QA Lab Tech II - Shift Flex (67151)

Location: 531 West Poplar Avenue| Tipton | CA | 93272

Hourly Rate: $22.36 (Overtime and weekends may be required)

We are hiring for a Flex Shift position which will cover all three shifts where needed.

Shift: 1st Shift 6am - 2:30pm

Shift: 2nd Shift 2pm - 10:30pm | Shift Differential $0.40 hour

Shift: 3rd Shift 10pm - 6:30am | Shift Differential $0.80 hour

Job Summary

The QA Technician II is the primary person responsible for the testing of inbound tankers, outbound tankers, and batches for all analytical tests.

Additionally, the QA Technician II will fill in for the Peel Technician during absences and days off.  The QA Technician II reports to the Quality Assurance Supervisor. The QA Technician II may work any shift.

Primary Responsibilities

• Food Safety is the responsibility of all Ventura Coastal manufacturing employees. All Ventura Coastal manufacturing employees must be aware of CCP’s in their area and how to document them appropriately.  All staff must report food safety and quality problems to their immediate supervisor in charge during their shift.
• Perform routine analytical tests per specification: citric acid, brix, acid, pH, coarse/sinking pulp, pectin, defects, oil, color, Howard Mold, viscosity, blue dye, clarity, and absorbance.
• Review analytics against customer specification and issue water, oil, and/or preservative correction as needed.
• Assist in blending projects.
• Participate in all performance evaluation programs such as cross checks and JBT Co-Op samples.
• Assist in sample submission requests and water phase and oil phase essence sampling.
• Perform dissolved oxygen testing. 
• Create and verify labels for production packaging lots.
• Input all data into the Portal/CitrOS/Sage with accuracy and speed.
• Calibrate all laboratory equipment at the beginning of each shift.
• Communicate out of specification product and tanker rejections to management to ensure corrective action.
• Pull aseptic samples from pulp collection, tanks, tankers, purchased drums, and silos as directed. Resample product for retesting as needed.
• Perform GMP audit of the process during the production run.
• Participate in plantwide food safety culture audit.
• Perform pre-operational audit and qualifies production equipment and tankers for use by observation and bioluminescence swabs.
• Assist in training technicians as necessary.
• Report non-standard conditions to the Lead or QA Supervisor immediately.
• Responsible for CCP #3 (Tanker Inspection) review of documentation and a secondary check on compliance with JPA guidelines.
• Organize quality documentation including but not limited to: instrument calibrations, tanker inspection forms, pasteurization charts, sanitation documents, etc.
• Perform moisture testing of citrus peel after the extraction of fruit and communicate wet peel loads to produ