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QA Technician (Part-time)

@ Agri Foods

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Delta, British Columbia

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Overview

Agri Foods is hiring a part-time QA Technician to support product testing, inspections and records at a food production facility. The work covers raw and finished product testing, lab and micro tests, sanitation verification and HACCP/GMP monitoring. The posting requires rotating shifts running 24/7 with a 36-hour week of 4 nine-hour shifts at $38.43 per hour under a Teamsters union agreement.

Responsibilities:

  • Test raw and finished product against specifications
  • Run micro, organoleptic and plant-based quality tests
  • Verify sanitation and environmental monitoring
  • Investigate customer complaints and process deviations
  • Maintain QA and HACCP records

Requirements summary:

  • Food Science or Food Technology degree or diploma
  • Experience in food production or food testing lab
  • Working knowledge of CFIA standards
  • HACCP training and understanding
  • Intermediate Excel, Word and Outlook skills

Tools & skills

ExcelWordOutlookProtein swabsAllergen test kitsLaboratory equipment
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Employer posting date
2026-11-03
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2026-11-03
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2026-11-03

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentQuality assurance
Hours per week36
Scheduleday, evening, weekends, overnight
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingLaboratory, Plant or factory
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical moderate · lift 26 lb · computer moderate
LanguagesEnglish
Licences & certificationsHACCP training
EducationCollege diploma (required)
Fields of studyFood Science, Food Technology

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Full company description

Agrifoods Cooperative has proudly been in business for over a century and has grown to become one of Canada’s leading cooperatives with over 2,900 members. The traditional values upon which Agrifoods was founded underlie its commitment for continual innovation in order to serve its valued customers’ and consumers’ changing needs. Agrifoods’ family of brands – Organic Meadow, Rolling Meadow, Meadowfresh, Earth’s Own and Happy Planet – employ over 400 people and have become leaders in the health and wellness industry, producing a wide range of premium, on-trend, wholesome foods and beverages available from coast to coast. In addition, Agrifoods provides food grade tanker transportation services as well as custom, innovative co-packaging solutions with plants strategically located across Canada. As a cooperative, Agrifoods is dedicated to building up and giving back to their communities through their socially and environmentally-conscious commitments, by investing in their employees and mentoring the next generation of dairy farmers and community leaders.

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Reported office locations
  • 601 - 4180 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, British Columbia V5C 6A7, CA
  • Vancouver, CA
Business categories
  • Food and Beverage
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  • Agri Foods
  • Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd
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Agrifoods Cooperative has proudly been in business for over a century and has grown to become one of Canada’s leading cooperatives with over 2,900 members. The traditional values upon which Agrifoods was founded underlie its commitment for continual innovation in order to serve its valued customers’ and consumers’ changing needs. Agrifoods’ family of brands – Organic Meadow, Rolling Meadow, Meadowfresh, Earth’s Own…

FieldValue
IndustryFood & Beverages
Company size201-500 employees
HeadquartersBurnaby, British Columbia
Organization typePrivately Held
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Job description

ROLE: QA Technician

REPORTS TO: QA Manager

WAGE: $38.43 (Teamsters Union Local 464)

SHIFT: Must be able to work varied shifts 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. We are filling multiple positions on day, afternoon and overnight shifts. Must be able to work all shifts.

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Technician to join our Quality Assuranceteam! Our Quality Assurance Technicianwill help us ensure the fast and accurate handling of documents and products/material tests to support the quality team.

Opportunities

This is a very exciting time as you will get a chance to learn our unique processes and techniques and champion quality assurance for Earth’s Own and Happy Planet. The QA Technician will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that raw material, raw product and finished product is inspected and released in time and that non-conforming product disposition is handled in an efficient manner.

Here is who you are…

Drive & motivation

  • You are passionate about quality assurance and proud to be the champion of quality

  • You enjoy solving problems by analyzing data and investigating issues

  • You are health-conscious and have values that align with Earth’s Own and Happy Planet

Character & Abilities

  • You are a multi-tasker who prioritizes tasks to meet deadlines

  • You are meticulous, process-driven, and uber-organized with a keen eye for detail

  • You are a great communicator who can easily get along and work with different personalities

  • You are able to lead, instruct, and communicate company and regulatory standards to employees

Knowledge & skills

  • You have a working knowledge of CFIA standards

  • You understand HACCP concepts and processes (training in HACCP)

  • You have intermediate level Excel, Word, and Outlook skills

Experience

  • You have a Degree/Diploma in Food Science/Food Technology or related discipline

  • You have experience working in a similar capacity, preferably in a food production facility or a food testing lab

Nice-to-Have

  • You have experience troubleshooting complex QA issues

things you will do…

  • Ensure products meet company and regulatory standards by running tests, inspections, reports, internal and external audits

  • Help manage all QA and QC records, documents, and samples pertaining to HACCP and CFIA, etc.

  • Carry out lab testing including micro test, organoleptic evaluation and other plant base and dairy quality tests

  • Verification of all sanitation activities pertaining to preoperational inspections, swabbing, calibration, cleaning, and maintenance of laboratory equipment

  • Effectively communicate quality control expectations to employees and support with training for GMP’s

other…

  • You must be available to work 9-hour shifts on a 36-hour work week (4 X 9 hour shifts, scheduled 24/7)

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Detailed Description of Duties:

  • Monitors raw batches of product and tests for compliance to specifications such as fat, total solids, brix, acidity, viscosity, density and vitamin C

  • Fixes and standardizes batches that are out of specification

  • Monitors finished product as to the product specification, filler temperature, weight and codes

  • Monitors plant sanitation (solution concentration tests)

  • Tests finished product at end of code

  • Prepares Micro analysis of finished products after pre-incubation

  • Conducts Standard plating- SPC, OSA, VRBA

  • Monitors the Allergen Control Program using protein swabs and allergen test kits

  • Conduct swabbing and other sampling following environmental monitoring program.

  • Perform bulk receiving testing (milk, soy, chai, sugar, oat)

  • Customer Complaint investigations and testing.

  • Report process deviations and product failures and assist in the investigation

  • Verification of sanitation activities, including preoperational inspections, swabbing, and communicating corrective actions to production personnel.

  • HACCP/GMP monitoring and verification

  • Completing and filing accurate and legible QA records and documentation.

  • Calibration, cleaning, and maintenance of laboratory equipment.

  • Repetitive lifting to 12 kg

  • Other duties as assigned

  • Shadow Training will be provided

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