Quality Control Associate

Location: Factor - Chinook

Shift: Monday - Sunday (2days Off) 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM

About the Role

As a Quality Control Associate you will take a hands-on approach to maintaining and continuously improving our product quality control processes and monitoring our food safety requirements. Reporting to the Supervisor, you will play a key role in ensuring our customers are being provided with safe, great tasting meals.

What you will be doing:

• Receive inbounding and inventory SKUs from the Warehouse department and conduct quality control inspections to ensure products adhere to required specifications.
• Maintain clear and concise communication with the Operations, Procurement, and Logistics teams; in cases of product non-conformance, alongside maintaining a photo database of product non-conformances.
• Perform quality control inspections on raw materials, work-in-progress and finished products to ensure products meet Company Standards.
• Conduct environmental monitoring through swabbing and equipment calibration verification.
• Monitor GMPs are followed by all employees and Management of allergens is followed as per procedures.
• Ensure compliance of products with regulatory requirements through monitoring of product labeling, CCPs and PRPs as applicable.
• Maintain accurate reports and records (e.g. CCP & PCP records, line verification records, GMPs).
• Input and verify data in QA tracking systems (e.g., Google Sheets, QA App, IMT, WMS, Datalit)
• Address quality concerns and best before date (BBD ) issues on the production lines as needed.
• Ensure all Out of Spec findings are managed according to established procedures, including Deviation, Corrective Action & Preventative Measures, Food Safety Assessments and Product Holds.
• Assist management team in troubleshooting and resolving problems within the Production Process.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned

At a minimum, you have: 

• Post-secondary education in Biological, Chemical or Food Sciences diploma
• 6 Months to 1 year experience working in QC/QA in a food processing, manufacturing or service industry; experience with RTE product is an asset
• Physically capable and willing to push, pull, and lift up to 50lbs
• Comfortable with standing for extended  periods of time and performing regular bending, twisting and walking
• Understanding the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations and GFSI schemes
• Willing and able to work in a refrigerated environment (0°C to 4°C) 
• Strong communication skills in English, both verbal and written