Job Description
Position: Quality Control Technician
Location: Halethorpe Maryland
Shifts Available:
-AM Shift: 5:30 am to 3:30 PM
- Second: 12 PM to 10 PM
-Join our high-growth ready-to-eat meal company as we expand our operations and ensure exceptional quality in every dish we serve. We are dedicated to providing our customers with the best taste and safest food experience.
**Job Title:** Food Safety Quality Control Technician
**Job Description:**
Join our rapidly growing team as a Food Safety Quality Control Technician, where you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of our products in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Our company is experiencing massive growth, and we are looking for dedicated individuals who thrive under pressure and have a genuine passion for the food industry.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct pre-start checks for all production lines, ensuring equipment and processes meet safety and quality standards.
- Perform hourly inspections throughout the production process to maintain quality control.
- Document findings meticulously and contribute to comprehensive post-production reports.
- Train team members on quality assurance practices and procedures for consistency and compliance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address and resolve quality-related issues promptly.
- Maintain quality standards by approving incoming materials, in-process production, and finished products; recording quality results.
- Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and SQF (Safe Quality Food) standards.
- Monitor critical control points and make corrections to prevent deviations.
- Perform and document regular audits of processes, procedures, and quality systems.
- Manage corrective actions and ensure timely resolution of quality issues.
- Train and support production staff on quality control measures.
- Oversee sanitation processes to maintain a hygienic manufacturing environment.
Qualifications:
- Prior experience in quality assurance within the food industry is essential.
- Strong understanding of food safety regulations and best practices.
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment while maintaining attention to detail.
- Passion for food and manufacturing, with a commitment to product excellence.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a food quality technician position.
- Proven experience working with GMP and SQF certified facilities.
- Strong background in regulatory compliance and food safety.
- Exceptional documentation skills with high attention to detail.
- Understanding of sanitation processes within the food industry.
- Ability to work flexible hours and commit to second or mid shift schedules.
This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team that is committed to quality and safety in food production. If you are driven, detail-oriented, and passionate about food manufacturing, we would love to hear from you!
Preferred Skills:
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks.
- Proficient in using quality control software and tools.
We Offer:
Competitive salary
- Career growth opportunities
- A dynamic work environment
- Supportive team culture
How to Apply:
Qualified candidates should submit their resume and a cover letter detailing their experience and why they are the best fit for this role to ZipRecruiter
Company Description
Maryland Packaging a state-of-the-art facility, is a smaller family business. The company is in an expansion mode and has been in business since 2000. Our values are simple, "Be the best that you can be." We will teach you How and Why we do things the things the way that we do them. We would also like to learn from you, how and why you did the things that you did at your previous job. As a smaller company, we all must work together and communicate with one another. If you do not have great communication skills, this will not be the place for you. Work values are important.
1) Show up to work on time
2) Ask a lot of questions
3) Learn from us
4) Teach us
5) Communicate
6) Team Player
7) When you are on the job, you are on the job 110%
8) If this is just a paycheck for you, stay at home
9) Chain of command MUST be followed. If you have an issue following chain of command, please do not apply.
Maryland Packaging a state-of-the-art facility, is a smaller family business. The company is in an expansion mode and has been in business since 2000. Our values are simple, "Be the best that you can be." We will teach you How and Why we do things the things the way that we do them. We would also like to learn from you, how and why you did the things that you did at your previous job. As a smaller company, we all must work together and communicate with one another. If you do not have great communication skills, this will not be the place for you. Work values are important.\r\n1) Show up to work on time\r\n2) Ask a lot of questions\r\n3) Learn from us\r\n4) Teach us\r\n5) Communicate\r\n6) Team Player\r\n7) When you are on the job, you are on the job 110%\r\n8) If this is just a paycheck for you, stay at home\r\n9) Chain of command MUST be followed. If you have an issue following chain of command, please do not apply.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIMMEDIATE OPENING, WE USE TEXT MESSAGE AND A VIDEO INTERVIEW. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF TEXT MESSAGES ARE ACCEPTABLE\r\n\r\nShift Start 5:30 am\r\n\r\nLocated in Halethorpe, Maryland off Route 100.\r\n\r\nMaryland Packaging is a progressive forward-thinking company with state-of-the-art technology facilities. We are a mid-size food co-packaging company with 50 associates. Maryland Packaging provides aggressive training and promotes continuous education. Maryland Packaging on average invests $20,000 per employee on training within the first year. \r\n\r\nMaryland Packaging manufactures and packages food products under private labels, Fusha Foods, Chef Gris Gris, drink mixes, Sauces, condiments, RTE, RTC, RTD and other flavorful products to the entire food industry – retail outlets, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. We create differentiating products that consumers prefer with unmatched quality, science, innovation and service.\r\n\r\nOur Mission\r\n\r\nOur mission is to create the best partnership and strongest synergy between our clients, consumers, and ourselves. This must be a win, win situation. Our mantra is and has always been “under promise and over deliver."\r\n\r\nOur Promise of Quality\r\n\r\nOur highly trained and experienced production operators and strict quality control procedures, enable us to deliver defect-free products-even within difficult time frames. We will continually upgrade our entire system through conformance with and active monitoring of SQF Level 2. \r\n\r\nMaryland Packaging is totally committed to understanding, meeting the quality needs, and expectations of all our customers. We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations in quality, delivery, and cost through continuous improvement and customer interaction.