About the role
Employee Type:
Full timeLocation:
PA LancasterJob Type:
Quality AssuranceJob Posting Title:
Quality TechnicianAbout Us:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices 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 and develop their careers, 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.
Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.
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:
The Quality Technician role at the Lancaster location provides support to the Quality Assurance team, driving and supporting key initiatives to improve performance, quality, and safety throughout the plant.
Maintains production by operating packing machines. This position is responsible for performing of their respective duties to meet
Performs the day-to-day monitoring, testing and documentation to assure that all processes and practices comply with SQF standards for Food Safety and Quality, as well as other federal regulations and directives in food production. Actively use SAP and Infinity to enter in lab data.
Trouble shoot problems and work with operations to correct. Performs record reviews. Proficient writing skills to detail quality related activities. Assists with special projects.
A focus on standards, regulations and practices related to food safety and food quality and environmental safety is priority.
All procedures and practices used are grounded in standards, regulations and laws addressing occupational safety (OSHA), building and electrical codes, and food safety and food quality (FDA) in addition to environmental safety (EPA) in accordance with Safe Quality Food (SQF) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Responsibilities:
Assure that quality assurance standards and documents are communicated and enforced by conducting daily inspections
Performs environmental swabbing of production equipment and environment with analysis of results
Prepares written documents describing analysis techniques and test results; writes SOP's and other quality documents and reports
Communicate with all levels of the organization in review of test results, including written and verbal forms
Enters quality-related work orders into SAP
Gather special samples for additional incubation and defects audits as directed
Provide support for sample gathering and data recording for plant trials
Perform audits to verify compliance with established SOP documentation, GMP's, HACCP and Safe Quality Food {SQF) efforts
Assists with the coordination, performance, and documentation remediation of product on hold
Reviews regulatory documentation for product release (i.e., record review)
Maintains inventory of materials related to microbiological testing and coordinates shipments of samples
Participates and leads process improvement projects
Determines SAP usage decisions on bulk deliveries
Updates sampling plans
Maintains prod
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