QA Technician
Department: Quality Assurance
Reports to: FSQA Manager and QA Team Lead
Classification: Non-Exempt
Direct Reports: None
Effective: May 2026
Hours:2:50 AM – 11:20 AM and 4:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Workdays: Sun-Thur
The QA Technician will work closely with the QA Team and the production staff to help ensure product conformance to
specifications, organic standards, food safety, GMP, HACCP, and all applicable industry requirements. The Quality
Assurance Technician works independently but alongside the QA Team Lead and must coordinate essential Quality Assurance / Quality Control functions from verification of raw materials and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) through finished product release (includes quality control).
Urban Remedy’s core values of Our Foundation, Accountability, Creativity, Change, Integrity and Empowerment guide
our team in representing Urban Remedy to our associates, vendors, customers, and the media. All employees are
expected to embrace these core values as part of their daily work-life with Urban Remedy.
Perform component or product inspection, sampling, analyses following standard methods and procedures,
and approval/release. Incorporate or develop new procedures as needed.
Ensure GMP practices and internal food safety programs are implemented and strictly followed by all staff including, but not limited to, routinely inspecting storage areas and measuring room and product temperatures.
Incoming component (raw materials, packaging, etc.), Work-in-progress (WIP), or finished good (FG)
inspection, review, testing, release, rejection, and disposition.
Occasionally inspect incoming produce and packaging components upon receipt according to internal specifications. The inspection process includes measuring temperature and sensory evaluation (flavor, taste, color, texture etc.)
Conduct in-house QA analyses including laboratory tests via official methods, sensory (taste/smell), visual,
etc. as needed for components, products, complaint resolution, etc.
EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIRED
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This position works in a production environment with extended periods of standing and walking. This position may
spend time in a dangerous production and warehouse environment and may be exposed to extreme temperatures and
loud noises. Will be required to come in during weekends and work overtime if necessary.
EXPECTATIONS & DEVELOPMENT
As an employee of our Urban Remedy team, we expect you to be accountable for your actions, to challenge existing processes and to grow both professionally and personally. This means having the willingness to claim 100% ownership for results, both individually and collectively with others and to “think outside of the box” when it comes to processes, policies, and strategies. It also requires seeking out new knowledge and skills and assisting others in growing similarly.
Urban Remedy employees are also expected to exemplify a commitment to Urban Remedy’s sustainability goals as they relate to your role, your department, and personal responsibility for conserving resources such as energy, water and waste.
