Quality Technician

Woodstream is the largest independent pest & animal control platform in North America, offering innovative brands with industry-leading efficacy and safety.

Quality starts with you! Join our expanding team as a 2nd shift Quality Technician and make an impact from day one.

We have an immediate opportunity for a Quality Technician 2nd shift, Knoxville, TN 

At Woodstream, our values drive everything we do:

• Consumer is the Boss – We are committed to listening to and understanding our customers’ needs!
• Invent the Future – Challenge the status quo: Think boldly and creatively!
• Execution is Everything – We are committed to deliver with excellence, speed, and accuracy.
• Collaborate Confidently – We trust, respect, and empower each other to win together.
• Play to Win – We’re bold, ambitious, and relentless in our pursuit of success.

Benefits of Working for Woodstream:

• Competitive benefits package including:
  • 401k with Company Match, eligible on First Day of Employment
  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Effective on First Day of Employment
  • Access to Company Paid Penn Medicine Health Clinics
  • Company General Bonus Program
  • Company Paid Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Company Paid Basic Life & Disability Insurance
  • Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Insurance Options
  • Company Paid ID Theft
  • Legal Assistance Plan Options
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • Pet Insurance
• Stable, growing working environment with a history of 150 years of doing business.
• Opportunity to advance within the company.

SCOPE & BASIC FUNCTION:   

• Responsible for testing raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished products to ensure conformance to all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and company standards. 
• Capable of working with minimal to no supervision. 
• Able to organize and coordinate multiple tasks and activities. 
• Familiar with laboratory methods. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inspect, sample, prepare, and evaluate ingredients, components, intermediate products, and finished products for quality parameters in a safe, sanitary, and productive manner and report results.
• Follow prescribed procedures and test methods and evaluate results against specifications. 
• Maintain chain of custody for quarantined inventory, including dispositioning in the NetSuite system.
• Interact with Purchasing and Suppliers while managing quality issues and on a regular basis. 

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Prepare samples and conduct in-line and off-line testing.
2. Conduct calibration and verification activities.
3. Inspect and approve incoming materials, including reviewing COA’s.
4. Maintain quality documentation and assist in developing and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions, and other documentation as requested.
5. Inspect equipment, surface, and areas, including preparing samples for microbiological testing.
6. Conduct and/or attend training. 

General Responsibilities

1. Understand and follow all Woodstream and customer policies, safety rules, SOPs, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), good laboratory practices, FDA, and other regulatory requirements (as applicable).         
2. Maintain positive and professional working relationships with superiors and peers from all departments, and with customers.              
3. Assist in all other duties/projects as assigned by supervisor and/or management, including but not limited to assisting on production lines.               
4. Keep all work areas neat, clean, and orderly in compliance with cGMP standards. 
5. Work in the QC capacity however qualifications, needs, and work volume permit; i.e. work may not be confined to one production facility or area. 
6. Understand the overall workflow for each area of responsibility.
7. Encourage, support, and champion QC requirements and cGMP. 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/OTHER SKILLS:

• Associate degree or higher, preferably in science discipline; equivalent experience may be considered
• Laboratory experience preferred
• Math skills, including algebra, unit conversion, rounding, percentages, and statistics
• Computer skills, including basic typing and data entry, navigation, and use of email/Outlook, and Excel spreadsheets. Preferred experience with NetSuite Oracle, AS400, or SAP, or willingness to learn.
• Basic scientific skills, including understanding units of measure, using measuring devices, aseptic techniques, etc.

Woodstream is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, marital status, union affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Note: If hired, Employment Eligibility Verification will be carried out upon selection. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer.

We retain employment applications for a minimum of 2 years from date of receipt for non-hire applicants or from date of termination for employees/contractors and possibly longer if legally required.