Quality Assurance Coordinator - Brantford, Canada - Amhil North America

Amhil North America

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Brantford, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Amhil North America is a privately held Thermoforming Plastics Packaging company focused on delivering Best Value to our customers and partners. We provide smart, safe and sustainable packaging solutions for the consumer, industrial and foodservice industries in North America and Europe.

Over the past twenty years, Amhil has expanded its product offering to include drinking cups, portion cups and food packaging and now includes products that are 100% recyclable, produced with recycled content and available as carbon neutral.

Amhil North America is part of the Wentworth Technologies group of companies.

Overview*The Quality Assurance (QA) Coordinator plays a key role on our Quality team ultimately ensuring the products meet the required customer specifications and Quality standards that Amhil is known for.

Safety First

Conduct all work in a safe manner — think "Safety First"
Wear prescribed PPE when performing all jobs.
Be aware of hazards associated with each task.
Report and communicate any potential hazard, unsafe practices or working conditions.

What Will You Do?

The
QA Coordinator is a key member of onsite leadership team and supports initiatives to promote a Quality culture to all aspects of our Quality and Food Safety Management systems.

Details

Monitor Production and Packing processes; highlight any observed variances from standard through systematic spot audits.
Work with a team of Finished Product Technicians embedded in Production for effective Quality and SQF coverage.
Identify any deviations from standard or NCRs placing any questionable product on 'Quality Hold' and evaluate.
Maintain Amhil's food safety standards and follow all SQF procedures to prevent possible product contamination.
Primary administrator of Quality data collection system, documentation, audits, processes etc.
Work with all Production personnel (including Warehouse, Process, Printing and Maintenance) to ensure procedures are being followed and there is adequate knowledge to ensure Quality.
Work closely with Production Shift Leaders and Process Technicians to ensure clear understanding and compliance to standards.
Monitor corrective actions related to Safety, Quality, Food Safety and highlight when overdue.
Collect and maintain samples for lid fittesting and ensure retained samples of last production for all products.
Primary contact for external audits (Safety, ISO, SQF, FDA and customers).
Support preparation for SQF, EMC (Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium) and industryrelated audits.
Collaboration with the Quality Coordinator at Mississauga Plant to ensure alignment and provide backup support.
Conduct spot checks on product defects, sheet gauge, cup/lid weights and blend ratios.
Highlight systemic problems and improvement ideas to the appropriate management level.
Coordinate with Engineering and technical support to ensure proper complete understanding of product specifications for all new products or new materials.
Ensure SPC charts are filled out properly as per procedure.
Monitor repackaging operations to ensure product Quality standard is maintained.
Ensure traceability of product through proper date codes, packer tapes, etc.
Work with Sales to ensure customer requirements are met.
Other duties as may be assigned.

What we're looking for*-
_A Great Attitude_:

Ability to understand English written and verbal instructions.
Able to clearly distinguish between colors and shades of colours.
Familiar with GMP and HACCP.
Solid computer proficiency
Proven written and documentation skills.
Detailoriented and resultsfocused.
Strong communication ability.
Able to multitask and stay on top of competing priorities.
Must be willing to work in areas of high heat and humidity.
Must be willing to wear all required protective equipment.
Required to work in areas with high noise levels and dust.

Nice to have*- Experience with SQF standards.

Experience with DataMetrix.
Familiar with Amhil products.

Application Process*This position is open to applicants legally authorized to work in Canada.

Thank you for your interest in this position with Amhil*