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Nestlé · 7 hours ago

Facility Quality Technician (Night Shift)

Glendale, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Nestlé USA is a leading food and beverage company known for its beloved brands. The Facility Quality Technician will be responsible for ensuring food safety and quality through various analyses and collaboration with manufacturing teams.

CoffeeCosmeticsDairyFood and BeverageWater

No H1B

Responsibilities

Create a safe work environment through risk predictions, job analyses, and discussion amongst team in regularly scheduled operational reviews (ORs)

Verify Nestlé Quality Assurance Center (NQAC) global methods for the site by evaluating local standard operating procedures (SOPs) for each analysis against global methods to ensure compliance and fit-for-purpose

Ensure system health by collaborating with external partners with audits and verification procedures

Draft, finalize, and continuously improve standard operating procedures (SOPs) to accommodate all learning styles

Create training material in digital systems to be used for production operators and QA, and document trainings for traceability

Cross-functionally work with others to perform problem solving analyses potentially involving quality related issues

Train and coach production operators, QA team, and other relevant personnel to perform and record results for analytical processes

Manage raw material/packaging receipt and movement within site, including but not limited to, receipt in SAP digital system, analysis of material condition, and potential additional testing

Verify food safety and consistency of finished product through sample collection, analytical testing, and other verification activities both on and off the production floor

Perform microbiology analyses on a routine basis for finished product release to ensure no food safety risk, including regular method verifications to ensure testing health

Perform chemistry analyses on a routine basis for finished product to ensure product consistency across Nestle USA, including regular method verifications to ensure testing health

Supporting production in performing in-process chemistry analyses

Record results for verification into SAP and other digital systems as needed

Perform control checks and calibrations on analytical equipment, both on the production floor and in main laboratory spaces at a specified frequency (e.g., daily, weekly, etc.)

Maintain laboratory environment that is clean, orderly, and safe by following proper Nestlé policies, procedures, and techniques

Oversee inventory of supplies and laboratory consumables with ordering material as required, as well as upkeeping and reporting unusable equipment

Follow most up to-date Nestlé Guidelines for Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) to ensure physical safety and analytical process integrity, as written in the established Internal Control Plan (ICP)

Utilize quality data to trend issues involving analytical processes or other quality related issues

Escalate raw material issues to the appropriate group through electronic workflows and follow through with root cause analysis (RCA)

Completion of quality and food safety internal audits of the facility

Qualification

SAPMicrobiology testingChemistry testingQuality AssuranceProject managementCollaborationAdaptabilityInitiative

Required

High School Diploma or GED equivalent required

Minimum two years of related industry experience required, preferably in a manufacturing facility with an onsite laboratory

Ability to work different times (shift, hours, weekends, etc.) as needed to cover other areas of quality in order ensure successful production of the highest product quality

Preferred

Associate degree in chemistry, biology, general science, or related field preferred

Experience in beverage manufacturing, particularly in areas of Quality Assurance, production, or other related fields preferred

SAP and other digital systems

Microbiology and/or chemistry method testing

Project management

Collaboration in both small and large teams consisting of different functions to raise quality concerns and wins to others

Convey information in multiple formats for training and coaching of quality processes as needed

Willingness to learn as an individual contributor and within a team dynamic

Proactive individual that takes ownership over quality processes and continuous improvement of operation

Adaptability with a growing team and facility

Takes initiative in creating and acting on development opportunities

Company

Nestlé

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As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come.

Founded in 1866

Vevey, Vaud, CHE

10001+ employees