QA LAB Associate Job at Hostess Brands, Inc.
Company Overview:
LOCATION OF JOB: Hostess Chicago HOURS PER DAY: 8
This position reports to: Quality Assurance Manager Job Overview:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Requires college degree, or equivalent experience.
Manufacturing Environment
Ability to stand, walk, kneel/squat, climb, bend and lift to a maximum of 50.
Laboratory Equipment
TITLE: QA LAB Associate
LOCATION OF JOB: Hostess Chicago HOURS PER DAY: 8
This position reports to: Quality Assurance Manager
JOB SUMMARY: Monitors compliance with quality standards in a laboratory setting, to ensure product conforms to specification and food safety practices and assist in documentation involving HACCP, Food Safety, and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Monitor production products via analytical testing. Ensure all documentation is complete.
- Complete laboratory testing such as pH, water activity, fat %, FFA, and moisture.
- Collection and analysis of fry oil for testing.
- Data entry of all analytical testing results; placing a hold if product does not meet specification.
- Complete daily sensory evaluations on products and report out results.
- Ensure product specifications, weights, color and other attributes of finished product.
- Organoleptic tests of finished goods to ensure acceptance to standards, taste, eye appeal, odor etc.
- Organize and maintain retain products.
- Conduct customer complaints investigation as needed.
- Conduct Environmental Monitoring. Complete weekly equipment, environmental swabbing, and air testing, as needed.
- Plate and read testing plates and calculate plating results.
- Conduct weekly meetings with departments to communicate Environmental Monitoring results.
- Order supplies for the quality department. Track lot and cost information for all laboratory and quality supplies.
- Advise QA Manager regarding questionable product, discarding of bad product or possible stopping of production line to correct or prevent product quality issues.
- Work with production and warehouse to control, maintain, and/or improve as appropriate the handling, storage, and usage of all other materials.
- Act as a back-up to the QA technicians when necessary.
- Assist in development of SOPs by working with production operators to understand current operating procedures, identify best methods, help document new and/or update existing standard operating procedures.
- Assist in developing HACCP plans, SOP’s and maintaining food safety programs for food safety audits and GFSI audits
- Perform GMP inspections.
- Control and retain samples and associated reports.
- Other duties as assigned.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Requires college degree, or equivalent experience.
Previous experience in Quality or Food Safety in a food manufacturing environment.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Manufacturing Environment
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to stand, walk, kneel/squat, climb, bend and lift to a maximum of 50.
MACHINES/TOOLS USED:
Laboratory Equipment
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