QA Technician

Long Term Opportunity | Offers Benefits | Excellent Hands-On Experience

Job Description

As a QA Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of baked goods. You will be responsible for testing products, maintaining records, preparing sales samples, and handling customer returns, all while working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Test Baked Goods: Collect samples from Frozen, Dry Mix, and Wet Mix products, ensuring sample composition matches production records and retrieving any missing ones. Weigh, measure, thaw, proof, bake/fry samples, and document results. Re-test out-of-spec products and put them on hold if issues persist. Re-test frozen samples after 3 months.
• Record Test Results: Enter data into the computer program and maintain accurate and legible records to be used in SQF and HACCP audits.
• Prepare Sales Samples: Support sales presentations and customer samples for the retail-ready bakery department, including required documentation.
• Handle Customer Returns: Hold returned products until quality disposition is determined. Re-test and document condition, then communicate results.
• Inspect production equipment and set up before runs begin for the day based on product schedule.

Essential Skills

• Quality assurance and control
• HACCP
• GMP
• Baking and quality inspection
• Weighing and mixing
• Laboratory and food science
• Sanitation and bakery inspection

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Baking experience with exposure to a wide variety of products
• Food quality assurance testing experience, preferably in the baked goods industry
• Proficient in computer applications (MS Office, Email, etc.)
• Familiarity with basic lab equipment/tools
• Ability to lift approximately 50 pounds as needed

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $21.00 - $23.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Saint Paul,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 15, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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