In 1984, Sun Orchard had an idea that genuine, fresh great tasting citrus juice could be extracted directly from fruit that was deemed not right for sale in grocery but certainly of the highest quality. As a result, through commitment to quality, customers, and employees for almost 40 years, Sun Orchard is North America's leading full-service provider of all-natural NFC citrus ingredients and refreshments. The business began in foodservice by crafting superior customizable solutions for North America’s best foodservice operators and distributors. As the business grew so did our assets to include multiple manufacturing plants positioned strategically across the United States. We not only offered multiple fill sizes for foodservice but began selling drums to specialty industrial customers and developing premium private brands ready to drink smoothies for the country's largest grocery and club stores.

Sun Orchard vision is to inspire a world that believes in genuine ingredients and refreshments. Our products are made from the freshest citrus fruits, carefully crafted and gently pasteurized to ensure freshness and safety. This is done by a caring team who are experienced and highly skilled. At Sun Orchard, we are confident that our people are our greatest assets. We build lasting partnerships and are continuously investing in our supply chain, people, customers and suppliers Let us show you what we do, how we do it and what we believe. Sun Orchard is the undisputed market leader in not-from-concentrate citrus ingredients and refreshments. This always starts from freshest citrus varietals sourced from the best growing regions. The world is our pantry and have built an all-natural supply chain that provides a superior advantage. We have over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space in US. Our manufacturing plants are bicoastal locations resulting in distribution benefits related to shelf life, transit time and freight costs. Our products are offered either refrigerated or frozen. Sun Orchard’s is an expert is managing a cold-chain system

The Quality Assurance Technician position coordinates with operations and QA personnel by checking the daily bottling schedule, furnishing, and maintaining product specifications, performing routine analyses on incoming raw material, blending, and bottling products, maintaining and documenting routine quality systems, performing multiple lab tasks, and advising supervisors of deviations from the process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products throughout the production cycle.
• Testing and performing adjustments on product blends according to required specifications.
• Determines Brix-Acid Ratio (BAR) and oil level in product blends.
• Microbiological testing of certain raw material and finished products.
• Performs visual inspections of equipment and machinery post sanitation.
• Maintains quality assurance objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Follows company policies and procedures including cGMPs, SOPs, SSOP, Food Safety/HACCP/SQF or other food safety schemes, GLP, OSHA standards.
• Completes facility walkthrough using the above-mentioned standards.
• Inspects all job assignments for quality and completion.
• Ensures work is documented properly and timely.
• Performs quality-related, special projects as instructed (i.e. shelf life studies, flavor panels, audits, etc.)
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.