NA Quality Assurance (3rd shift) at Post Holdings in Elizabeth, NJ

Job description

Business Unit Overview Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores. We have more than 55 offices and manufacturing sites and approximately 13,000 employees. Over the past 13 years, Post has made 28+ acquisitions and innovative financial transactions and reached $8.2 billion in net sales in fiscal 2025. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500 ® company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference. Location Description Michael Foods, Inc. located in Elizabeth, New Jersey has a proud history dating back to the founding our our Country. Elizabeth is a great American City. Responsibilities POSITION SUMMARY: The Technician will ensure the proper specifications are met and documented on all incoming ingredients, packaging materials and outgoing finished products and communicate all findings to the necessary departments. This position has the responsibility to comply with safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce safety as a core value. Ensures that all policies, procedures, and activities related to food safety & quality are followed and complied with uniformly to reduce product and process variability. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Team player who aligns and upholds our values: Teamwork, Accountability, Innovation and Continuous Improvement and passion for customer and consumers • Attend and actively participates in safety meetings and trainings • Always ensure regulatory compliance • Perform periodic in process quality checks: physical and chemical lab testing, coding, weight, packaging integrity, labeling, temperature, sensory, document review, data entry, among others, to verify compliance with customer and MFI’s specifications and all other associated regulations for all products • Inspect and sample incoming ingredients to submit for internal lab testing as required • Assist in drafting, revision, and maintenance of plant standard operating procedures • Participate in plant food safety/quality inspections, in-process inspections, mock recall, label audits, and HACCP audits. • Verify proper set-up of production lines at start-up and shift change: Printer set-up (coding), packaging materials, labeling, quality limits, etc • Review sanitary condition of production lines prior to start-up by verifying fillers sterilization limits, performing ATP (adenosine triphosphate / verify surface cleanliness) and environmental swab, and follow up sanitation procedures after downtime requiring maintenance activity • Communicate quality issues across departments and assist in root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions where appropriate. • Perform investigative environmental swabbing of critical production equipment/areas as a troubleshooting guide. • Assist in investigations in response to customer concerns or other quality-related deviations to determine root cause and appropriate corrective actions • Assist in the management of quality hold activities, including non-conforming product inventories • Ensure lab equipment, refrigerators, and thermometer, among others, are properly maintained and calibrated •