Quality Assurance Technician - Temporary endingDec 2027

Opportunity Overview

Are you ready to elevate your career and be a part of creating the world's best desserts? Dessert Holdings partners with some of North America's most iconic chains to bring people together to celebrate life's sweetest moments!

Dessert Holdings is North America's fastest growing premium dessert company, recognized for providing retail and foodservice customers with chef-inspired innovative desserts made with real ingredients, a flexible and low-cost supply chain, and best in class service. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, it is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: Steven Charles, The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, Dianne's Fine Desserts and most recently, Kenny's Great Pies. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.

Responsibilities & Duties

Monitor and audit production floor adherence to GMP, BRC and all food safety policies

Data entry and analysis

Support customer/consumer complaint investigation and evaluation

Assess supplier/raw material issues

Review and verify daily production records

Raw material evaluation and assessment

Participate in new product implementation and support in product trials

Conduct various audits to monitor conformance to regulatory and corporate requirements

Perform laboratory testing of environmental samples as well as finished product testing

Collect, prepare and plate finished product samples, read the results and update micro files

Inform the group on the results of test and put product on hold if any results are out of range also re-wrap and organize retention samples in the retention room and lab freezer





Conduct pre-op swabbing with Sanitation TL or Set-up supervisor daily and record the results, review the trend and communicate with operation / sanitation if any equipment has to be re-cleaned prior to start-up.

Release product from HOLD when the results are confirmed acceptable

Line-checks and process monitoring

Daily review of production records

Collect ingredient samples and conduct micro analyses, report results

Help the team with records update and filing.

The responsibilities will also include all other QA tasks when covering for QA technician shift so cross-training

Position Requirements:

Food Science degree, Food Technology Diploma or related discipline

HACCP/BRC/GFSI/CFIA and FDA knowledge is an asset

Driven to grow and looking to pursue a qualified career with TOC

Experience in microbiological enumeration and evaluation preferredExcellent written and verbal communication skills

Robust team player

Educational Requirements:

BCIT diploma in Food Science or related discipline, BSc in Food Science (Microbiology) or currently involved in this program – must be already trained on lab procedures as proficiency testing is required

Preferable 1 year experience in Quality Assurance/ Food Industry

What's great about working at Dessert Holdings:

We offer a competitive salary

Retirement contributions

Health care benefits

A great future

And we make Cake

EEO Statement

Dessert Holdings and its related entities provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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📌 Quality Assurance Technician - Temporary (British Columbia)
🏢 The Original Cakerie
📍 British Columbia