Quality Assurance Technician

**Quality Assurance Technician - Part Time**

Come join our small but mighty team in our brand new commercial bakery, located in Etobicoke. We are looking for a individuals with good attitudes seeking learning opportunities in food manufacturing.

**Benefits of working at Del's Pastry**:

- **$20.00 **_per hour plus shift premiums for overnight hours_
- **4-Day Work Week**:

- **Company Benefits**:

- **Help with Immigration **_(if needed)_
- **5 minutes from TTC Bus Stop; 10 minutes from Etobicoke North GO Station**:

- **Equal Opportunity Employer - Open to all **_**Indigenous persons, vulnerable youth, newcomers and persons with disabilities**_
- **Various recognition programs and company incentives**:

- **Free Treats**

Our Quality Assurance Technicians possess strong attention to detail and are passionate about food safety. Our technicians play an integral role for our employees, customers, and vendors as the gatekeepers for our products. By ensuring accurate reporting, temperature checks, health and safety, and other initiatives Del’s provides - our QA technician(s) enforce our compliance measures to all staff.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**
- Ensure food safety remains high priority and is an ambassador for a food-safe culture
- Daily conduct incoming, in-production, and outgoing inspections at set intervals
- Randomly check raw materials, processes, finished products to ensure compliance at all levels
- Identify nonconforming issues and address them with those responsible teams
- Ensure all food safety protocols are being followed by all employees, visitors and contractors.
- Inspect incoming raw and packaging materials for pests or deficiencies
- Monitor coolers and freezers temperature and advise those responsible if any issue
- Ensure ingredients are rotated according to the First In First Out process (FIFO)
- Maintain, update, and verify suppliers’ file such as 3rd party audit, Letter of Guarantee, Kosher certificate (when required), product specifications, and certificate of analysis.
- Assist with creating and implementing labels for all nutrition for products
- Verification of various practices and processes to ensure their compliances including ATP, temperatures, weights, label, record checks and metal checks
- Maintain and file all production and quality records daily (including training records)
- Work with all departments to ensure food safety, GMP compliance and occupational health and safety are followed by all teams
- Conduct various internal audits as required - sharing results with QA Manager
- Assist supervisors in ensuring their practices meet food safety standard, customer and legal requirements
- Implement Non conformance & HOLD procedures on a suspect product for further actions/evaluation
- Assist in reviewing and updating the HACCP plan, PCPs and other programs
- Assist in new on-the-job compliance training and verification programs
- Carry out the monitoring and completion of all assigned duties pertaining to HACCP, SQF and other prerequisite programs
- Monitor, maintain and improve product quality/ food safety, compliance to regulatory requirements, and enforcement of work safety.
- Other duties as required

**Qualifications**
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience as a QA Technician experience in a food processing and packaging environment.
- Degree or Diploma - Food Science, Supply Chain Management, Science and Nutrition or other applicable designation
- Exceptional computer skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, leadership qualities, and strong analytical skill
- Team player, hardworking and attention to detail required
- Food Safety Certifications strong asset
- Positive attitude and willing to learn and grow

**Working Conditions**:

- Warm working environment during summer months
- Fast-paced environment
- HACCP and GMP compliance requirements

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $20.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Discounted or free food

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Etobicoke, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have experience in food processing, or other highly regulated industry in manufacturing?

**Experience**:

- Quality assurance: 2 years (required)

Shift availability:

- Day Shift (required)
- Night Shift (required)

Work Location: One location