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Misfits Market

1st Shift Quality Assurance Lead

Northlake, Illinois, United States

Location
Northlake, Illinois, United States
Work
Not stated
Employment
Not stated
Level
Lead / staff
Function
Engineering
Pay
From $1,200.00 a week (read from the ad)
Posted
3 days ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $62K a year, is 69% below the median of $202K for lead / staff engineering jobs in Illinois (middle half $170K – $240K, 84 jobs that state pay).

765 engineering jobs open in Illinois: 14% remote, 169 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

Misfits Market is a mission-driven, high-growth startup dedicated to reducing food waste and making shopping for sustainable, high-quality groceries easier and more affordable. We deliver organic produce, high-quality meats and seafood, plant-based proteins, dairy, bakery, wine, and other grocery items to nearly every zip code in 48 states at up to 30 percent off traditional grocery store prices. In 2022, Misfits Market acquired sustainable e-grocer Imperfect Foods and now leverages its in-house transportation network to deliver directly to consumers with one of the most carbon-efficient grocery delivery models on the market. By tackling inefficiencies in the food system, our passionate and motivated team of problem solvers helps save an average of 500,000 pounds of food per week from waste or lesser outcomes, with an all-time savings of 190+ million pounds of food

As Misfits we support our customers and mission by embracing our core values of:

Prioritizing our Customers

Doing more with less

Thinking Differently

Respecting one another

Moving deliberately and quickly

Taking initiative and delivering

How you’ll support our operations

At Misfits Market, our customers choose us for what we - quite literally - bring to the table: foods that may look a little different but are still fresh and safe to eat. The Quality Assurance Lead reports to the Quality Supervisor and is an important member of the operations team. By prioritizing food safety in the warehouse, your expertise ensures that our customers continue to receive the high-quality, delicious, and affordable food they love. The Quality Assurance Lead performs final quality checks on all outbound boxes.

The Quality Assurance Lead reports to the Quality Supervisor and is an important member of the operations team. By prioritizing quality and accuracy in the warehouse, the QA Associate ensures that our customers continue to receive the high-quality, delicious, and affordable food they love.

What we offer you

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Annual Misfits grocery box credit of $1200 paid in weekly installments
  • Life insurance
  • Paid vacation time
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid sick days
  • Commuter benefits
  • Schedule: Saturday-Wednesday 5:00 am- 1:30 pm
  • $21.00/hr Weekly Pay

What you’ll be doing

  • Maintains a safe and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complies with all state and local regulations for a food-based facility.
  • Performs final QA Inspections on outbound customer orders including missing, damaged, or improperly packed items.
  • Documents and maintains legible, accurate records of all food products in the warehouse including discarded and damaged products from various departments.
  • Responsible for verifying the accuracy of
  • Identifies and reports any potential food safety or quality problems, immediately escalating to the QC or Operations Supervisor.
  • Uses heatmap data to identify and address packing errors upstream in the production line.
  • Documents and maintains legible, accurate records of all picking errors in the warehouse, including missing, damaged, and out-of-stock items.
  • Effectively manages time and changing priorities to minimize downtime in the receiving and production departments.
  • Applies strong interpersonal communication skills including the ability to train new team members according to company processes.
  • Serves as backup to QC Supervisor and QC Lead, represents the FC in times of QC Supervisor's absence.
  • Diligently adheres to all established facility food safety rules, personal hygiene standards, and Good Distribution Practices (GDP) expectations daily.
  • Promptly escalates food safety hazards and takes immediate action to halt production lines if product integrity is compromised or suspected of being compromised.

What you have

  • Authorized to work in the United States.
  • Experience or comfort with working in a refrigerated environment (36 degrees)
  • Strong verbal communications skills
  • Willingness to work overtime and/or possible weekends if the business needs you to
  • Ability to thrive in a repetitive and fast-paced environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs repetitively with or without reasonable accommodation
  • Ability to stand, squat, kneel, and bend repetitively with or without reasonable accommodation

Nice for you to have

  • HS Diploma or equivalent
  • Bilingual preferred (English/Spanish)
  • Experience working in a food based environment

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Source

Posted by Misfits Market on their own hiring page, job-boards.greenhouse.io. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 13 Nov 2026 01:14 UTC; the original is the reference.

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