Company & Culture
At GT’s Living Foods, we’re more than just a company – we’re a community passionate about creating a healthier, happier world. Over the last 30 years we’ve built a culture of inclusivity and authenticity, where our shared values create an environment that inspires you to do your best while achieving meaningful results. Our mission to transform health and happiness through potent, living foods has established us as the #1 Kombucha brand and a leader in the Health & Wellness space.
Job Description
At GT’s Living Foods, our Quality Technicians (I) ensure that every batch of Kombucha maintains the highest standards of quality that our consumers know and love. Quality Technicians (I) are responsible for identifying and reporting errors/risk factors on the bottling line.
Essential Duties:
- Inspect bottles on bottling line to determine whether bottles are missing cap codes, and place bottles that are missing cap codes back on bottling line prior to automatic cap code
- Visually oversee fill lines on bottles and pull bottles off the line that are over/underfilled
- Uncap bottles and redistribute products to ensure consistency of fill line, then recap filled bottles
- Inspect bottling lines and pull defective bottles, such as broken bottles
- Redistribute product from defective bottles to containers to be poured into bottles that meet all necessary specifications
- Verify accuracy of date on cap code for each bottle
- Perform quality checks on packaging of material such as label height and position
- Promptly respond to issues and escalate them to the appropriate party
- Coordinate with Fill/Pack to stop or start the packaging of finished goods
- Transport containers filled with nonconformant products to the other internal departments • Clean work area as needed to maintain a safe work environment
- Performs other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Ability to closely follow instructions/process
- Ability to utilize and reference documents
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members and supervisors
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Demonstrate teamwork as well as the ability to work independently
- Basic written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
Physical Duties and Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Involves frequent movement around the warehouse in a wet/humid environment, near moving mechanical parts and/or electrical equipment, and occasionally in a cold environment (30-40°F)
- Constant lifting of individual/multiple glass bottles (up to 10 lbs.)
- Frequent bending/stooping at the waist to inspect glass quality and review cap code dates
- Frequent and repetitive twisting and reaching to pull bottles from the line
- Occasional ascending/descending of stairs, climbing ladders and balancing
- Occasional lifting, wheeling, and dumping of containers filled with nonconformant product (up to 45 lbs.)
- Employees are required to stand in a confined workspace for the majority of their work shift
- The noise level in this work environment is constantly above 84 dB and requires earplugs to be worn
- Requires normal visual acuity to ensure accuracy in measurements of quality and visual inspections of glass bottles