Quality Control Technician - Sunday - Thursday 3pm - 11pm

Hello potential future Oatly employee. It’s us, the original oatmilk company that started in Sweden back 30 or so years ago and has since expanded to the U.S. where we’ve continued growing at a rate such that we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the oatmilk flowing.

Sustainability, health, and transparency are the core values that guide everything we do. Basically, we exist to help people live a healthier life without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process, and to change the food system for the better. We drive that change through the power of oats and through a significant reduction in cow’s milk consumption. If any of this resonates with you, then maybe you’d like to work for Oatly, too. Now onto the formal stuff.

Here are the things we want to hire you to do:

• Monitor and verify daily compliance of SOP's

• Perform daily pre-operational and operational plant inspections; authorize or not, the start of processing operations in conjunction with the production department 

• Continuously monitor that the site follows Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) 

• Regularly ensure compliance of all raw materials, packaging materials, products in process, and finished products to specifications 

• Perform daily pre-operational and operational plant inspections 

• Performing laboratory test such APC, Mold and yeast for finished product 

• Perform in process quality control lab testing; such as total solids, PH, etc. 

• Creation of Certificate of Analysis for product release 

• Maintain logs and other records including inventory lab chemicals 

• Comply with GMPs, PPE, sanitation procedures, general housekeeping and food safety and food defense practices and procedures  

• Enter test results on lab data system and generate reports 

• Perform with operations, engineering, and purchase department to resolve supplier quality issues with raw materials 

• Maintain working knowledge of all instruments used for routine and non-routine sample testing and troubleshooting 

• Conduct timely root cause analysis and enforce improvements to process controls 

• Assist in the start of processing operations in conjunction with production department 

• Perform ATP, environmental and allergen swabbing to support plant operations 

• Communicate raw material and product quality issues to management 

• Perform with operations, engineering, and purchase department to resolve supplier quality issues with raw materials 

• Other duties as assigned 

Here are the things we think you need:

• Must be 18 years or older with the ability to read, write and speak English specific to work instructions including but not limited to safety purposes 

• High school, GED, or equivalent diploma required 

• 2-4 years schooling in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology, or related fields preferred    

• 2+ years of lab testing experience 

• Ability to work with minimal supervision 

• Strong mathematics skills 

• Excellent attention to detail 

• Superior communication skills 

• Excellent organization skills, and abilities to make decisions on quality issues 

• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force at times and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body 

• Ability to work in cold and hot environments (approximately 38F-80F degrees) 

• Ability to be mobile in accomplishing tasks and or moving from one worksite (up to 1-mile range) to another this could include but not be limited to in-plant departments, (Shipping- Receiving, Production, etc.) and/or to Oatly’s 3rd party warehouse 

• Ability to repeat motions that may include use of the wrists, hands and/or fingers, and standing or sitting for prolonged periods (average 8-12 hours) 

Another bulleted list felt a bit too…bullet-y. So we wrote this long, awkward sentence to let you know all the ways we sweeten the deal when you work with us, like 20 paid vacation days plus sick ti