Quality Specialist Jobs

Job Purpose and Impact

The Quality Specialist will handle the fulfillment of customer samples. In this role, you will be encouraged to provide samples, uphold packaging expectations, provide product related documentation and communicate the status of sample requests and delivery date expectations.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain the food safety management system, micro preparation and cleaning of lab areas.
• Analytical testing, small batch blending, entering data into databases in support of the quality management and operational teams.
• Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Perform calibration checks, preventative maintenance tasks and simple repair to analytical instrumentation.
• Assists in checking and monitoring analytical instrumentation performance.
• Other duties as assigned
• Support trials and experiments under the direction of more senior team members.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Microsoft Office Suite experience.
• Associates degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or related field
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of food safety, safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
• Minimum of one year experience working within a laboratory or food manufacturing environment
• Willing and able to train to operate a forklift
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving and analytical skills.