Quality Control Technician - Havre de Grace, United States - Medifast, Inc.

Medifast, Inc.

Verified Company

Havre de Grace, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

At Medifast, our team members are relentless in our mission of driving Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a Time.

When you join Medifast, you become part of a dynamic, fast-growing community of highly motivated, like-hearted people who share a passion for promoting health and wellness.

Just as OPTAVIA Coaches inspire Clients to reach their personal wellness goals, at Medifast, we inspire each other to bring our best to work each day to further our shared mission.

If you want to build a rewarding career that makes lives better on a daily basis, Medifast may be the perfect place for you.

Overview of Position

The Quality Control Technician is responsible for capturing sensory, analytical, physical and microbial data to help drive the manufacture of Safe Quality Foods process.

This person collaborates with other departments to help drive consistency in product manufacturing and ensure that products meet the Quality needs and expectations of Medifast customers.

Opportunity Highlights

Evaluate in-house and co-manufacture products using approved sensory and analytical methods to ensure conformance to specification.
Inspect production line start up, ingredients and packaging conformance per current SOP.
Verify Preventive and critical control points for each manufacturing line during production as per current Food Safety Plan.
Verify, test, and approve production equipment for proper cleaning and sanitation prior to product changeovers. Direct cleaning as necessary and communicate any failures to supervisor.
Support consumer complaint investigations by evaluating product, and reviewing documentation.
Collect and send samples out to a 3rd party lab, follow up, record and report results to supervisor.
Carry out and moderate panel tastings when necessary.
Promptly communicate and report non-conformance or incident during shift to the supervisor.
Adhere to Good Laboratory Practices at all times.
Participate in professional development trainings to continue to drive improvement.
Support continuous improvement efforts within the lab, and manufacturing, for instance LSS projects.
Complete any additional tasks as assigned by Supervisor.

Knowledge, Education, Skills & Abilities

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Chemistry, Biotechnology, or related science field or equivalent experience preferred.
23 years of experience in food or pharmaceutical production required.
2 years of QA/QC Technician experience in food or pharmaceutical / QC production preferred.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Team oriented.
Basic computer skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

At Medifast, Relationships Are At The Center Of What We Do
We thrive by elevating our connections with one another as well as with our Coaches & Clients. We believe that everyone has the potential to be OUTSTANDING.

The Medifast culture is built on seven core values:
integrity, courage, teaming, accountability, empowerment, partnership and diversity.

These values aren't just words on a page - they are celebrated as a core part of the company's philosophy.

We Lead By

Mastering Relationships:
We build trust, promote collaboration and we are reliable.

Being innovative:

We strive to improve things in our areas of influence; test, refine and expand within the business strategy; and reach beyond real and perceived boundaries.

Simplifying:

We are committed to making things measurable, repeatable and scalable; focusing on outcomes not activities; and eliminating complexity to increase focus.

Anticipating:
We predict long-term business and organizational needs; challenge assumptions; and expect and prepare for the unexpected.

More About Medifast

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Medifast.

Pay:
$ $27.00 per hour

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