Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company

1st Shift Quality Assurance Technician

Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company  •  Grinnell, IA (Onsite)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

The Quality Assurance Technician will support food safety and GMP regulations within our prep kitchen and blast chill environments. Quality Assurance Technicians are expected to hold themselves to a high level of quality, accuracy, and food safety guidelines.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to

  • Perform CCP checks that include cooking and cooling product temperatures
  • Accurately complete all required documentation including CCP records
  • Handle Pre-operational inspections
  • Perform environmental and food contact surface sampling
  • Confirm accuracy checks on thermometers
  • Perform dish inspections for cleanliness
  • Follow strict GMP inspections
  • Perform chemical titrations
  • Authority to stop the kitchen from running if the process is causing a food safety concern

Required Skills and Experience

  • Demonstrate effective Food Safety knowledge (HACCP, allergens, sanitation, GMPs)
  • Passion for accuracy
  • Excellent communicative skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • 1 year of previous food quality related experience 

Physical Requirements

  • Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen
  • Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
  • Able to perform repetitive movements
  • Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide for over 25 years. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

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Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.
Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company

About Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company

Mom’s Meals is a leading national provider of nutrition solutions and home-delivered meals.

Our mission is to help patients and seniors get the nutrition they need to maintain independence while:

- Managing chronic health conditions

- Living with disabilities or limited mobility

- Lacking the desire or energy to prepare and cook healthy meals

Healthcare Focus:

We partner with health insurance companies, managed care organizations and federal and state supported programs to provide nutrition solutions for their client populations suffering from serious chronic diseases. We are a leading nutrition supplier for Medicaid Waiver and offer programs for Medicare Advantage and Dual Eligible beneficiaries. Our personalized selection of meals aid in the recuperation process post hospitalization, improve patient outcomes and reduce costly readmissions.

Specialty health-condition menus support dietary requirements for major chronic diseases impacted by nutrition: Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Renal Disease. Additional menus include Gluten-free and Vegetarian options.

Our large selection of meals appeal to a variety of individual tastes and are designed by Registered Dietitians, prepared with fresh ingredients by Chefs in USDA-inspected kitchens and distributed across 48 U.S. states to individuals’ homes or congregate sites.

Mom’s Meals is part of PurFoods LLC, a privately held and family owned/operated company based in Iowa.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Ankeny, Iowa
Year Founded
1999
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