Quality Assurance Technician- Lawrence Plant

Location: Lawrence, KS

We are mixing up something new in Lawrence, KS! Are you ready to be a part of something new? Pretzels, Inc is now a part of Hershey Salty Snacks!  Join us and help with making great tasting snacks and a wonderful workplace environment.

Pay:

• Starting at $20.00/hr, overnight shifts have $1/hr shift differential

• Sign-on Bonus totaling $2,000 for eligible candidates

Total Rewards:

• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, & Vision) Starting Day 1

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – with generous company match

• Paid Time Off

Shifts:

• 12 hours shift (6pm-6am or 6am-6pm)

• Working 3 days one week: Sun, Wed, Thurs, and 4 days the next week: Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat

Candidate Process:

Please note – communication will be through phone, email, and text. Ensure you have access to a valid email address

• Qualified applicants will receive a phone call to schedule an onsite interview

• Post Offer Background Check, Drug screen, and Physical required

Job Summary

Responsible for performing hourly control tests, inspections of random samples of finished product, pre-operational inspections and swabbing to ensure cleanliness of lines.

Essential Functions/Duties and Responsibilities

• Checking of: 

  • Oven exit & finishing moisture

  • Salt contents, color, P.H.

  • Count per pound

  • Breakage and length

  • Bag, label, case count and bag weight

• Metal detection checks as required

• Collection of samples for Micro Testing

• Completion of COA paperwork

• Pre-operational inspections of line

• Swabbing using ATP, AllerSnap, and AllerFlow swabs

• Sanitation of lab and equipment

• Enter test results into computer as required

• Adhering to all GMP’s, both personal and operational

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED

• 1-3 months related experience

• Basic Data Entry

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure

• HACCP Qualified

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Stand, walk, climb, and reach with both hands and arms, bend and twist. 

• Agility of both hands and all fingers to push, pull, grasp, touch and feel.   

• Visual acuity and hand/eye coordination. 

• Talk/communicate and hear.