Quality Assurance Technician

QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN
2nd Shift Available 

The QA Technician monitors, documents and notifies all Food Safety/Quality and Food Security aspects of Juice Processing, packaging stores, Facility and Personnel to ensure that GMP’s, food regulatory and product specifications are met.

Why work for Gregory Packaging Inc. SunCup Juice?

• American based company that is 3 generations – family owned
• Highly successful and growth-oriented manufacturing, packaging and distribution juice company
• One of the largest Aseptic, Fresh and Frozen Juice Producers in USA
• Products tailored to Health Care, K-12 Education, Elderly Feeding, Day Care Centers and Prisons
• All juices are packed to USDA and FDA Grade A Standards
• Stable and Essential Employment focused on safety
• National Company that accommodates relocation
• Development and Internal Promotions
• Focus on continuous improvement and technology advancements

Employment with GPI SunCup Juice:

• Work life balance! Scheduled Monday-Friday. Off on weekends!
• Weekly Pay
• $200 Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Shift Premiums with overtime available
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd Shift Available
• 2 Weeks of PTO accrued from date of hire
• 7 Paid Holidays
• Health Benefits
• Supportive culture for career growth and development

What you would be doing as a Quality Assurance Technician:

Ensure that the company and our customer’s Food Safety and Product Quality standards are recognized, maintained and improved.

- Product testing at all stages of Processing and Packaging

- Lab equipment operations, maintenance and calibration

- Plant, Processing, Equipment Sanitation Monitoring and Notification

- Sanitation CIP and documentation according to schedule with notifications of deviations

- Monitor scheduled titrations to check chemical levels for CIP cleaning and sanitizing compounds

- Auditing, documenting with notification of facility sanitation & GMP’s

- Plant, Processing, and Equipment monitoring all normal Production functions with documentation.

- Processing incoming raw materials (including juice concentrates, cleaning chemicals and incoming water, etc.) – Sampling, Brix, Color, Acidity, Microbiological, flavor, Receipt documentation and data recording, exception notification

- WIP- monitor and document Brix, Color, Flavor, Micro, Processing parameters including CIP, Pasteurization records, cooler temperatures, product temperature, acid (titration), release for packaging

- Work with finished good’s packaging and date codes, sampling, leak detection, product brix, micro, color, and flavor

Requirements:

• Written and verbal communication skills
• Microsoft Word and Excel experience
• Food Quality Control or similar (chemical, Pharma) laboratory experience
• Ability to stand and walk for entirety of shift, lift up to 50 pounds and climb stairs
• Independent and motivated personality to be able to perform tasks with minimal supervision