QA (Quality Assurance) Tech - Toppers Facility

Danone North America is currently seeking experienced QA (Quality Assurance) Technicians to join our team at our food manufacturing facility in Dallas, Texas.

This role will be responsible for monitoring qualitative/quantitative testing for YoCrunch Topper domes, ensuring Danone food safety and quality standards are met. This person will ensure the compliance of all applicable standards such as Safe Quality Foods (SQF), third party audits, and raw material vendors.

WHAT WE OFFER!

• Earn a competitive wage of $22 per hour.
• 12hr shift - Nights available (6pm-630am)
• Take advantage of the opportunity to qualify for quarterly bonuses, rewarding your hard work and dedication.
• We offer an excellent benefits package that includes 401k matching, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), comprehensive Health/Dental/Medical coverage, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), and much more!
• Achieve a better work/life balance as part of our unionized workforce, where we prioritize the well-being and satisfaction of our employees.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensure processes, work in progress, incoming goods, in-process product, and finished product meets specifications.
• Perform post-sanitation swabs of equipment and documenting pass/fail results.
• Comply with the following initiatives: Safe Quality Foods (SQF), 5S, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Process Safety Management (PSM).
• Analyze and utilize data using Free Weigh/Mettler Toledo system for weighing product domes, ensuring targets meet legal requirements.
• Bagging and filing product samples from food vendors and accurately recording traceable information.
• Conduct routine quality checks in packaging areas ensuring food product meets customer specifications.
• Communicate product deviations with operators to reduce poor quality and/or product holds.
• Follow CCP procedures (X-rays, vision systems).
• Assist with the rework process and develop tools/visual reference aids to distinguish good & bad domes.
• Issue and collect sanitation, changeover, cleaning, etc. checklists and store for recordkeeping.
• Update and issue product specifications sheets such as weights, allergen matrices, temperature control storage, etc.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Must be accurate and precise in testing procedures, having a keen sense of odors and flavors.
• Familiar with SAP transactions to pull and input data.
• Preferred knowledge of Good Manufacturing Process (GMP's)
• Must be able to lift and move up to 60 pounds.
• Ability to work in cold conditions for extended periods of time.
• 2+ years with previous laboratory experience and 1+ year in a food manufacturing environment highly preferred.
• Must have clear understanding of compliance to regulatory requirements with regard to food safety and public health.
• 1+ years experience in a food/beverage manufacturing industry, including supervisory experience is highly preferred.

At Danone we believe that every time we eat or drink, we vote for the world we want. As a leading food and beverage company, we make healthy, sustainably-produced foods and beverages that nourish people’s lives. Some of our brands include Dannon, Activia, Horizon Organic, International Delight, Silk, Oikos, So Delicious Dairy Free and Stok. And as the largest Certified B corporation® in the world, we are committed to redefining success in business to ensure that through our brands we create real benefits for people, our communities, and the planet.

With headquarters in Broomfield, CO and White Plains, NY, Danone North America has more than 6,000 employees across the U.S. and Canada, and more than a dozen manufacturing facilities across North America. Our employees enjoy competitive pay and industry-leading benefits, and share a common mission and culture committed to both business results and social purpose. When you join Danone North America, you become part of a global team that is inspiring a healthier world through food.

Danone North America is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristics or any other unlawful criterion.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Night shift
• Overtime

Work setting:

• Factory
• Food Processing Plant
• In-person
• Manufacturing facility
• Warehouse

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dallas, TX 75236: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have any food allergies? Typical plants work with soy, almond, cashew, coconut, etc.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Work Location: In person