Quality Technician II

Job Description

Quality Technician II - Hiawatha, KS

Quality

This is a full-time, hourly position.

Reports To

• Quality Manager

In Case of Absence

• Quality Manager

Experience / Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in food science or related field preferred.

• Minimum 1 year of experience in quality or manufacturing preferred.

Training Required

• Annual Training

• Training Verification Matrix

General Job Description

• Ability to complete all tasks assigned to the Quality Technicians in each plant.

• Ability to fill in when needed to support production with Quality needs.

• Maintain Quality department personnel Schedule.

• Support Quality Manager in customer complaint investigations by submitting requested reports of issues, findings and discrepancies to the Quality Manager.

• Support Quality Manager in coordinating customer specific requests and communicating issues, findings and discrepancies to the Quality Manager.

• Review production Quality documents for accuracy. Inform Quality Manager and production of discrepancies. Ability to determine and/or initiate quality holds based on review of documents.

• Organize and maintain retain samples.

• Review Quality Hold Log for issues to investigate and report findings to Quality Manager for dispositions.

• Participate in formal release activities as necessary.

• Participate in customer release information for requesting shipping release.

• Assist Quality Manager with document verification and implementation as allowed.

• Support Quality Manager in executing the quality hold program and investigation of quality hold materials by submitting requested reports of issues, findings and discrepancies to the Quality Manager.

• Maintain customer sampling.

• Maintain finished product sampling and environmental monitoring program.

• Maintain record hard copy and electronic copy filing.

• Maintain FSMA additional environmental sampling per release protocol.

• Support Quality Manager in maintaining product sampling matrices, product specifications and sight samples, communicate revisions to the necessary personnel as needed.

• Composite appropriate samples for various testing at an outside laboratory as instructed by Quality Manager.

• Responsibility to identify food safety and/or product integrity issues and to initiate and record actions for issues reported.

• Responsibility to communicate and review any information deemed necessary, including but not limited to, food safety, product integrity, formulas, specifications and/or changes, with Quality Manager.

• Authority to purchase necessary chemicals and lubricants.

• Responsibility to maintain overall plant sanitation.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

ADM requires the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a background check.

REF:89294BR