Tania Tapia
Chicago,IL
Summary
Determined Sr. Quality Assurance Technician with dedication to quality and accuracy. Familiar with handling multiple projects in highly competitive environments. Solid interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Quality Assurance Technician
Long Grove Confectionery Co.
Buffalo Grove, IL
10.2010 - Current
- Substitute SQF Practitioner/ Person In Charge
- Review of HACCP and other plant records; ensuring results are recorded in a timely manner; implement and maintain HACCP based food safety plans
- Ensuring that all Food Safety Programs are adhered to daily
- Audits the production lines, allergen change overs, labels
- Employee Trainer for Food Safety, Food Defense, GMP Policy, Allergen Policy, HACCP, Food Safety Culture, Intentional Adulteration, Allergen CCP, Pre-op, etc
- Assist with “out of specifications” root cause analysis and corrective action investigations.
- Work on projects as detailed and requested by QA Management
- Assigns tasks, as needed to sanitation personnel
- Monitors and trains Quality Assurance Technicians on quality programs to ensure they have knowledge and ability to perform job duties.
- Inspect/release new or repaired equipment before food use
- Work order releases
- QA of incoming materials and finished product - COA sign offs and investigation
- Inspects and investigates foreign material findings
- Assists finished product label verification and approval; knowledgeable of labelling and NLEA rules and regulations
- Handles the provided customer ingredients
- As backup SQF Practitioner is responsible for implementation and maintenance of SQF program; Performs SQF verifications
- Performs Internal audits as team member as scheduled to promote continuous improvement
- Responsible for providing support to promote food safety culture throughout the organization, the empowerment of our employees, establish and implement critical controls that help monitor risks.
- Committed to the continuous improvement of the food safety management system.
- Maintain documentation, communication between senior management and employees.
- Report all food safety and regulatory issues and or suspicious activity.
Education
High School Diploma -
Palatine High School
Palatine, IL06.2007
Skills
- Data Capture and Analysis
- Audit Assistance
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Consistent Procedure and Protocol Use
- Raw Materials Receiving
- Attentive and Observant
- Finished Goods Inspection
- Problem Solving
- Environmental Sampling and Testing
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Test Results Interpretation
- Quality Issue Identification
- Specification Conformance
- Staff Training
- Critical Thinking
- Microsoft Office
- Independent Decision Making
- Word Processing
- Data Entry
- Corrective Action Implementation
- Attention to Detail
Certification
- SQF, post farm gate
- HACCP
- Internal Auditor
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Sensory Testing
- Advanced Genesis R&D
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Sr. Quality Assurance Technician
Long Grove Confectionery Co.
10.2010 - Current
High School Diploma -
Palatine High School
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