Job Description:

Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

CoWorx Staffing Services is seeking Quality Assurance Technician candidates in the Portsmouth, NH area. Our client is one of the nation’s leading frozen seafood suppliers! We’re seeking an experienced quality assurance technician to assist on a temporary project, ensuring smooth food safety operations in their Portsmouth, NH facility.

Responsibilities:

• Quarantine, investigate and partner with supervisor on the disposition of non-conforming materials.
• Support organization in the preparation and execution of GFSI, customer, regulatory and GMP food safety and quality audits.
• Supports updating and revising quality and food safety procedures, job aids, training materials and forms.
• Assist in training and onboarding of new quality technicians.
• Maintain the lab and quality work space in a neat and orderly condition and ensure a sufficient supply of consumable material.

Verification Activities:
• Perform necessary quality, food safety and HACCP related audits and verification activities.
• Conduct product evaluations in accordance with 50CFR.
• Responsible for identifying out of specification product and have the ability to interpret specifications and apply subjective quality decisions to product when related to appearance, color, texture, etc.
• Complete daily sanitation and pre-op inspections, using visual and analytical methods such as ATP and protein swabs.

Continuous Improvement:
• Identify problem areas and contribute to the problem solving process working with production, maintenance and sanitation teams.

Desired Background/Skills:

• High School diploma or GED
• Associates degree or above preferred, but not required.
• HACCP background preferred, but not required.
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Reliability, decisiveness, good judgment, assertiveness, flexibility, persistence, and patience
• Knowledge of food sanitation requirements are preferred, but not required.
• Well-developed and demonstrated English-language communications (both written and verbal), interpersonal, and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to communicate and enforce quality and food safety expectations in a collaborative and effective manner.
• Must be available for overtime as needed.
• Ability to flex schedule to support the business.

Other Information:

Temporary 4-month project
Schedule: 200pm-1030pm M-F

$20-23/hr or more depending on experience.

Don’t miss out on this excellent opportunity to join a hardworking, supportive team- apply with us today to get started!

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Interested candidates please reference job code 231856 when responding to this ad.

Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire