Quality Control Technician | Day Shift 7am-4pm

Muenster Milling is currently hiring for 1 Quality Control Technician at our Freeze-Dried facility in Denton, Texas.

As a Quality Assurance Technician, you are responsible for performing standardized quality control checks on our products to ensure they meet the required legal and company standards for safety and quality. You will also monitor production processes, maintain calibrated test equipment, prepare test data, and identify areas for quality improvement. To ensure success as a Quality Technician, you should have a strong working knowledge of process concepts, excellent visual awareness, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

COMPENSATION : Starting at $20.00 / hour + depending upon experience

Shift & Schedule : This is a full-tim e hourly on-site position. This is for a daytime shift starting at 7am-4pm Monday through Friday, with Saturday availability. Flexibility to work overtime, weekends, and holidays is required as scheduled.

Benefits : Fun Growing Team

Discounted Pet Food

Competitive pay

Accrued Paid Vacation

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Free Food!

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Inspection (visual, organoleptic etc.) of incoming raw materials, ingredients, and packaging to determine acceptability to established standards and regulatory requirements.
• Collection of raw material, work in process, and finished goods for evaluation against key quality and food safety attributes.
• Prepare and analyze raw material, in-process, and finished product samples per standardized procedures to ensure product consistency, safety, and quality standards. These tests may include but are not limited to Fat, Moisture, Protein, Ash, Fiber, pH, Water Activity(aw). Enter test data into lab / operations system(s).
• Evaluate test data against specification and determine and execute follow-ups as needed.
• Conduct sanitation audits : Inspection and testing of equipment to validate cleaning effectiveness (Visual, ATP, environmental swabbing). Engagement with operations to correct short-term issues and participate in root cause problem-solving where needed.
• Monitor CCPs and QCPs in accordance with plant SOPs and Food Safety Plan. Responsible to take corrective actions with urgency and report issues to FSQA Manager and Operations Manager.
• Perform verification and validation activities as outlined in facilities Food Safety Plan
• Conduct routine monitoring of the production process. Develop and maintain inspection reports. Troubleshoot systems, equipment and processes.
• Execute raw material and finished goods hold / release program as needed. Place nonconforming product on hold, assure segregation as needed, complete documentation, and alert plant management accordingly.
• Participate in preparation for GFSI, customer, and regulatory audits. Including but not limited to : internal auditing, creation, and update of SOP's & work instructions.
• Participate in customer complaint investigations as needed.
• Prepare and execute shipment of samples to outside laboratories and / or customers.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Experience and Education :

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Personal Characteristics :

Desired but not Required :

All Employee Responsibilities :

Food Safety & Quality Responsibilities :

Work Environment :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly work within a plant environment. The work requires the ability to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk and listen. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud in the plant. This is a food production facility with varying temperatures and odors. This individual must be able to work in cold environments (-10 degrees to 35 degrees in Meat Room).

Work Location / Travel :

The position is based full-time in assigned production facility.

Equal Opportunity Employer