Quality Control Technician (Food & Beverage)

Job Title: Quality Control (QC) Technician

Job Description: Element Staffing is recruiting for a detail-oriented Quality Control (QC) Technician for a leading food science and flavor manufacturing organization in the Inland Empire. This position supports commercial manufacturing operations by monitoring food safety and product quality across raw materials, in-process blends, and finished flavor lots. The ideal candidate will possess a background in physical-chemical testing, sensory organoleptic evaluations, and laboratory software systems within a regulated food production lab environment.

Duties/Responsibilities/Qualifications:

• Analytical & Sensory Testing: Perform sensory, physical, chemical, and instrumental evaluations on raw material intake, in-process production runs, and finished products following established SOPs and strict specifications. Participate regularly in taste evaluation panels.

• Disposition & Production Support: Expedite sample evaluation processes to determine lot disposition and communicate real-time analytical data directly to production teams. Assist with troubleshooting quality issues on the production floor.

• Data & Specification Management: Generate data for Certificates of Analysis (CoAs) and assist with the development and maintenance of raw material and finished product specifications. Maintain laboratory databases, quality records, and logbooks.

• Equipment & Calibration: Maintain laboratory supply inventory and perform regular calibration and maintenance on analytical laboratory instrumentation.

• Quality Improvement & CAPA: Assist in developing specialized quality or food safety processes and support corrective action investigations for customer complaints or quality non-conformances.

• Cross-Functional Communication: Interface smoothly with corporate quality functions including Regulatory, R&D, and Commercialization teams.

Additional Information:

• Years of Experience: 1–3 years of hands-on laboratory experience in a quality production or manufacturing environment.

• Education: B.S. degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline preferred.

• Certifications: PCQI, HACCP, or Internal Auditing certifications are desired.

• Shift/Schedule: Standard daytime hours, 9am-5:30pm. Candidates must have the ability to work extended shifts or overtime hours as needed. Occasional local travel to perform quality tasks at nearby facilities may be required.

• Physical Requirements & Working Conditions: Manufacturing laboratory environment. Must be able to stand, walk, climb, stoop, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Software Systems: Strong computer proficiency in MS Office apps along with exposure to ERP (Infor LX), MES, and LIMS systems.

• Compensation: $45,760 - 54,080/year ($22.00 – $26.00/hr DOE)

• Location: San Bernardino, CA