Food Quality Control Technician

Job Responsibility: Who We Are:

Meet Fresh Prep—Western Canada's most convenient and sustainable meal kit delivery service.

As a certified B Corporation, we make convenient eating healthy and sustainable for the communities we operate in. We source quality local ingredients whenever possible, and deliver in reusable, recyclable and compostable packaging. We offer 10 chef-created meal kit recipes each week, with options for many lifestyles and preferences including vegetarian and vegan.

Fresh Prep has been selected as one of 2022 BC's Top Employers and ranked #38 in the Globe and Mail's 2021 Canada's Top Growing Companies List.

Essential Functions:

• Be competent to implement and maintain HACCP based food safety plans and documents

• Training of production employees (Food Safety, HACCP, etc.)
• Ensuring sanitation standards are met, overseeing cleanup procedures for compliance
• Report problems or inconsistencies with any procedure to the quality assurance manager.
• Follow up with employees regarding HACCP paperwork completeness and accuracy
• Proactively look for ways to improve and in all areas of production

• Assist in any and all areas of the facility to ensure Good Manufacturing Practices are followed.

Responsibilities:

• Completion of HACCP paperwork and Quality Checks - Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly; verify that it is completed and turned in.

• Verifies HACCP forms and checks for accuracy and completeness
• Completes daily sanitation, facility, and quality check documents
• Works with manager to reject and hold damaged or non-conforming product received at the facility
• Meets with team leaders during shift to determine needs; to answer questions regarding production or quality troubleshooting
• Maintain weekly equipment calibration records
• Monitors temperature of cooler routinely throughout week
• Routine swabbing and good sampling practices to send to 3rd party laboratory
• Performs daily checks and inspections on work in progress and finished product.

• Supervise and monitors lot tracking and cooler/freezer organization

Required Experience/Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent

• College degree preferred
• Prior HACCP Training preferred
• Some produce/food knowledge for quality assessments

• Quality Control or quality assurance experience preferred

Physical Demands:

• Ability to lift up 40 pounds regularly

• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time (10+ hours)

• Regular stooping, squatting, bending, twisting, and walking

Working Conditions:

• Temperature controlled warehouse environment

• Must be able to withstand temperatures ranging from under 4 degrees Celsius to ambient room temperature

• This role is expected to work a schedule of Friday to Tuesday 7am to 3pm.

What you Can Expect:

• A positive workplace filled with fantastic colleagues.

• Competitive pay and bonuses.
• Extended benefits (including medical, dental, and life-insurance) after 90 days of successful employment.

• Free food! A Fresh Prep meal plan for 2 meals per week.

Fresh Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and prohibits discrimination of any kind. We value diversity at our company and at all job levels our goal is to be diverse, inclusive and representative of the communities we operate in. We endeavor to recruit, develop and retain the best talent from a diverse candidate pool and truly believe that diversity, equity and inclusion among our team members is vital to our success as a company. We trust that in applying for a role with us you value this as well!

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the , please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

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