QA Auditor 1 (Crew C) Ontario, OR

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QA Auditor 1 (Crew C) Ontario, OR

The Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.

Summary

This role exists to ensure that quality attributes throughout the facility are evaluated in a thorough and consistent manner. This role will maintain an integrated quality grading program to include upstream grading, sensory grading and finished product grading to ensure products meet customer, regulatory and Company standards. This role will also audit, train, test, evaluate, define and participate in the development of product grading policies and procedures for the factory quality systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage operator and technician proficiency program.

• Maintain necessary level of communication with team members and other support groups and does so in a participative management style conducive with operational goals.

• Ensure self-compliance with Company policies and plant procedures, and the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

• Maintain Company standards for safety, quality, food safety, sanitation and GMPs.

• Evaluate customer or interplant samples prior to shipment or as needed.

• Performs required quality checks and sampling for all lines and ensures that they are conducted in compliance with established procedures and specifications.

• Conduct product grading, sensory evaluation and analytical procedure training to hourly and management personnel.

• Participate in investigating customer complaints, out-of-specification and failure investigations and recommend corrective actions. Utilize computer and computer programs to communicate, document, and track shift information and ensures that all documents and reports are completed accurately in a timely and efficient manner.

• Ensure that additional accountabilities required by management are handled in a manner necessary to meet operational standards.

• Conducts frozen waste sampling, reject ratio and line flow length and ensures that recovery and quality is maximized.

Typical Education

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Required Certifications

Must obtain Sensory Grading Certification within 2 months.

Other Information

Quality Assurance or Auditing experience preferred. A combination of education and experience will be considered. Must obtain Sensory Grading Certification within 2 months. Must be able to work around and consume products containing soy, wheat, and dairy.

The JR Simplot Company offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental and vision benefits, paid holidays, paid family building leave, retirement contribution match and paid vacation & floating holidays.

• Shift: 6:00pm-6:00am

• Wage: $22.62 p/hr + Nights Differential

• No relocation offered for this role.

Job Requisition ID : 26839

Travel Required : None

Location(s) : GF Plant - Ontario

Country: United States

**The Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.

If the Simplot Company decides to offer you this position, such offer will be conditioned on your satisfactory completion of a post-offer criminal background check. For Washington Job Applicants, see the Washington State Attorney General’s Washington Fair Chance Act Guide and RCW 49.94.010 (https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.94) for more information.**