Job Details
Job Location
7500 - Skokie, IL
Position Type
Full Time
Salary Range
$21.00 Hourly
Job Shift
First Shift
Description
SUMMARY
The QA Specialist is responsible for monitoring products and employee practices on the manufacturing floor to insure the safety and quality of products manufactured by Georgia Nut Company.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Responsible to report any food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
2. Perform QA in-process inspections for each department/line once per shift by checking the following: production paperwork, retain sample, code date/lot number/best by date, weight check documentation, metal detection documentation, label, color code, department cleanliness employee GMP practice and checking for any potential allergen cross-contamination
3. Perform scale checks once per day
4. Holds:
•Place on hold materials due to quality, food safety per Hold Policy
•Send out electronic hold reports to through SharePoint and transfer PQ product to 100#
•Release products which are on hold when approval is received
•Generate disposal reports for materials on hold to be disposed
5. Perform metal detector check as an audit during production
6. DVU:
•Perform verifications on DVU - (2 Log and 5 Log)
•Perform alarm checks for roasters
7. Perform changeover validation on production lines and perform clean equipment/ATP swabbing on equipment after sanitation policy 6615
8. Perform environmental swabbing during manufacturing policy 6614
9. Perform yearly allergen validation policy 6605
10. Maintain inventory of QA supplies
11. Make retain samples for Production
12. Conduct internal plant audits
13. Conduct glass and brittle plastic audit
14. Perform magnet pull test annually
15. Perform metal detection test on metal detectable ear plugs and band aids twice a year
16. Monitor GMP on the floor and send out daily report of issues noted
17. Train new QA Techs and QA Specialists
18. Generate maintenance work requests
19. Shut down lines/department when a serious food safety issue is noticed
20. Filing QA documents
21. Conduct any other functions as required by the QA department
22. Check oil FFA and water chlorine
23. Back-up for QA Specialist - I
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS
•Minimum high school diploma - college a plus
•Minimum 1 year of previous QA/QC or operational experience in food manufacturing
•Basic math
•Good organization and time management skills
•Attention to detail
•Good communication skills (written and oral)
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
•GMP Training
•Allergen Training
•All GNC Safety Training Required
•HACCP Training
•All Food Safety Training
•All GNC QA policies
•All GNC HR Policies