Maria Pineda
Pico Rivera, Assurance,CA
Summary
Detail-oriented Quality Control Technician adept at reviewing materials and finished items for compliance with specifications and standards. Skilled in reporting and problem-solving with a history of making a positive impact on operations. Thorough Quality Assurance Specialist with 20-year background in Food Industry. Excellent resource management and allocation skills. Outstanding communication, organizational and time management talents. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Technician
Smithfield Foods, Inc
07.2002 - 02.2023
- Knowledgeable in HACCP, SQF, GMP's, and SSOP documentations.
- Performed and verified audits such as code dates, ingredient statements, weight control
- Worked in cooked and raw processing areas.
- Performed PRE-OPERATIONAL inspections before production started
- Performed APC's and Salmonella swabs.
- Performed thorough inspections of incoming materials and outgoing products.
- Evaluated samples against standards by completing measurements, visual inspections, and other established tests.
- Routinely tested products to align temperature, specifications, and ingredient levels with best practices and quality standards.
- Inspected finished products for overall quality and adherence to customers specifications.
- Developed quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses, identifying critical control points and establishing critical limits.
- Analyzed test data to determine performance and reliability of materials
- Achieved quality assurance operational objectives by preparing and implementing production, productivity and customer-service standards.
- Helped uncover and fix production problems in order to reduce overall defect rates.
- Met quality assurance financial objectives by estimating requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures and analyzing variances.
- Monitored product standards and quality-control programs.
- Completed deviation forms and recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team members and department managers to implement procedural remedies.
- Addressed non-conformance issues, pausing production to correct errors.
- Recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team to implement corrective actions.
- Educated employees on specific QA standards and confirmed maintenance of standards.
- Analyzed quality and performance data to support operational decision-making.
- Promoted adherence to quality standards by educating personnel on quality control.
Line Bacon Separator
Farmer John
07.2002 - 07.2002
- Separate bacon on line, make sure the bacon wasn't to cooked or raw to be packed.
- Took bacon packages to a machine called Multivac, to get it packed.
- Set up and prepared cooking supplies and workstations during opening and closing to maximize productivity.
- Changed and sanitized surfaces between tasks to avoid cross-contamination.
- Followed health, safety and sanitation guidelines while preparing packages.
Skills
- Adaptable and willing to learn
- Outlook, data entry
- Well organized individually or as a team
- Teamwork and dependent
- Specification Understanding
- Production Line Observation
- Conduct Monitoring
- Testing Protocols
- Calibration
- Log Files
- Public Speaking
- Auditing
- Process Quality Review
- Calibration Standards
- Corrective Actions
- Line Checking
- Quality Assurance and Control
- Safety Protocols
- Safety Procedures
- Customer Service
- Quality Assurance Requirements
Additional Information
- Performed pre-operational inspections in production rooms for food manufacturing. Knowledgeable in HACCP, SQF, GMP’s and SSOP documentation. Performed and verified audits such as (code dates, ingredients statements, weight control, customer specifications. Worked in cooked and raw processing areas.
Timeline
Quality Assurance Technician
Smithfield Foods, Inc
07.2002 - 02.2023
Line Bacon Separator
Farmer John
07.2002 - 07.2002