Quality Assurance Specialist Job Listing at Kelly Services in Skokie, IL (Job ID US3555969_BH9802749)

Description

Kelly Science & Clinical is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist near Skokie, IL.

Direct Hire
Salary Range: $21.00 Hourly + $2/hr shift differential 
Shift:11pm- 7:15am

Summary

The QA Specialist  is responsible for monitoring products and employee practices on the manufacturing floor to ensure the safety and quality of products.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Report any food safety and quality issues to personnel with authority to take action.
2. Perform QA in-process inspections for each department/line once per shift, covering:
   • Production paperwork
   • Retain sample
   • Code date/lot number/best by date
   • Weight check documentation
   • Metal detection documentation
   • Label and color code
   • Department cleanliness
   • Employee GMP practices
   • Allergen cross-contamination checks
3. Conduct daily scale checks.
4. Manage product holds:
   • Place on hold materials for quality/food safety per policy.
   • Send electronic hold reports via SharePoint.
   • Release held products upon approval.
   • Generate disposal reports for materials to be disposed.
5. Perform metal detector checks as an audit during production.
6. Conduct verifications on DVU and perform alarm checks for roasters.
7. Validate changeovers on production lines and perform ATP swabbing post-sanitation.
8. Conduct environmental swabbing as per manufacturing policy.
9. Perform yearly allergen validation.
10. Maintain QA supply inventory.
11. Prepare retain samples for Production.
12. Conduct internal plant audits.
13. Conduct audits for glass and brittle plastic.
14. Perform annual magnet pull tests.
15. Biannual metal detection tests on metal detectable ear plugs and band-aids.
16. Monitor GMP on the floor and report daily issues.
17. Train new QA Techs and QA Specialists.
18. Generate maintenance work requests.
19. Shut down lines/departments for serious food safety issues.
20. File QA documents.
21. Conduct additional functions as required by the QA department.
22. Check oil FFA and water chlorine levels.
23. Serve as backup for QA Specialist Level I.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma; college education is a plus.
• At least 1 year of QA/QC or operational experience in food manufacturing.
• Basic math skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Attention to detail.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral.

 

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it's the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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