Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
Do you take pride in doing things right the first time? Looking for a stable job with room to grow? Ready to join a team that treats you like family? We want to hear from you!
Bulk Quality Assurance Technician - Ayer, MA
Join a Legacy. Build the Future
Catania Oils, a fourth-generation, family-owned business with 125 years of excellence in the edible oils industry, is looking for a passionate and driven Bulk Quality Assurance Technician to join our team. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love solving problems, and know how to bring out the best in people—this is your moment.
Our Core Values Drive Everything We Do
- We Are Family – We treat every team member with respect and support, just like family.
- Own It – We take responsibility, celebrate wins, and learn from challenges.
- Job Well Done – We strive for excellence and take pride in delivering quality work.
- Customer Focused – We go beyond expectations to ensure our customers succeed.
- Authenticity at Our Core – We act with integrity and stay true to our values, even under pressure.
What You’ll Do
- Assure quality food products and processes by establishing/enforcing food safety programs, plans, and quality standards, observing bulk production and the documentation of results.
- Reinforce the Quality/food safety program by working with Bulk department production personnel to support ingredient control, proper storage practices, meeting customer specifications, personnel training, and label/traceability accuracy and GMPs adherence.
- Maintain and improve product quality by investigating issues and collaborating with other members of staff to develop new process methods to support the quality of our products.
- Ensure compliance with SQF, FDA, Federal State and local agencies.
- Train personnel on SOPs and other Food Safety Programs.
- Approve oil for outgoing tank wagons.
- Inspect all outgoing tank wagons before the tank wagons are loaded. This includes inspection of pumps; filters; hoses and inside the tanks.
- Support the lab as needed to complete testing and COAs.
- Perform Pre-op; GMP audits where needed.
- Assist in Third party audit preparations.
- In the absence of a QA Technician, another QA Technician; Manager of Quality or the Director of Quality will cover.
- Other Responsibilities assigned by Manager of Quality
Requirements:
What You Bring
- Minimum 1 year experience working as a Quality Technician in a production environment preferably food
- Degree in Biological Science or related disciplines or equivalent years of experience
- Knowledge of HACCP, SPC, TQM, FSMA and SQF Quality and Food Safety audits
- Problem solving and root cause analysis ability
- Good communicator, able to communicate with people at all levels
- Strong computer and numeration skills
- Good time management and organizational skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Good documentation skills
- Self-starter with attention to detail
- Able to work in all types of environments (weather, sounds etc.).
- Must be willing and capable of wearing a safety harness as required
Why Catania Oils?
- Be part of a company that values teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement
- Work in a culture that blends tradition with innovation
- Make a real impact in a company that’s committed to sustainability and quality.
- We offer competitive pay and benefits.
Catania Oils is an Equal Opportunity Employer