Quality Assurance Technician Lead – Nights
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $29 - $36 per hour
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- The QA Tech, Lead is responsible for insuring compliance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the overall sanitation program for the facility.
- Provide leadership and oversight to the overall execution of the facilities Master Sanitation Program and microbiology requirements for collecting, plating, and reading microbiology samples.
- Monitor the completion of Master Sanitation Program requirements
- Review cleaning and sanitizing activity and records for both manual and automated cleaning processes to identify gaps that could or are leading to microbiological growth
- Conduct actual microbiological sampling, plating, and reading activities
- Generate reports for leadership on the effectiveness of the Master Sanitation Program
- Initiate and lead Master Sanitation Program related corrective actions
- Provide sanitation and microbiology training to other team members in production, maintenance, and quality assurance
- Keep Quality Assurance Supervisor, Lead Lab Tech and Production Supervisor informed on any quality issues throughout shift.
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED; Bachelor’s or Associates Degree in Food Science, Technical/Engineering Field, Continuous Improvement/Project Management preferred
- Technical training in food microbiology or overall microbiology required; training must include sampling techniques, plating techniques, plate reading, and overall good practices in microbiology; Actual demonstrated working experience greater than two years in microbiology may be accepted as a replacement for training.
- Two years of food microbiology program experience required; experience in a beverage manufacturing industry preferred
- Experience working within an ISO management system or USDA/FDA environment required.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in an auditing or inspecting against organizational standards role. Prefer ISO Auditor Certification.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications – EXCEL, WORD, Power-Point, Outlook, SAP
- Experience with statistical analysis preferred
- Experience in training others required
- Ability to interact with multiple levels of leadership, generate clear and concise written reports, and interact with teams in problem solving activities required.
Benefits
- Additional earning opportunities may include performance-based incentives
- quarterly bonuses
- referral bonuses
- comprehensive benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
microbiologysampling techniquesplating techniquesplate readingfood microbiologystatistical analysisauditinginspecting
Soft skills
leadershiptrainingproblem solvingcommunication
Certifications
ISO Auditor Certification