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Quality Assurance Engineer

Fall Creek is creating a world with better blueberries through its friendly, collaborative team spread across the globe. To help us accomplish this, we are seeking a qualified Quality Assurance Engineer. This position will be located in Lowell, OR.

The Fall Creek Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for maintaining a quality control system in the US, through the implementation and tracking of reliable and standardize processes. All processes will be auditable, and the objective is to develop quality to eliminate customer complaints related with quality and phytosanitary plant issues.

What you’ll do at Fall Creek:

  • Responsible for performing the annual risk analysis of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
  • Implements and manages GAP (Good Agriculture Practices) audits.
  • Assures compliance, phytosanitary and legal requirements, and quality control on products delivered to customers.
  • Maintains procedures, instructions and specifications updated and available.
  • Track controls to assure quality procedures are followed, and report when they are not being followed and affecting quality.
  • Maintains traceability at all production stages to assure data integration for all plant products.
  • Assures and maintains quality and biosafety plant improvement programs.
  • Assures the maintenance of QA systems and programs to meet audit criteria.
  • Track and promote production plant training in topics such as Sanitation, Pes Control, SOPs, and others.
  • Assures all plants production are following national and international regulations.
  • Research and implement solutions to resolve quality issues.

What you bring to Fall Creek:

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, Agriculture, Engineering or another related field.
  • Requires 3+ years of experience including hands-on quality management and safety.
  • General knowledge of quality assurance programs, such as Global Gap or ISO 9001, HACCP, FSSC220000, SQF or other related programs.
  • Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to provide detailed reporting using Excel spreadsheets.
  • Requires general database knowledge and the ability to gain a high level of familiarity with SAP Business One within 6 months.
  • Ability to take initiative; excellent time management, organizational, problem-prevention, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to collaborate with other team members, develop strong relationships, and maintain a positive attitude. Must be able to exercise good judgment in recognizing scope of authority.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills and bility to effectively present information in formal and informal settings.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bilingual in English and Spanish
  • Experience working with integrated ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems such as SAP Business One.
  • Experience working for a nursery or other agricultural business.
  • Experience in 17025 Lab Accreditation.

Who is Fall Creek? 

We’re a US-based company with a keen focus on blueberry genetics, plants, and grower support delivered to the world’s premier blueberry growers. From our humble beginnings in Lowell, Oregon more than 40 years ago, we now also have wholly-owned nurseries in Mexico, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Netherlands, Chile, China, and expanding nurseries in North Africa and Eastern Europe. Additionally, we have built a global team of the finest breeders, researchers, propagators and nursery professionals, grower support technicians, sales and customer service experts and more. We’re a deeply-planted link in a global chain, ready to serve our customers and our industry throughout North, Central, and South America, Greater Europe, Asia and Africa. Our mission is to serve the growers and to support the blueberry industry, helping to ensure growers maximize success through our delivery of the best genetics and plants, technical know-how and global market intelligence. To fulfill our mission, we focus on cultivating exceptional plants, building strong relationships and providing responsive customer service. This is all part of how we’re helping to build A World with Better Blueberries™.

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery® offers a competitive salary and benefit package which includes health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, company-paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and 401K plan. This position requires an executed confidentiality and non-solicitation agreement upon hire. Employment offers are contingent on meeting our drug testing, background, and reference check standards. EOE

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