Quality Assurance Specialist
The Hershey Company
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Edgerton • Kansas • United States
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About the role
- Maintain the Food Safety and Quality Management System
- HACCP monitoring
- In-house quality inspections and audits
- Performance of receiving inspections
- Approval of finished goods for shipment
- Development of policies, procedures, and specifications
- Assurance that manufacturing processes comply with applicable certification standards
- Work towards creation of a world-class manufacturing environment
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in similar role in food manufacturing facility
- Completion of college courses in a scientific discipline
- Previous Sanitation & Calibration experience preferred
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Basic understanding of mathematical principles and the ability to interpret numerical data
- HACCP certification or ability to achieve such certification
- Demonstrative ability to interact with operations personnel
- Ability to effectively operate test equipment
- Ability to be objective in data interpretation
- Ability to be objective in personal interactions
- Ability to focus on process and not people when seeking corrective action to operational challenges
Benefits
- Adherence to all applicable FDA health and OSHA safety regulations
- Completion of all required paperwork and forms in an accurate and timely manner
- Objective evaluation of products and processes
- Work closely with operations personnel to achieve company initiatives
- Timely review of records generated by operations team members for accuracy and validity
- Development and implementation effective records retention program
- Inspection of incoming raw materials
- Review of incoming material COA’s
- Calibration of lab equipment
- Inspection of finished products prior to release to warehouse
- Identification of areas for improvement in the Food Safety and Quality Management System
- Performance of audits activities for verification to established policies, procedures, and work instructions
- Effective communication between the quality function and operations
- Flexibility in regard to work schedule as needed
- Performance of required environmental testing
- Management of special projects and performance of other duties as directed
- Inspection and participation in sanitation processes as necessary
- Assist Supervisor in overseeing QA technicians
- Train new hired technicians in laboratory procedures and best practices
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
HACCP monitoringquality inspectionsauditsreceiving inspectionsdata interpretationtest equipment operationpolicy developmentprocedure developmentspecification developmentmanufacturing process compliance
Soft skills
independent workminimal supervisioninterpersonal interactionobjectivity in data interpretationobjectivity in personal interactionsfocus on processcorrective actionproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunication
Certifications
HACCP certification