QA Coordinator

**Position Summary**:
The Quality Assurance Coordinator is a key role at Nature’s Touch (West) to ensure all products provided to customers are safe and of good quality.

**Qualifications**:

- Diploma in food science or relative science background or equivalency through experience
- Minimal 2 year work experience in QA/QC role in food industry
- Proficient with MS Office and computer programs.

**Job Responsibility**:

- Conduct internal audits, attend meetings and prepare reports needed for BRC
- Prepare and maintain non conformance and corrective actions program
- Ensure a strong HACCP program by scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, reporting and assisting with self inspections.
- Ensure all Employees are training in food safety procedures on an annual basis.
- Validate relevant prerequisite programs and Service Suppliers on an annual basis
- Review QA paperwork as required
- Work with QA manager to review, plan and direct training for Employees during fresh season.
- Support QA Manager during fresh season on relevant temporary QA tasks
- Micro plating and micro release as needed
- Assist as needed for all 3rd party audits and inspections.
- Perform on-line checking to ensure all finished goods compliance to Food Safety program (SQF), regulatory requirements and customer specification
- Finished goods quality evaluation, collect retention samples, weight verification and coordinate quality control with production team
- Coordinate with repacking team with the correct information provided to ensure the line is running efficiently
- Ensure all the production records are completed on paperless software and hard copies
- Conduct operational checks on daily basis to monitor GMP on site to ensure product food safety
- Perform pre-operational check and environmental swabbing as required
- Perform risk assessment to address production issues from Quality control standpoint and take immediate corrective action
- Follow up with other departments on non-conformance, corrective and preventative actions, and validation activities to ensure completion in a timely manner
- Follow Hold and Release Policy for any non-conformity.
- Ensure held products are released in an efficient manner
- Review and action any customer complaints
- Assist new products launch requirements
- Manage purchased IQF Ingredients quality analysis and allocation
- Coordinate between suppliers, Inbound logistics, CCS and QA sampler to ensure sampling activities conducted on time and meet Nature’s Touch sampling program requirement
- Perform quality testing of food products such as physical analysis, pH and Brix
- Verify Case Dumping records and keep track of any quality defects at dumping step
- Perform GMP inspections in the production room and deal with Food Safety Non-Conformance on the line
- Other duties as signed by QA manager

**Job Qualification**:

- Communication: Strong communication skills in English
- Time management: Efficient organization of daily routine responsibilities
- Work hours: able to work night shift and weekend
- HACCP trained and knowledge in CFIA FSEP Manual is an asset

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 16 months

**Salary**: $20.00-$27.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- ABBOTSFORD, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (required)

**Experience**:

- quality assurance: 2 years (required)

Work Location: One location