Quality Assurance Technician - 2nd Shift

 Position Title:  Quality Assurance Technician

Shift: M-W 4pm-4:30 am / Th-S 4pm-4:30 am

Company Overview:  At Bobo’s Oat Bars everything we create is made with love and baked by hand using wholesome, simple ingredients you can find in your own kitchen.  Working at Bobo’s is a labor of love.  Our experienced staff exudes integrity, grit, passion, and a unified desire to share the love of Bobo’s and our products from their hearts to others.  Bobo’s employees embrace and reflect the Bobo’s values being collaborative, adaptable, passionate, persevering, and fun-loving. 

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Wage range is $19.00 - $24.00
  • Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, 401k with 4% company match, sick and vacation leave

Position Summary:

The Quality Assurance Technician will assist in the development, implementation, and sustainability of quality programs for Bobo’s Oat Bars. The technician will work with all production employees to ensure quality standards are followed. They are responsible for ingredient, in-process, and finished product quality checks.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ingredient, in-process, and finished product quality checks
  • Conduct water activity testing, gluten testing, and swabbing
  • Ensure personnel follow GMPs and good hygiene practices
  • Ensure accuracy of production reports and HACCP Documentation
  • Investigate and resolve customer complaints
  • Guarantee sanitation procedures are complete and documented
  • Inspect and release product
  • Supervise labeling of product
  • Manage SOPs for their job duties
  • Place raw material and finished product on hold when deviations occur
  • Calibrate and maintain equipment
  • Train employees as needed
  • Serve as on-floor representative for Gluten Program including: testing, issue identification and resolution, and implementation of corrective actions as needed.

 

Supervisory Responsibility: None

 

Qualifications / Education / Experience Desired:

 

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • 2 years of experience working in a food quality-related role preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
  • HACCP or PCQI Certified is a plus.
  • Experience with FDA and other third-party auditing entities is a plus

 

Language / Mathematical / Reasoning Ability:

 

  • Must be able to accurately document information in a timely manner.
  • Must be able to write and speak, both clearly and effectively
  • Must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong math skills required.

 

Supervision Given:

  • This position will report to the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Supervisor and work very closely with the Production Line Leads and Production Supervisors
  • This position is expected to be able to work with minimal oversight at times and be able to confidently handle situations on their own.

 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, use hands to grip and handle objects; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include looking at a computer screen and ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to travel, drive a motor vehicle, and communicate using telephone and email.

 

Travel Required: None

 

Resume Submission:  All candidates with relevant experience please submit resume to Jobs@EatBobos.com.  Please put “QA Technician” in the subject line of email.

Bobo’s Oat Bars is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.