Quality Control Technician (Packaging)

• Collect and analyze product samples at multiple stages of production, including finished products, to verify compliance with quality standards and specifications.
• Perform packaging quality checks, including, but not limited to, Secure Seal Tests, seam analysis, pasteurization unit testing, fill-level inspections, coding verification, labeling checks, and total package oxygen and carbon dioxide measurements.
• Operate and calibrate laboratory equipment, including beer analyzers, and document testing results accurately.
• Use statistical process control data and standard operating procedures to determine whether production can continue or requires adjustment, shutdown, or product hold.
• Investigate packaging-material defects, leaks, rejected products, process deviations, and out-of-specification materials, and communicate findings to the appropriate teams.
• Manage product holds and releases by preparing documentation, collecting samples, conducting required analysis, and determining appropriate next steps.
• Conduct Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point audits, enforce brewery and food-safety standards, and stop processes that do not comply.
• Maintain the product-retain library by collecting, documenting, and storing samples in accordance with brewery procedures and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau requirements.
• Participate in sensory evaluations, packaging-material qualifications, and continuous-improvement projects.
• Work assigned shifts, overtime, weekends, and holidays as required in a production environment with loud noise, temperature extremes, elevated platforms, production equipment, and forklifts.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two to five years of experience in a related field.
• Three to five years of general work experience in a production facility or industrial environment.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, basic laboratory and production safety procedures, and statistical process control.
• The ability to use computers and automated equipment to enter, review, and interpret data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction and communicate effectively across departments.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, sometimes repeatedly, and walk or stand for extended periods of up to 11 hours per day.
• Ability to crouch, crawl, bend, twist, climb stairs, work from heights or elevated platforms, reach overhead, and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to pass a job-specific pre-employment physical examination and, when required for the role, a respirator fit test.

• Tuition reimbursement
• Fertility/adoption support
• Free financial coaching
• Health & wellness program and discounts
• Professional development & training
• Free beer!

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