About this role
Join one of the largest bottlers and distributors of the world’s most iconic beverage brands!
Why you’ll love working at Swire Coca-Cola:
Swire Coca-Cola is committed to providing balance to support you in all aspects of your life, both at work and beyond. We offer the benefits you need for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- Competitive wages paid bi-weekly; Overtime opportunities
- Health coverage (2 medical options, dental and vision)
- Health Savings Accounts w/company match
- Retirement Plan
- FREE virtual primary care, acute care & physical therapy
- FREE Employee Assistance Program
- FREE Safety Shoes annually for most roles
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off (vacation, sick time, bereavement, jury duty, disability leave)
- Discounted & free product
- Opportunities for career advancement
In addition to health benefits, Swire Coca-Cola is proud to offer you opportunities where you help give back directly to the communities and causes you care about. Note: Enrollment in a Swire Medical Plan is required for some benefits.
What does a Quality Technician do at Swire Coca-Cola?
In this role you will be responsible for monitoring, conducting various checks and testing of; raw, in process and finished products/processes confirming compliance to quality & food safety standards as established by the QA department, internal and regulatory requirements while adhering to standardized company policies and practices.
Job Details:
Pay: $21.84 - $33.60 / Hr
Location: This will be at our Bellevue, WA plant.
Responsibilities:
- Uphold all safety practices to prevent injury from unsafe work practices and/or conditions. Report all safety hazards or potential hazards to the safety team representative and management
- Monitor plant sanitation and personal hygiene as outline by Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for food processing facilities in CFR (Title 21, part 117) and current company GMP Policies
- Perform standardized quality sampling & checks during production; organize collected data into electronic logbooks, databases, and report variances and non-conformities to plant management
- Follow all required work instructions, work aids and forms as they pertain to Quality, Environment, Safety and Food Safety
- Understand, monitor and act accordingly to support: ISO-GFSI compliance, FDA-FSMA regulatory requirements, Food Safety & Quality programs as implemented by the company. This individual has the authority & responsibility to stop production should the product be out of specification and/or observed food safety or compliance breach
- Perform analysis of incoming, in process and finished materials using analytical standardized procedures. These tests may include, but are not limited to: pH, Titratable Acidity, Brix, Organoleptic, Carbon Dioxide, Density, Total Dissolved Solids, Microbiological Sampling and testing, etc.
- Standardized and calibrate laboratory equipment, troubleshoot systems, equipment and processes
- Assist the Quality Assurance management team with any projects as designated
- Actively participate in continuous improvement, lean practices, six sigma, 5S, food safety, environmental and plant safety programs
- Pursue excellence and continuously develop technical and personal skills to achieve plant-wide world class manufacturing environment
Requirements:
- Minimum High School diploma or GED, Bachelor’s degree in science related field preferred
- 2+ years’ experience of Food Plant Quality Assurance
- 5+ years of production experience may substitute for the QA experience or demonstrated proficiency in Quality Systems.
- Familiarity with lab safety and handling of hazardous materials
Employees and families offered Medical, Dental, Vision; union pension with employer contributions; Sick pay awarded at 1 hour per 40 hours work, annually 7 paid holidays plus upto 2 floating holidays; Vacation of 40 hours available next calendar year; Eligible for paid Bereavement and Jury Duty.
Swire Coca-Cola is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer that participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Swire Coca-Cola does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Other facts
About Swire Coca-Cola
Swire Coca-Cola has the exclusive right to manufacture, market and distribute products of The Coca-Cola Company in 11 provinces and the Shanghai Municipality in the Chinese mainland; as well as in the HKSAR, Taiwan region, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and an extensive area of the western USA. Our 42 production facilities in Greater China, Southeast Asia and the USA produce and distribute over 60 beverage brands to 941 million people.
The relationship with Coca-Cola began in 1965 with the acquisition by Swire of the majority shareholding in a Coca-Cola franchise in Hong Kong, a business known today as Swire Coca-Cola HK Ltd. Swire Pacific acquired the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Salt Lake City in 1978.
Swire Coca-Cola employs about 47,000 people and generates annual revenues of HK$ 37.9 billion.
What you'll do
- The Quality Technician is responsible for monitoring and conducting checks on raw, in-process, and finished products to ensure compliance with quality and food safety standards. This includes performing quality sampling, organizing data, and reporting any variances to management.
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