At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people's lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together - valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there's a seat at the table for you.

Become One Of Our Valued Team Members:

Here at Cher-Make, our QualityTechnician (QA/QC) oversees the production operations to ensure Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Safe Quality Food (SQF) practices are completed and acceptable along with any additional testing and quality control measures that are necessary to ensure USDA and customer specifications are met. If you strive for excellence, have a passion for quality, and believe in continuous process improvement, we want to talk to you!

What You'll Get:

• Competitive wages based on experience
• Stable work environment with a growing company
• Schedules to maintain work/life balance
• Company provided daily lunches
• Company provided personal protective equipment
• Excellent market-leading medical insurance, dental and vision insurance
• Paid vacation and personal time after 30 days of employment
• Retirement plan with company match of 50% up to 6% of pay
• Paid onsite and offsite training
• An Employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job

What You'll Do:

• Perform equipment calibrations and physical product characteristic measurements and compare to written specifications
• Perform ingredient verifications based on written specifications and procedures
• Aid employees in executing receiving procedure correctly and verify procedural compliance
• Perform fat analysis sampling on raw materials
• Perform line clearance and line setup verification
• Help enforce GMP's, departmental SOP's, Physical Safety, and Food Safety practices
• Conduct routine floor audits of production areas to observe employees, inspect paperwork, and verify adherence to product specifications, food safety procedures, and documentation practices.
• Maintain poise and respond in a professional and respectful manner to all situations, especially while correcting observed procedural deviations and product non-conformances
• Perform visual inspection of finished products, compare to finished good specifications
• Perform sanitation verification and environmental swabbing under the guidance of the QA Supervisor.
• Assist with HACCP deviations including root cause resolutions
• Aid in the procedure review and update process.

What You'll Bring:

• Ability to identify deviations from foods safety, operations, and GMP procedures and make adequate corrections in a respectful and effective manner
• Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend complex instructions and follow through on directives.
• High attention to detail

Optional, but Preferred Skills:

• An Associate Degree in Food Science/Meat Science or equivalent Quality Assurance experience
• HACCP & SQF certification or experience
• English / Spanish bilingual ability

Where You'll Work:

WELCOME TO MANITOWOC

Thousands of visitors are drawn here each year to explore the USS Cobia World War II submarine, tour Rogers Street Fishing Village to view relics of famous shipwrecks, or sail across Lake Michigan on the S. S. Badger. We love company and invite you to explore 20 miles of spectacular Lake Michigan shoreline. From the pristine coastline with its stunning parks and beaches and marinas, to historic downtowns and outdoor band concerts, Manitowoc-Two Rivers is a maritime treasure to visit as well as a wonderful place to work and live.

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status.

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