Technician I - Quality Assurance

Flagstone Foods:

At Flagstone Foods, we believe appreciation grows goodness. We have an appreciation for our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we live. Appreciation is our main ingredient!

Headquartered in the North Loop of Minneapolis with plants in Robersonville, North Carolina, El Paso, Texas, and Dothan, Alabama, we are one of North America’s largest manufacturers and distributors of “feel good snacks.” Think flavorful snack nuts, innovative trail mixes and wholesome dried fruits...and now, we are adding to our team! We hire creative, thoughtful, and entrepreneurial team members. If you share our enthusiasm and appreciation for goodness, you too may find a home with Flagstone Foods.

POSITION: Technician I - Quality Assurance

REPORTS TO: Tammara Fuqua

Position Summary:

Responsible for the constant monitoring of all roasting procedures, raw materials, production procedures/ methods/standards and overall finished product quality. Must support and enforce quality lead instructions and make sure other departments follow quality standards/procedures

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Conduct line monitoring of all production lines in operation; recording measurements and weights. If lines run poor quality, tech will be able to place product on hold and stop line if needed.

• Assist in updating or implementing production and food safety aids such as guidelines, scaling weight charts, HACCP, GMP’s, etc.

• Conduct daily plant walk-throughs and audit GMP and food safety compliance.

• Perform freezer inventories and place any product close to “out of date” on hold.

• Maintain well-organized, detailed, and legible records.

• Performs lab testing such as moisture readings, pH’s and tta’s.

• Secure samples involved and help evaluate customer complaints.

• Update GMP training and deliver training to employees.

• New employee orientation/training.

Food Safety Production Areas:

• Notify Supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required.

• Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas.

• Perform all duties necessary to meet American Institute of Baking (AIB), Company, and or Government requirements / standards as prioritized by the Company.

• Inform Management of ANY Food Safety or Quality issues or of any processes, which become non-compliant with specified requirements.

• Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.

• Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.

• Controls further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.

• Inform Management of ANY Food Safety or Quality issues or of any processes, which become non-compliant with specified requirements.

• In the absence of immediate supervisor, will assume necessary operational and administrative duties.

• Will be accountable to Flagstone Foods safety and quality principles.

• Will support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the SQF Level 3.

• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must know and understand all types of nuts and allergens processed through the machine.

• Must have at least 6 months experience on a manufacture work environment.

• Must be proficient with Microsoft programs such as word and excel.

• Must know how to evaluate the product for roast and/or damage.

• Must be able to lift, push pull and carry objects of moderate weight up to 50 pounds.

• Must be able to have a flexible schedule and be willing to work OT/Holidays/Weekends with the ability to go to any shift depending on the production demands.

• Must have basic math skills: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, and percentages.

• Must be able to make conversions from Metric to English standards for weights.

• Must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.

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Supervises: None

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described within the Essential Functions section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this job. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change, or add to the duties of this description at any time without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Communicate with others both verbally and in writing.

• Be independently mobile.

• Use a computer and keyboard.

• Regularly sit, stand, walk, reach, stretch, stoop, bend, for extended periods.

• Ability to lift/carry 25 to 50 lbs.

• Exposure to noise levels requiring hearing protection.

FLSA Designation: The position is a non-exempt and eligible for overtime.