Keany Produce & Gourmet

Quality Assurance Tech - Charlotte

Keany Produce & Gourmet  •  $20/hr  •  Charlotte, NC (Onsite)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description

Job Location Keany Charlotte - Charlotte , NC 28273 Position Type Full Time Salary Range $18.00 - $20.00 Hourly

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About The Company: Keany Produce & Gourmet is a leading distributor of fresh produce, dairy, seasonal, and gourmet products with a commitment to fairness, personal attention, and quality. Operating facilities in Landover, MD, and Richmond, VA, Keany serves customers in MD, VA, PA, DE, and Washington, DC Since 1970.

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Specialist to join our team in Charlotte NC.

Job Purpose/Objective:

The Quality Assurance/Quality Control Specialist is responsible for supporting quality assurance function of the entire company. This position includes a combination of supervision and active participation in the tasks necessary to ensure that Keany Produce Company manufactures safe and consistent products of the highest quality and that all products are in compliance with regulatory requirements, customer specs and company standards

  • Reports to the Quality Assurance Manager
  • Supervises Quality technicians and sanitation crew
  • Helps QA Manager in development, coordination and supervision of the QA programs such as Food Safety, HACCP, GMPs, Food Defense, Prerequisite programs
  • Supervises HACCP Program. Helps with the implementation, documenting and monitoring this system with the help of a cross-departmental team and QA Manager
  • Monitors, verifies and documents SOPs related to product quality standards, food safety, and sanitation
  • Supervises the production of consistent quality products based on specifications
  • Helps in communicating product safety and quality standards to company personnel
  • Gives support in coordinating all quality and food safety-related activities including process and testing
  • Monitors the production environment to identify areas where quality or safety procedures can be implemented or improved
  • Supervises that all QC instruments are up to date and calibrated (scales, thermometers, metal detectors, ATP meter)
  • Helps in the development of new products
  • Helps in audits (warehouse, precut, and external perimeter)
  • Monitors appropriate controls, sample plans, hold/release system, processing controls
  • Supervises final product microbiological, physical and sensory sampling and testing
  • Helps in training, coaching, mentoring, empowering and developing team members.
  • Conduct relevant training and education on food safety
  • Trains employees in quality systems and procedures
  • Assesses the performance of sanitation crew
  • Any task as per assignment from the department



Qualifications

  • Education: High School Diploma or equivalent


  • Experience:12 months of relevant experience
  • Knowledge: Microsoft Word
  • This individual must be able to operate with limited supervision, be attentive to detail, and have strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • This individual must be highly motivated and take initiative.
  • Will be required to perform hands-on tasks when necessary and demonstrate key leadership skills, such as a positive attitude, encouraging approach, strong work ethic, goal-oriented and decisive nature, and a willingness to take responsibility for actions and decisions.
Keany Produce & Gourmet

About Keany Produce & Gourmet

Keany Produce & Gourmet began in 1978 with a man, a truck and a restaurant. From that beginning, the tenets of doing business with Keany have been fairness, human consideration, and personal attention - whether you are a customer, a grower or an employee. For four decades, the Keany family has been serving its customers in ways other produce companies can't, or won't. This is the Keany Way - going the extra mile, delivering on every detail. This has been the company's only plan for business, and four decades of consistent growth has validated its wisdom.

As the region's longest-tenured distributor, Keany was first to offer special services that have since been adopted by others:

-Priority on local, peak-season sourcing, enhanced by deep personal relationships with the region's premier local growers.

-Personal inspections for incoming and outgoing shipments, often conducted by a Keany principal, to ensure the highest quality produce.

-Special cut capability that has expanded to become Keany Kuts - offering upwards of 1700 specialty cuts, the broadest line of custom-prepared produce in the region.

-Keany Express provides a broad range of urgent and same day express services.

-Sustainable practices, including redistribution of excess inventory back to farms for processing.

-Gateway to Gourmet program, bringing new produce products and menu ideas to chefs at their restaurant.

-Distribution up to six days/week for most customers, with flexible customer service hours for ordering.

Today, Keany Produce & Gourmet operates with two world class facilities, in Landover, MD and Richmond, VA. It's original panel truck is now a fleet of more than 170 state-of-the-art, refrigerated produce trucks, distributing to customers in MD, VA, NC, PA, DE, and Washington, DC. The Keany Product line includes not only every variety of fruit and vegetable that can be found, procured and freshly delivered - but a robust collection of dairy, seasonal and gourmet products.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Hyattsville, Maryland
Year Founded
1978
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