QA-QC Engineer Job in Portland, Oregon US

A fortune 500 Food/beverage manufacturing company located in the Portland OR area is currently seeking a skilled and dynamic quality engineer to join their growing team. 

The purpose of this position is to support production by providing tools and resources to ensure a safe and quality product for the consumer.

 Perform daily walk-through consisting of interviewing operators and reviewing documentation

 Foreign Object Management- retrieval kits, incident reports, interventions in the plant, training and daily auditing of indispensable equipment

 Food Safety Plan management by performing documentation checks

 Perform ISO audits and other internal auditing

 Assist in Consumer complaints reporting

 Support the investigation and resolution of Finished Goods losses

 Assist in several training programs throughout the plant

 Attend several meetings including zone meetings, daily meeting supporting production and weekly Quality Assurance meetings.

 Fill in for Quality manager in his/her absence

 Formula management

 Assist in the reduction of Seal Complaints

 American Institute of Baking(AIB) self auditing

Requirements:

Bachelors of Science in food science, or the equivalent

 Proven ability to establish, optimize and maintain world-class quality, lean systems and other continuous improvement systems

3-5 years experience in a related position within a large progressive food company

2+ years quality leadership experience

Strong quality systems implementation background

Continuous improvement skills