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# Quality Assurance Technician

- **Company:** Actalent
- **Location:** Overland Park, KS, United States
- **Salary:** $39,520.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Operational Databases, Data Logging
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000fzm3nc

## About the Role

+ Experience in quality assurance and quality control.

 + Knowledge of GMP standards.

 + Quality assurance experience in a food manufacturing facility.

 + Ability to work independently.

 + Proficient computer skills.

 + Strong chemistry knowledge.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

 + Experience in quality assurance and quality control.

## Description

As a Quality Assurance Technician, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of our products through various testing methods. This includes quality testing, checking levels of variance, and stopping processes if they are not correct. You will perform viscosity, basic wet chemistry, pH, moisture, and fat tests. Detailed paperwork, including logging safety and metal checks every hour, is an essential part of the role. You will verify that processes are conducted correctly and safely, perform product tests on batches, check ingredients and recipes, and log results to correct any discrepancies. Additional duties include testing samples for color, size, and occasionally taste, while maintaining effective communication with key personnel and external contacts regarding ingredient specifications and raw materials.

Responsibilities

 + Conduct quality testing and check levels of variance.

 + Stop processes if they are not correct.

 + Perform viscosity, basic wet chemistry, pH, moisture, and fat tests.

 + Log safety and metal checks every hour.

 + Verify that processes are conducted correctly and safely.

 + Perform product tests on batches, check ingredients and recipes, and log results.

 + Correct any discrepancies found during tests.

 + Test samples for color, size, and taste as needed.

 + Communicate with key personnel regarding ingredient status and product specifications.

 + Maintain external contracts for raw material specifications.

 + Provide support to other quality assurance functions as needed.

 + Enter daily production data into the computer and complete reports., You will work on a shift from Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 3:30 pm, in a busy environment with increased business activity. You will collaborate with the QA Supervisor on the first shift while also interacting with the second and third shifts. This position is initially a minimum three-month contract, with the potential for extension and possibly becoming a full-time role.


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