Quality Specialist at RTI Surgical Inc – Glencoe, Minnesota

Location: 3413 11th Street, East Glencoe, MN. 55336

Schedule: Mon-Friday 5:30 am – 2pm

Hours are heavier earlier in the week, often Fridays are half days.

Evergen (formally RTI Surgical) is a global industry-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. As the only regenerative medicine company that offers a differentiated portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale, Evergen is headquartered in Alachua, FL, and has manufacturing facilities in West Lafayette, IN., Eden Prairie and Glencoe, MN., Neunkirchen, DE., Glasgow, UK., and Marton, NZ.

Read more about this change and Evergen’s commitment to advancing regenerative medicine here: https://lnkd.in/eMSfVJkM ;

JOB SUMMARY

The Quality Specialist is responsible for daily monitoring of plant activities ensuring food safety is first and foremost always in mind. Working with the plant team to ensure that daily tasks and responsibilities, departmental goals are met to ensure quality of work. The quality technician monitors processes so that operations can run smoothly, safely efficiently, cleanly, humanely and, within compliance as well as contributing to team efforts. Keeping a customer’s first mindset to ensure that products produced meet a high standard and the job is completed right the first time.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct Critical Control Point (CCP) inspections in Harvest and Fabrication areas
• Monitor sanitizer concentrations and perform pre-operational inspections within all production areas of the facility
• Complete sanitation and microbiology swab program monitoring
• Perform animal welfare and temperature monitoring activities
• Identify and document deficiencies within HACCP, Sanitation, and Food Defense programs
• Assist with end-of-day document, product, and packaging reviews
• Participate in non-conforming product review and disposition
• Support CAPA investigations and corrective actions
• Perform product and process audits and accurately document results
• Assist with maintaining SOPs, work instructions, and quality documentation
• Enter and review quality related data with accuracy and attention to detail
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by supporting other duties as assigned.

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Experience:

• Previous knowledge in quality assurance, SQF, GMP, SOP, HACCP preferred but not required.
• Experience in a manufacturing and/or Harvesting environment, with a strong preference towards food manufacturing/processing.

Certifications:

• HACCP Certification, preferred
• PQA/TQA Certification, preferred

Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
• Experience in SoftExpert, preferred
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team

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