We are looking for a Quality Assurance Technician who is passionate about food and enjoys working in a fast-paced, team environment!

Do you have experience as a Quality Assurance Technician?

Why not join us?

**Position:**Quality Assurance Technician

What you’ll do:

• Provide a highly focused food safety presence in the Central Kitchen and Meat Commissary production plant, where approximately 80% of time will be spent:
• • Monitoring, documenting, and correcting quality assurance and food safety activity during production.
  • Completing daily Quality Assurance inspections, audits and verifications which include, but are not limited to, sanitation testing, pre-operational inspections, raw material inspection, finished product quality checks, weight checks, equipment inspections, metal detection and scale calibration and testing
• Additionally, approximately 20% of time will be spent:
• • Maintaining Quality Assurance inspection and verification files and supporting documentation in appropriate areas to ensure information is accurate and current.
  • Assisting with the investigation of food complaints, reporting the outcome of investigation to the Manager, Quality Assurance
  • Make recommendations for continuous improvement in processes that contribute to the prevention of reoccurring complaints
  • Providing support on the execution of recalls pertaining to the Central Kitchen and Meat Commissary products.
  • Other administrative tasks related to Good Manufacturing Practices, Quality Management Systems, and regulatory audit compliance

What we are looking for:

• Completion of secondary education is preferred
• 1+ years of experience in a quality assurance or food safety role with a food manufacturer
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills; ability to speak additional languages is an asset.
• Organize and co-ordinate information, material and resources to execute on a timely basis within multiple priorities in a fast-paced business
• Demonstrate sound judgment, confidentiality and professionalism in all aspects of the role; ability to address and immediately correct Team Member behaviour that is affecting food safety
• Acts with a sense of urgency when responding incidents
• Good problem-solving skills and the ability to identify root causes of issues, make recommendations, and find solutions
• Ability to provide training and deliver awareness in the completion of tasks in the areas
• Reasonable computer skills - Word, Excel, Outlook
• Must have own transportation - public transportation is NOT available to the work location during working hours
• Availability to work 5 days per week including weekends
• Shift start and end times are subject to change based on business needs and seasonality

Why join our team?

• Competitive wages and flexible benefits
• It is a place to grow and purse excellence
• We care and treat you like family
• A culture of teamwork and collaboration
• We celebrate and reward our Team Members

Longo’s is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.

If you require accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Coordinator at:

Email: hrdept@longos.com