Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Verify by wet chemistry or instrumentation the percent alcohol, total acid, specific gravity, color, clarity, sugar content, preservatives, and the pH on all products from processing.
• Verify components are in spec and packaging materials are correct.
• Verify tightness of caps, fill heights, and when necessary, carbonation and dissolved oxygen content.
• Provide the bottling standards for packaging.
• Gather and plate micro samples of the water, sugar, and various products. Notify processor or line supervisor products that are out of specifications.
• Calibrate lab instruments, gauges, and thermometers in accordance with daily or weekly schedule.
• Notify processor or line supervisor products that are out of specs.
• Monitor intermediate malt base from fermentation to the finish product.
• Test all incoming raw materials and document characteristics.
• Verify sanitation of bottling tanks, transfer lines and bottling equipment using swabs to test for sugar residue.
• Required to do gas chromatography and record readings.
• Support compliance activities associated with Food Safety, Good Manufacturing Practices, and FCD SOP’s.

Key Skills:

• A Quick Learner. 
• Meticulous Attention To Detail. 
• Analytical. 
• Good Coaching And Verbal Communication. 
• Good Written Communication. 
• Empathetic And Emotionally Intelligent. 
• Ability To Work As Part Of A Team.