QA Technician -3rd Shift

Urban Farmer LLC is hiring a QA Technician for the 3rd shift in Manteno, IL. The role involves testing food products and production lines, ensuring compliance with quality standards. Candidates must be self-motivated and possess strong leadership skills. Responsibilities include routine quality checks, inspections, and instrument testing. The position requires proficiency in bakery operations and offers a salary of $55K per year. No degree is specified as a requirement.
JOB SUMMARY:This role performs testing on food products, ingredients, and production lines ensuring prompt communicationof any concerns with other departments regarding compliance to Quality Standards. This individual must beself-motivated, have strong leadership skills and work well in a Team setting. Additional skills and tasksrequired to become higher levels.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:1. Ensure that all products are food safe & quality ready for all customers.2. Continuously monitors and conducts routine Quality & Food Safety checks for defects and logs results.a. Level I - Proficient in Bakery Line Operation and ability to handle all QA tasks on the requiredfrequencies for 2 or more lines consistently in the Baking Operationb. Level II - Proficient in Bakery and Topping Line Operation with the ability to handle all QA taskson the required frequencies for 3 or more lines consistently in the Baking Operation.c. Level III - Proficient in Bakery and Topping Line Operation with the ability to handle 5 or morelines* consistently in the Baking Operation or Topping plus select Baking lines as needed.3. Inspects packaging, labels, date codes, shelf life, and performs tests on incoming ingredients and/orproduction lines.a. Level I - Physical product testing (weights & measures)b. Level II - In addition to Level I, must be able to conduct product gluten testing, Pre-Op inspectionson assigned lines in Bakery or Topping during scheduled shift and complete required allergen testingpost sanitation.c. Level III - In addition to Levels I & II, must be able to conduct Pre-Op inspections on a scheduledrotation on weekends for all lines in Bakery and Topping as necessary for the operation includingOT hours, and complete allergen testing post sanitation.4. Conducts daily instrument testing and the tools for up-keep and standardization/calibration of equipment(e.g. ruler, calipers, scales, metal detector/x-ray test pieces).5. Conducts daily GMP inspections.6. Pulls product retains from lines as needed for Shelf Life and other analysis programs (sensory,Production Validation etc.).7. 90% Quality floor testing and 10% paperwork in office.8. QA Levels II or III will be trained to provide shift reports and internal communication in the event aLead or above is not on shift.