Quality Analyst, Night Shift (10 PM - 6 AM) reports to Quality Lead and receives functional guidance from Quality supervision. They will provide functional support to Production, Maintenance and R&D personnel in matters relating to product quality and food safety at the plant.Internal contacts include plant leadership team, supervisors and other personnel from Production, Warehouse, R&D, Logistics, Finance, and Human Resources. External contacts include corporate Category Quality, GQE, MET, Suppliers and Customers.
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate about ensuring product quality and food safety through monitoring and performing the daily Quality Control & Assurance activities in the Laboratory and Production environmentthen this role is just for you!
You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet.
Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
The Quality Analyst, Night Shift will:
- Perform required quantitative and qualitative product & ingredient analyses and maintainaccurate reporting. Review, monitor and take appropriate actionregardingproduction processes to ensure conformance with critical factors, specification and plant and regulatory policies.
- Review and report on summary production data as it relates to food safety, quality and efficiency. Utilize SAP-QM and SPC as analytical tool and WCM (World Class Manufacturing as Continuous Improvement process) as key drivers of our loss reduction process.
- Assist Quality Supervision in the development and implementation of food safety and quality programs and the evaluation of customer complaints. Participate in making recommendations to Plant Leadership regarding quality and production system improvements.
- Participate on FI teams in solving product/process losses with R&D, Engineering, Production supervisors and operators utilizing SPC, WCM or other appropriate problem solvingmethods.
- Provide training to plant operations personnel on Quality programs to promote the safe and cost-effective production of quality product.
- Maintaintimely, accurate and complete reporting of routine and pertinent information to Quality management and other interested parties.
- Work with product/process development to establish formulation methods that ensure the production of consistent quality products. Review new and revised product formulae to ensure that they conform to quality standards and are capable of meeting specification.
- Responsible for verifying the accuracy and appropriateness of in-process formula, specifications and testing procedures and initiating changes as required.
- Lead the sensory evaluation of in-process materials and finished products and make the necessary formula modifications as required to maintain or improve product quality as a consequence of ingredient or process variations.
- Perform and document periodic sanitation and safety audits and make recommendations to management for improvement.
- Monitor reprocessing and repackaging operations.
- Actively participate on plant safety committee and promote Safety, Health and Environmental policies and programs.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED
Experiences & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Bio Engineering
- Minimum of 2 years’ factory experience in QA/QC
- Familiar with quality/food safety programs including HACCP, SSOP, Integrated Pest Management
- Computer skill with MS Office –excel, word, PowerPoint, power apps.
Preferred
- Experience in a food/beverage manufacturing environment
- Experience with FDA cGMP, TPM, WCM, Statistics including SPC and SAP preferred.
- Ability to perform basic microbiological sampling & testing and basic wet chemistry titration.
