Qc Technician

Employee Type:
Full time

**Location**:
ON Richmond Hill

**Job Type**:
Quality

Job Posting Title:
QC Technician

About Us:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

- Competitive compensation and benefits program
- Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs
- Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities
- An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
- Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
- Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

**Job Description**:
About Protenergy Natural Foods:
Protenergy Natural Foods Corp. is a rapidly growing and profitable mid-size company specializing in the manufacturing of aseptically packaged natural food and beverage products. Founded in 2004 by industry veterans who recognized an opportunity to bring innovative technologies to the food production industry, the company has a strong track record of growth. Our parent company, Treehouse Foods of Oak Brook, Illinois, is a food manufacturer servicing primarily the retail grocery and food service distribution channels and is one of the largest private label food manufacturers in North America.

Position Summary:
This position will support the Quality Assurance team by following quality assurance procedures, to ensure conformance of ingredients, materials and finished products.

Key Responsibilities:
Analytical Testing:

- Responsible for organizing and testing all aseptic final product
- Must be proficient at setting up, calibrating and performing; Code interpretation, Total Solids, Brix, pH, Density, Sodium and Organoleptic evaluations.
- Conduct sensory evaluation as required
- Must be able to taste liquid broth, including meat and seafood ingredients

Line Tests:

- Package integrity evaluation
- Case inspection, case code inspection.
- Peroxide test
- Cooler inspection.
- Glass check
- Line start up check
- Hourly batch pH test check
- Line weight checks
- Pasteurizer checks

NCR's:

- Initiate NCR, place Hold tags on product if in the building.
- Update NCR book
- Follow up and close open NCR’s

Batch Testing:

- Responsible for organizing, testing, modifying, re-sampling and releasing all aseptic soup batches.
- Must be proficient at setting up, calibrating and performing;
- Total Solids, Brix, pH, Density, Sodium and Organoleptic evaluations.

Micro:

- Assist with micro testing, pH testing and plating when required, i.e. busy season or early release requirement
- Read all plates and fill in the micro record for manager’s signature. If any counts found investigate.
- Collect, pack and send samples to outside lab.
- Change hot room temperature chart

**Requirements**:

- Post secondary education within a Food Science related field is preferred.
- 1 year of experience in the food manufacturing industry is preferred
- Organized and a meticulous eye for detail and accuracy
- Exceptional analytical skills
- Self-starter / strong initiative
- Team player with ability to work cross-functionally
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs
- Fast typing and numerical data entry skills

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