At Thistle, we don’t want to be just another food delivery startup. Our focus is on our customers’ health and happiness, and we are revolutionizing how fresh, nutritious, high-quality food is purchased, manufactured, and delivered at scale. Learn more about us and our mission here.

About the Role:

Reporting to the QA Manager, the Culinary QC works closely with culinary and production team members. This is a brand new role for Thistle, and QC’s are responsible for performing standardized quality control checks to ensure they meet the required legal and company standards for safety and quality during production. This role will be required to maintain calibrations, check product integrity, and identify areas for quality control improvement on the Culinary team and other parts of the production.

What you'll do

Support leadership team with oversight of the quality control checks on the production floors
Ensure employees are following GMPs at all times, ensuring that products are consistently produced and controlled according to Thistle policies and procedures.
Assist leadership with implementing and maintaining existing and new SOPs and policies; and adherence by employees at all times
Ensure all utensils, equipment, and surrounding work areas are kept in a sanitary manner at all times
Attend daily shift meetings, weekly meetings, discuss quality & food safety-related topics, and track procedure changes and rollouts
Drive and push lines for better efficiency and accuracy meeting targeted goals for the shifts
Ensure workstations have the correct ingredients, materials, packaging, and instructions
Ensure all documentation, quality control &quality assurance checks and metrics are conducted, completed, and submitted on time by utilizing appropriate metric tools
Support employee training programs to include food safety and quality control procedures
Evaluate line samples at pre-determined intervals and conduct random inspections
Ensure employee practices, process flow, and products comply with company standards as well as Federal and State laws
Identify areas for improvement when it comes to quality control and food safety protocols including being open to new equipment, tools, capabilities, other areas/depts. of the plant, and expansion to obtain a greater sense of understanding across other functions of the plant.
Support Culinary, Production, and Quality Assurance leadership in day-to-day quality checks in adherence to preventive controls including, but not limited to, temperature checks, taste test, smell test, pH, acidity, equipment calibrations, critical control point monitoring, batch records, proper labeling & verifications, weight checks, lots codes for traceability, ATP, allergen testing, sanitation checks, allergen controls, recipe, component & meal accuracy, root cause, non-conformities, hold/release, etc.

What you'll bring

High school diploma required; college degree preferred
2+ years experience with quality control food set up in the food industry required; experience in a high-volume food manufacturing facility highly preferred
Valid CA Food Handlers Certification(must be obtained prior to taking on this role)
Desire to continue to grow skills and grow into other QA/QC roles for the organization
Strong communication skills that put people first and the ability to balance empathy and direct feedback in order to both support and advocate for the team and also maintain consistent standards of performance.
Ability to form effective working relationships with cross-functional teams
Ability to adhere to company SOPs and implement new initiatives as needed
Ability and willingness to master new equipment and related automation as it is implemented

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and walking throughout the facility
Ability to consistently life up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to60 pounds
Ability to work in a cold environment(38 degrees or below) for prolonged periods of time and occasionally in freezer storage

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we do our best and most impactful work when we feel we are represented and belong. We're proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

This job is no longer accepting applications

See open jobs at Thistle.See open jobs similar to "Culinary QC" Alumni Ventures.

See more open positions at Thistle

Privacy policy Cookie policy