Quality

QA / CoPack Technician - Flex

Full Time
Lincoln, NE

Company Description: Instinct® is a rapidly growing, family-owned marketer and maker of natural pet foods for dogs and cats. Instinct® is the Raw Brand, with a mission to get more raw nutrition into every bowl of dogs and cats, for proven healthier and happier long life.  Our company mission is to Empower people to transform the lives of pets.  We are committed to hiring and developing a team of passionate, performance-oriented professionals who love to win and make a positive difference.

Position Summary:  Rotating shift through three manufacturing facilities, the QA lab and occasionally Co-Pack.  Responsibilities involve quality audits and food safety monitoring in a pet food processing facility.  This includes monitoring raw materials, processing areas, finished product and providing accurate documentation to support the SSOP, GMP & HACCP programs, and helping to do testing in the lab. Responsible for on-going monitoring of all product lines and co-packed product.

Primary Job Responsibilities

  • Executes activities related to reviewing, monitoring, documenting, and assessing quality standards to verify materials are compliant with product specifications including, but not limited to net weights, product quality, product codes/labels, temperatures, CCP’s
  • Gather product samples from production lines to identify defective and non-conforming product and take appropriate corrective action if necessary
  • Gather product samples from production lines aseptically for product testing; ensure on-time sample pick-up for product release
  • Ensure cGMPs and best practices are being followed by auditing the facility and personnel daily for compliance
  • Monitor production processes, personnel, and facilities to ensure adherence to cGMP, FSMA, HACCP, SQF, Sanitation guidelines, etc.; taking corrective action as necessary if standards are not being met
  • Assist in employee training as needed for Food Safety and Quality tasks
  • Pre-Op inspection of processing area/equipment daily before the start of operations to verify cleanliness
  • Perform swabbing to ensure the cleanliness of equipment and surrounding environment
  • Generate complete and accurate documentation of all monitoring activities; distribute all reports in timely manner
  • Perform scale and thermometer verifications; calibrations of other equipment may also be required
  • Communicate with all cross-functional departments to notify of issues, take appropriate actions and resolve problems; may assist in non-conforming product investigations
  • Perform verification activities for FS&Q documentation
  • Maintain organization and inventory of on-site product samples/retains.
  • Enter data in spreadsheets as required
  • Support Food Safety and Quality initiatives and data collection
  • Other assigned projects and other tasks/duties when appropriate
  • Be the back up in the lab when needed to run samples and collect samples
  • Assist with training for food safety/quality-related topics for Operations personnel.
  • Develop SOPs as needed.
  • Assist with preparations for SQF audit
  • Back-up for other QA personnel
  • Assist with fostering Food Safety/Quality Culture within Instinct manufacturing
  • Assist with continuous improvement activities
  • Assure co-packed product adherence to the specifications through effective communication of product audit results and follow-up corrective actions.
  • Lead product review programs: provide summarized reports, proper communication and action plans as needed.
  • Work with Regulatory to manage COA’s and additional testing requests and sampling processes of finished good for exportation.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to perform in a manufacturing environment with temperatures of 40 -50 F
  • Lifting of up to 25# may be required to perform audits

Personal Attributes

  • Must be punctual and dependable to ensure production requirements are met
  • Ability to work individually as well as with other as a team at all levels
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Must be well organized and able to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Ability to use independent judgment to make decisions and solve problems
  • Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time
  • Ability to recognize issues that need to be escalated to management
  • Flexible schedule for weekend shift coverage

Skills and Technical Expertise:

  • Understanding of food safety including GMP’s, SSOP’s and HACCP
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
  • Basic math and computer skills

Preferred Experience:

  • High school diploma or its equivalency
  • Minimum of 6 months previous Quality experience in a manufacturing environment preferred or other similar experience can be substituted

Compensation and Benefits: Competitive compensation package includes health and dental insurance, life and AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, short and long-term disability, paid time off, Purpose Days off for company partner, performance-based bonus.

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