Quality Assurance Technician

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Join the Barrett Petfood family and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical (company paid), dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) with company match; life insurance; health savings account; paid time off; seven paid holidays; employee discounts; complimentary pet food; and fun, company-sponsored events.

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Join Barrett Petfood as a Quality Assurance Technician in Brainerd, MN, where innovation meets passion for pet nutrition. Here, you will have the opportunity to play a critical role in ensuring Quality Assurance processes that uphold our commitment to excellence. Our onsite position allows you to collaborate directly with a dynamic team that prioritizes customer-centricity. With competitive pay ranging from $20.50-$25.50 per hour, based on experience and shift differential. Embrace the challenge of problem-solving in a high-performance culture that fosters creativity and integrity.

As a key player in advancing our manufacturing standards, you’ll contribute to a safer environment, making an impact on the wellbeing of pets everywhere.

SHIFTS AVAILABLE

1ST Mon - Fri 6AM-2:30PM 

2ND ($1.50 shift diff.) Mon - Fri 2PM -1030PM

3RD ($3.00 shift diff.) Mon - Fri 10PM-630AM 

Day to day DUTIES

As a Full Time Quality Technician at Barrett Petfood, you will be at the forefront of our commitment to Safety and Quality Control. This role entails conducting comprehensive checks throughout the entire production process, from the inspection of raw ingredients and materials to the final product. You’ll actively monitor production methods and practices, ensuring that every step aligns with our rigorous safety protocols and quality standards. Your keen eye for detail and problem-solving abilities will be vital in maintaining our high-performance culture, while also ensuring that our products meet the expectations of our customer-centric mission.

• Ensures and verifies that all plant departments and employees are adhering to the quality standards and guidelines of the company.
• Takes samples, tests, records, and reports on basic physical, chemical, and biological properties of ingredients, formulations, packaging, and other associated material, leading to their acceptance, approval, or disposition.
• Actively monitors, teaches, and enforces plant sanitation policies, GMP's, HACCP, and methods for allergen control
• Prepares, maintains, monitors, and tracks plant documentation
• Monitor the departmental efficiency, testing and approval times, yields, scrap loss, and other key indicators
• Teaches, instructs, and leads plant employees in issues regarding sanitation
• Accurately prepares and maintains all departmental forms and documents. Monitors the completion of paperwork by other departments, emphasizing optimum record keeping within all plant areas.

By adhering to sanitation procedures, you will help create an environment that prioritizes both safety and quality, contributing significantly to the overall success of our manufacturing operations.

What you need to be successful

To excel as a Full Time Quality Technician at Barrett Petfood, a range of essential skills is required to ensure effective Quality Control throughout the production process. Attention to detail is paramount, as you will be responsible for meticulously examining raw ingredients and finished products to uphold our safety and quality standards. Strong organizational skills will enable you to efficiently monitor production methods and practices, while computer skills are essential for data entry and analysis. Additionally, mathematical skills will be necessary for precise measurements and calculations during quality assessments.

A proactive approach to problem-solving will further enhance your ability to identify areas for improvement and contribute to our innovative, customer-focused culture. With these skills, you’ll play a crucial role in maintaining the high standards that Barrett Petfood is known for in the pet food manufacturing industry.

Knowledge and skills required for the position are:

• Attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• Computer Skills
• Mathematical skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of standing and walking through the factory.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds at times.

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NOTICE - BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Barrett Petfood is committed to a safe workplace for all of our employees.

In connection with your employment with the Company, notice is hereby given that a
consumer report and/or investigative consumer report may be obtained from a
consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. These reports may contain
information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode
of living, whichever are applicable. They may involve personal interviews with sources
such as your neighbors, friends or associates. The reports may also contain information
about you relating to your criminal history, credit history, driving and/or motor vehicle
records, education or employment history or other background checks.
You have the right, upon written request made within a reasonable time after the receipt
of this notice, to request disclosure of the nature and scope of any investigative
consumer report. The scope of this notice and authorization is not limited to the present
and, if you are hired, will continue throughout the course of your employment and allow
the Company to conduct future screenings for retention, promotion or reassignment, as
permitted by law unless revoked by you in writing.