QA Grader

Position Title: QA Grader

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Burley

Requisition ID: 30830

Position Title: Quality Assurance Grader

Position Type: Manufacturing/ Food Production

Position Location: Burley, Idaho

About McCain: McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

Why You Should Join Our Team:

McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

401k

HSA

Adoption Assistance

Infertility Assistance

Education Reimbursement Assistance

Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

McCain Food’s facility in Burley, Idaho is a large-scale food processing plant, employing approximately 700 employees. This site specializes in the production of frozen potato products. Fun Fact: 1 in 4 French fries are produced by McCain Foods.

Position Summary:

Responsible for inspecting raw materials, processed and packaged products by testing and supplying the data of the evaluation, including data entry into an electronic database, and reporting the results to appropriate personnel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promotes and adheres to company safety regulations
• Collects samples and conducts various tests on raw, processed and finished products to ensure they meet company quality specifications.
• Measures and records quality attributes of tested product.
• Monitors the time and temperature of processing machinery.
• Calibrate and set up lab equipment, perform new testing techniques and procedures.
• Measures the SAPP/Citric Acid concentration in SAPP/Citric Acid addition systems.
• May be required to adjust amount of sugar solution released into line equipment to control the color of the product.
• Enters data into the computer system.
• Documents, charts and graphs data.
• Works downtime clean-ups as required.
• Understands and adheres to the concepts and techniques of the quality process in order to assure a quality operation.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Must have ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Must have demonstrated computer skills and experience with the ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced, high stress environment where multi-tasking is required.
• Must successfully complete the QA Grader certification.

Physical Demand:

Constant: standing on regularly scheduled shift and reach with hands and arms.

Frequently: Walk, use of hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear.

Occasionally: Sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch crawl, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of McCain and each of its establishments to select and employ the best qualified personnel in all facilities and at all locations, to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees, including upgrading, promotion and training and to administer these activities in a manner which will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, non-job related disability or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: NA Operations
Department: Burley Quality Night
Location(s): US - United States of America : Idaho : Burley

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.