Quality Assurance Technician

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

The Markham, Ontario plant produces both organic and non‑organic peanut butter, with annual production of approximately 35 million pounds. The site supports a team of about 60 manufacturing and support employees and plays an important role in supplying products across the region.

Markham is located just north of Toronto and is widely known as Canada’s High‑Tech Capital, home to more than 1,000 high‑tech and life sciences companies. The city offers convenient access to the Greater Toronto Area through major highways and public transit, along with a strong quality of life supported by parks, trails, cultural venues, and year‑round community events.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Quality Assurance Technician’s main function is to ensure the fast & accurate handling of documents, finished good and raw material tests to support the quality team in food safety and quality verification and compliance. This person will have a working knowledge of current North American food safety regulations and GFSI requirements. The position may require work with cross-functional teams to ensure that raw material or finished products are inspected and released in a timely manner and that non-conforming product disposition is handled in an efficient manner. Ideally, this individual should have previous experience within a food-processing environment and food testing lab.

Location: 30 Citizen Court, Markham - Unionized Environment

Shift: This position is reguarly on day shift (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM) however is responsible for covering other shifts when other technicians are on vacation or sick leave. There will be occasional overtime work on Saturday/Sunday

Pay Rate: $21.50/hr 

 Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Assist with the development of food safety and quality systems through technical leadership.
• Ensure product quality & safety and GMP through regular inspections as per procedure and by educating production personnel about food safety and quality procedures and requirements.
• Ensure that packaging and ingredients meet specifications prior to production.
• Conduct swabbing and other sampling (water, air, etc.) following environmental monitoring program and perform trend analysis.
• Report any GMP violation or non-conformity, conduct investigation and follow up.
• Assists in the investigation of customer complaints and dispositions of out-of-date materials.
• Maintain the electronic records system and portals up-to-date, participate in equipment calibration and lab supply orders, and in the safety program.
• Assisting with the recommendation of changes to manufacturing practices and/or production flow to ensure the safety of products.
• Maintain QA records in safe, secure and orderly manner. 
• Participate in internal and external quality audits. 
• Maintain a clean & tidy work station. 
• All positions within Golden Boy Foods Ltd are mandated to adhere to Good Manufacturing (GMP) and uphold food safety standards.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

Education And Experience Required:

• Associate’s or Bachelors degree or Diploma in food science, Microbiology or related discipline
• 1+ years quality assurance experience in food manufacturing industry
• 2+ years’ experience utilizing Microsoft office with intermediate proficiency
• 1+ years’ experience with HACCP and GMP

 Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Experience with GFSI considered an asset
• Good oral & written communication skills
• Ability to work in a high paced and stressful environment
• Schedule flexibility including working early mornings, late evenings, night, weekends, holidays

Physical Requirements:

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Frequent walking
• Frequent standing
• Frequent bending
• Occasional lifting up to 20 lbs

Important

Our Company promotes a diverse, inclusive workplace. By embracing diversity, we build a more effective organization. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and Ontario Human Rights Code, the Company will provide accommodation throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodation(s) that you may require to any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

We thank you for your interest in our company for taking the time to submit your resume. Please note that only those candidates selected to move forward in the interview process will be contacted directly.

The pay range for this position is $22.00 to $24.00 per hour.