Quality Assurance Technician
- Quality Assurance Technician
- Chicago, IL (60607)
- Monday – Friday | Day Shift (7:00am – 3:00pm)
- Food Manufacturing
- $20 - $22/hour
We are working with a well established food manufacturing company based in Chicago, IL. They are recruiting a Quality Assurance Technician to join their Quality team on a Monday–Friday day shift. This position plays a key role in ensuring food safety, quality compliance, and regulatory standards are met across production and laboratory operations.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Perform pre operational inspections including visual checks, ATP swabbing, allergen swabbing, and coordination of re-cleaning activities
- Communicate with Sanitation during pre-op inspections to confirm production readiness
- Conduct incoming, in-process, and finished product testing
- Calibrate and verify laboratory instrumentation
- Perform environmental monitoring across production areas, coolers, freezers, foamers, scales, and chemical concentrations
- Monitor and document critical processing parameters such as temperatures, batch ratios, injection, brining, and metal detection
- Prepare and submit samples for external laboratory testing
- Maintain accurate QA documentation, logs, and electronic records
- Review and support Quality SOPs and SSOPs
- Support traceability, food safety, and audit readiness initiatives
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications & Experience required:
- High School Diploma or GED (required)
- 1–2 years experience as a QA/QC Technician in a food manufacturing environment preferred
- Knowledge of food safety, quality systems, and GMPs
- Exposure to environmental monitoring programs preferred
How To Apply:
- Contact: Sean Mooney
- 215-999-6430 or sean.mooney@axionrecruitment.com
- Job reference number: 2605
- If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.
Commutable Location: Chicago, Cicero, Oak Park, Berwyn, Evanston, Skokie, Elmwood Park, Forest Park
Relevant Job Titles: QA Technician, Quality Technician, Food Safety Technician, QC Technician, Quality Assurance Associate, Food Quality Technician
All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applicants. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.