Quality Assurance Lead in Santa Ana, California at Gold Coast Bakery LLC

The Quality Assurance Technician is a member of the facility Quality Assurance Department and gets functional direction from the

Quality Assurance Manager. This position interacts with Gold Coast Bakery plant management and crewmembers to help verify

finished goods quality and food safety. This position monitors the finished product to verify compliance with specifications. In

addition, the Quality Assurance Technician audits work orders, perform periodic inspections such as cGMP inspection.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include (not in any priority):

• Maintain a safe working environment (and ensure personal safe working practices).

• Compliance with all employee job safety requirements and regulations as required by company policies.

• Verify the finished goods baked quality and safety through auditing and reporting against the specification. The product is

evaluated for flavor, aroma, appearance, and compliance with specifications.

• Able to use the following instrumentation/measuring devices; Thermometers, Metal detectors, Calculators, Scales,

Gauges, Calliper, Rulers, and Ovens.

• Identify, isolate, and report poor quality or potentially unsafe food materials.

• Serves as a resource to bakery employees for food quality and food safety.

• Inform management of any Food Safety or Quality issues or of any processes, which become noncompliant with the

specified requirement.

• Conduct periodic sanitation, GMP, inspection, and completed the QC/QA daily walkthrough.

• Maintains Shelf life studies and documents results.

• Monitors plant operations to assure sanitary operational procedures according to Current Good Manufacturing Practices

(cGMP).

• Monitors production functions to determine if the product meets set standards.

• Maintains all QC daily files and reports.

• Places product on HOLD/ RELEASE.

• Performs pH and TTA testing on sourdough sponge and bread.

• Performs daily product scoring and documents results.

• Verify the metal detector logs daily to assure all checks in compliance with the Gold Coast Bakery HACCP plan.

• Verify all thermometers each shift.

• Files and stores all Food Safety, Sanitation, and QA data.

• Archive all food safety, quality assurance, and production reports.

• Checks metal detector logs daily to assure all finished product is within compliance of HACCP plan.

• Keeps lab and all equipment clean and orderly.

• Assists QA Manager/Supervisor on Regulatory/Independent inspections and audits.

• Performs other Quality Assurance related job functions assigned by the Supervisor or Manager.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent organizational skills with a high degree of initiative, sense of urgency, and flexibility; assertive when necessary;

work with minimum supervision.

• Knowledgeable and experienced in general food safety programs and policies - includes government regulations, FDA,

HACCP, GMP, and Allergen Programs.

• Experienced in scientific methodology, RCA, Continuous Improvement, SPC, and other tools to reduce process

variability.

Read, write, and speak English; receive and provide clear instructions.

• Preferred but not required; experience in micro and sanitation methods. Functional in the use of a second language