Quality Assurance Floor Tech 2nd shift

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food.

Location Description

Wakefield is one of the largest production facilities within Michael Foods. We serve as a flex plant and are able to produce everything from a whole pasteurized egg to liquid, dried, hardboiled and curds.

Responsibilities

SUMMARY : The purpose of this position is to ensure proper specifications are met and documented on all incoming ingredients and packaging materials and outgoing finished products. The technicians also communicate all findings to the necessary departments. All of Michael Foods, the customers and the public will benefit from the work done by technicians who ensure safe, compliant quality products. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability.

ACTIVITIES :

• Communicates and coordinates with Production to keep processing up to date as issues are found.
• Adheres to safe work practices, following GMP's, maintaining sanitary conditions and ensuring that product quality is maintained. Reports to management if any conditions or practices may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
• Verify PC's and CCP's are complete and signed off.
• Responsible for following the shift's checklist for the area.
• Accountable for filling out inventory adjustment sheets when finished product is removed from inventory.
• Accountable for filling out hold tags when product is to be put on hold.
• Responsible for weekly environmental swabs and air plates.
• Ensures employees are following proper safety policies / procedures.
• Performs and records assigned QAT tasks as identified in Red Zone.
• Works with micro, process / chemistry lab and QA supervisor to get product samples to the labs in a timely manner.
• Adheres to all safety policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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