Quality Assurance & Control Specialist (QA) - Farmers Branch

Overview: Salary Range $26.00 - $28.00 Hourly Level Experienced Position Type Full Time Job Shift Any Education Level 2 Year Degree Category Restaurant - Food Service

Description: LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY!!! OUT OF STATE CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!!!BILINGUAL ENGLISH / SPANISH!!!85°C Bakery Cafe retail bakery chain that operates more than 60 locations in the United States across five states and has more than 1000 locations worldwide. We sell bread, coffee, tea, cake, pastries, and other desserts. We are looking to hire a QA at our Farmers Branch Location As a QA and Control Tech, you will work with Chef, Supervisor, Plant Manager, QA/QC team and all other facility personnel to ensure food quality assurance and control pertaining to food safety. Understand and Support Daily, Weekly, Monthly checklist for QAFS policies and procedures. Report issues for products, process, and storage if not in non-compliance, and program deviation Complete the QA /QC daily operation checklist as to in processing quality control and quality assurance reports, as food safety, microbial, sanitation, and monitoring deemed necessary. Follow and train production employees to address daily issues as temperature, sanitation, pest control, specifications, foreign objects, analytical and packaging specs, etc. Train and follow the employee training tasks regarding the principles and practices of HACCP, SOPs, SSOPs, GMPs, and pest control, sanitation, lab testing, and recall procedures. Translate documents English/Spanish and or English/ Vietnamese QAFS policies and procedures. Understand and participate in problem-solving sessions for customer complaints, 2nd or 3rd audit. Conduct visual, smell, and or sensory and microbiological evaluations of products with report, finished product specification report, temperature records, receiving records and products quality records. Arrange and organize retain samples, shelf-life sample, R&D sample, product / in process sample. Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines. Act as contact person if other team members is not on duty.

Other Duties: Be able to read instruments, gauges, and charts. Be able to perform simple math calculation. Understand and use of a computer and Microsoft Office products. Read the thermometer, metric, use scales, weights, measure rulers. Use of Camera and upload USB or memory card to computer.

Experience & Qualifications: Junior to High School with Three (3) or more years of production in checking quality and quality control in bakery and food production, Bilingual (English/Spanish and or English/ Vietnamese and or English / Cambodian and or English / Chinese) in writing and speaking are highly preferred. Able to work in environments such as cooler, freezer, and handle hot bakery items. Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Physical: Stand and/or sit for extended periods of time. Need to obtain samples; may require climbing, stretching, walking, lifting, bending, carrying. Be able to move in narrow spaces. This position requires moderate physical activity. Employees must have sufficient strength to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position including moderate lifting (20 - 25 lbs pounds or more), walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting and use of heavy machinery such as forklifts, pallet jacks, etc. This position requires nearly continuous standing and walking, repetitive hand motions, and reaching overhead. Employees may be exposed to unusual elements including extreme temperatures of coolers and blast freezers. Job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision and accident insurance, as well as company paid life and AD&D insurance. 401K program with a generous matching and no vesting schedule. Sick leave and vacation. Employee discount.