Fsqa Technician

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like ®, ®, and ®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

As an FSQA Technician, you will be responsible for supporting production by assuring the food safety and quality of ingredients, mixes, finished products, and the environment of the plant are sustained. Maintained the food safety and quality records for regulatory and company use.

**Accountabilities**:

- Conducts product tests and takes immediate action to correct product that is out of specification. Documents accurately.
- Demonstrates and enforces the importance of Critical Control Points (CCPs) and rigorously monitors. Follows up with necessary actions to eliminate deviations.
- Required to make decisions to stop production or place product on hold when product is out of specification. Follows hold procedures as necessary, and effectively communicates with supervision on all production stoppage events.
- Notifies supervision in a timely manner of any unapproved changes made to product settings that could negatively affect quality.
- Makes important observations about product, packaging, equipment, and environment. Takes appropriate actions to correct anything that is not up to Company or third-party regulations.
- Demonstrates and enforces the importance of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and monitors diligently. Follows up with necessary corrective actions when not being followed.
- Monitors all equipment settings to ensure they are correct and accurately records findings.
- Works on the Production line in a variety of positions in between QA duties.
- Trains line leads to be the primary Q.A. technician backup in their absence.
- Follows rules and regulations to ensure food safety, quality, and legality.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor of Food Science, Microbiology, or Human Ecology required.
- 1-2 years of work experience in the food industry - bakery experience
- Incoming ingredients, Rework, Environmental and sanitation, Hold and Release program, SPC program, Consumer complaints investigation, Cutting, Sensory, Sampling, New product trials, Good manufacturing practices (GMPs), HACCP, etc.
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, & Word)
- Adequately communicate issues, both written and verbal, relating to safety, FSQA, output, and cost; can provide operational observations and inputs to support overall team objectives
- As awareness of how to use performance measures to identify and prioritize losses in production area; provide a description of problems and can provide monitoring of process or line issues

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.