food/beverage industry experience a plus.
- ✓Requires good mathematical ability to perform quality related calculations, good analytical skills, and effective interpersonal communication skills to work constructively in a team environment.
- ✓Requires good computer, Word processing, and email skills.
- ✓Must be detail oriented and have the ability to meet deadlines and accomplish tasks accurately while working under pressure.
- ✓Ability to recognize trends, situations and risks to product quality or food safety, and to timely and properly communicate those findings
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Ocean Spray is looking for a creative, collaborative, detail-oriented and results driven Quality Technician to work with the operations team (night shift) to ensure that all food quality standards are met, with no exceptions, at our Middleboro, MA production facility .
Who We Are
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Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:
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- •I ntegrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
- •Inclusive T eamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.