Food Safety & Quality Technician (Bakery Manufacturing)

Step into a hands-on quality role where your attention to detail safeguards every batch we bake. You’ll be the on-shift quality champion, partnering closely with production to ensure our products meet rigorous food safety and specification standards from raw ingredients to finished goods.

Role Snapshot

• Employment Type: Hourly
• Pay: $21.00 per hour
• Shifts Available: Days (5:00am–5:00pm) or Nights (5:00pm–5:00am)
• Reports To: Director of Quality Assurance

A Day in the Life

As production ramps up, you’re on the floor supporting the line—pulling in-process samples, baking them off as required, and evaluating results against standards. You verify labels and packaging, investigate metal detector rejects, and keep an eagle eye on sanitation by conducting pre-op and post-cleaning inspections. Throughout the shift, you’ll log data in our quality systems, flag any out-of-spec results, and follow escalation protocols—including placing product on HOLD and initiating incident reports when necessary. Between runs, you swab for environmental, ATP, or allergen verification, maintain 5S order in the lab, and keep equipment calibrated for accurate testing. You’ll also prepare and ship samples for third-party analysis as assigned.

What You’ll Do

• Provide direct QA support at the production line.
• Prepare, bake, and evaluate product samples during and after production.
• Enter test results into quality databases; escalate non-compliance for corrective action.
• Perform pre-operational and post-cleaning inspections.
• Conduct environmental, ATP, and allergen swabbing per instruction.
• Collect, retain, and process HOLD samples for complaints or incident investigations.
• Keep laboratories organized to 5S standards.
• Execute analytical and sensory testing on raw and finished product.
• Maintain clear, accurate, and legible records.
• Initiate HOLDs for food safety or quality nonconformance and inform line leadership of trends.
• Investigate metal detector rejects from the line.
• Verify labels and packaging are correct.
• Calibrate and perform minor upkeep on lab instruments.
• Follow established escalation protocols for food safety incidents.
• Conduct required line audits and initiate Incident Reports (IR) for non-compliant situations.
• Support QA projects as assigned; collect and ship samples for external testing.

Qualifications

Required

• Two (2) years of prior quality assurance laboratory experience or two (2) years in manufacturing.

Preferred

• Associate degree in Food Science or a related scientific discipline.

Core Skills

• Solid math fundamentals.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Supervision

This role does not include supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

You will split time between an office setting and the production floor. Standard office tools (computers, phones, copiers, etc.) are used routinely, and required PPE must be worn in plant areas. Success in this role depends on effective collaboration with peers. Expect exposure to moving mechanical parts, vibration, and elevated noise; frequent lifting up to 10 lbs and occasional lifting up to 25–30 lbs may be required.

Physical Demands

• Frequent talking and hearing.
• Regular standing, walking, manual handling, and reaching.
• Occasional sitting, climbing/balancing, and stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling.
• Vision needs include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

Legal

CraftMark Bakery is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, religion, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category.

*Craft Mark Bakery participates in E-Verify.