Quality Assurance Technician

About Us:

Horseshoe Beverage Company, located in Neenah, WI is a leading ready-to-drink beverage manufacturer focused on providing consumers with an outstanding beverage experience wherever, whenever. Leveraging industry-leading talent, state-of-the-art equipment, and our vertically integrated supply chain, we strive to be at the forefront of beverage innovation each day and deliver the highest quality beverages to our customers first.

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401k with company match after 60 days of employment
• 120 hours PTO
• $3 an hour perfect attendance bonus per paycheck
• 3 day weekends every other weekend.

Quality Assurance Technician:

The Quality Assurance Technician will perform analysis and testing of product to ensure that it meets all necessary food and beverage quality standards. They will work with production to assist with training on standard operator procedures. They will place products on hold that are outside of the quality specifications; assist with developing corrective action to release product and assist with regular inspections and quality control audit programs.

Hours are 5:45pm - 6:00am on a 2-2-3 schedule.

Responsibilities:

Analytical

• Perform routine analytical testing on finished and semi-finished products.
• Perform routine plating for indicator organisms.
• Execute environmental monitoring and swabbing program.
• Maintain Good Laboratory Practices program including method monitoring, equipment calibration and verification activities.
• Perform routine can seam and bottle closure inspections.
• Update and maintain laboratory procedures.
• Execute and assist with validations and verifications including sample collection.
• Assist with R & D testing including shelf-life studies.
• Maintain plant sensory program.

Quality and Food Safety Management

• Maintain facility glass and hard plastics inspection program.
• Ensure completion of daily positive release verification activities and release pending product.
• Collaborate with operations to create and maintain standard operating procedures and appropriate corrective action for non-conformances.
• Issue production holds for product produced outside of specification.
• Assist with training operations personnel on monitoring procedures, food safety and quality system requirements.
• Prescribe correction and corrective actions for non-conformities discovered on shift.
• Assist with maintenance of the facility inspection and internal audit program.
• Assist with consumer and customer complaint investigations.
• Assist with investigating and managing food safety and quality related failures on shift.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required. Associate degree preferred.
• The ability to read, write, speak, and understand English is required.
• Previous experience with food processing or packaging required.
• Previous experience with food manufacturing in the quality function preferred.
• Self-directed and personally motivated
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment while focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations.
• Good team player able to work well with others and contribute to a positive work environment.
• Good attendance and performance track record.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Strong computer skills working with Microsoft Office tools to include Excel, Word, and PowerPoint required.
• Responsible for following food safety/quality/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/quality/regulatory concerns to the Quality Manager.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, and bending throughout the shift. The employees must frequently lift and/or move items up to and including sixty (60) pounds. Employees will need to be able to lift bags above waist level on regular basis. Specific vision abilities required by this job are close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machinery. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Mental demands include multi-tasking, decision making, problem solving, comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, and synthesizing data.

Hours and Pay:

We offer a competitive base pay rate and comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees. The hours for the QA Technician are 545p-6a working a 2-2-3 schedule.

Safety Statement:

At Horseshoe Beverage Co. safety is every employee's first responsibility. We expect all employees to adhere to all safety practices, have the moral courage to stop other individuals from performing unsafe acts, and immediately report unsafe conditions.

Disclosures:

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
• If unable to perform job responsibilities, the Quality Supervisor will step in as backup.
• Trilliant Food and Horseshoe Beverage Co. are drug free workplaces. All applicants are subject to a drug test and background check as a condition of employment.
• Trilliant Food and Horseshoe Beverage participate in the E-Verify process.
• EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.