Rental Quality Control Technician jobs in Alabama

Job Purpose: The QA Technician’s primary responsibility is to support the QA manager in maintaining compliance with Seafood HACCP regulations, customer requirements, food safety certifications, regulatory and compliance standards for all products.  To perform pre-operation SOP (standard operation procedures), post-operation SOP, sanitary SOP, HACCP, and GMP inspections and documenting results.  QA Technicians are responsible for conducting raw, in-process, and finish product testing (chemical and microbiological), along with product review quality against customer and company specifications and documenting the results for fresh and frozen seafood.

Pay: $16 - $18 an hour depending on experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:  

• Perform QA inspections on all inbound, work in process, and outbound products for Temperature, Net Weight, Labeling, Packaging and Sensory evaluation 

• Monitor and document inspection of facility, production lines, scales, trucks, etc. 

• Reports all defects and non-conformities immediately to management.  

• Inspect daily, weekly, and monthly sanitation procedures of the plant according to Company SSOP’s.  

• HACCP monitoring activities 

• Perform detailed inspection and documentation of product quality, including pictures. 

• Perform Calibration of various equipment used to monitor CCP’s or CQP’s established by the QA department.  

• Conduct organoleptic evaluations of raw and cooked products 

• Assist training of operations team on food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements 

• Responsible for monitoring the employees in accordance with allergen, cross contamination, labeling, and food defense procedures.  

• Participate in scheduled GMP, HACCP, Food Safety and other audits as required  

• Accurately fill out all required paperwork  

• Conduct corrective action plans for non-conforming products  

• Perform duties per Ren Seafoods Inc, HACCP procedures and SSOP. 

• All other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications  

• HACCP knowledge / Previous QA experience a plus  

• Preferred experience in food processing facility (ideally seafood, but not a requisite)  

• Good oral and written communication skills (in English)

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos 

• General knowledge of Microsoft office  

• Weekend and overtime work as needed 

Education and Experience:

• Associates Degree or comparable industry experience – Required 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science - Preferred 

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to: 

• Exert up to 50 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body 

• Work in a cold and wet food processing and manufacturing environment.  

• Stand for extended periods of time.
   

This job description identifies the general duties and minimum level skills required to perform this job. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.