Why Gambles?

At Gambles, produce is everything. Our business provides the widest assortment of top-quality fruits and vegetables for the wholesale, foodservice, and retail sectors. With a history dating back to the early 1900s, Gambles has grown and evolved into one of the largest produce wholesalers in all of Canada. We operate out of three locations across the country: two in Toronto and one in Calgary. We also have a satellite office in Philadelphia that manages our U.S. sales operations. Our goal is to be the supplier of choice for all our customers’ needs.

Our people are the backbone of our business! We have a “hire-from-within” mentality at Gambles, which means we put extra focus on developing our people and giving them unique career advancement opportunities. Just like our products and our customer base, we love to see our people grow!

We offer a competitive benefits package with employer covered health and dental benefits (you don’t pay the premiums!) and a company matched Pension Plan for our full-time employees.

Job Description

The Quality Control Inspector will report directly to the Operations Manager.

This position will be responsible for completing produce inspections, providing inspection details to the sales team and providing support our ripening team. Since produce is highly perishable, you will be working in a fast-paced environment. Your ability to verify the quality and condition of produce items to determine if products meet CFIA/USDA standards will help assure the quality and freshness of inbound and outbound shipments to retail and foodservice customers.

This individual will work primarily out of the 302 Dwight Avenue facility but will require the ability to travel to our Ontario Food Terminal location on occasion. Although the primary schedule for this individual is 40 hours per week, our ideal candidate can work a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the business which may include occasional evenings and weekends.  The intended schedule for this position is Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday – 3am to 1pm or Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – 3am to 1pm.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and enforce Gambles’ quality specifications
• Perform and report quality assessments during live inbound receiving
• Follow up on any items already received, put-away; but not quality-controlled
• Outbound quality control checks for select customers
• Fulfilling quality reporting requests (photos, weight, size, avg counts, etc.)
• Daily review of cooler checklist to identify and report sub-par product for disposition
• #2/Rejection/Return, assessment, reporting, and handling (transfers, RTS coordination)
• 3rd Party Inspections
• Coordinate CFIA inspections as required
• Provide support and coverage as needed to the Ripening team.

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications and Personal Attributes:

• Post-secondary education in food science, natural science and/or agriculture
• Knowledge, prior experience and familiarity of CFIA grading standards and produce specifications would be considered an asset
• Strong English communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to lift 50lbs and work in a warehouse environment
• Intermediate computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
• Familiar with use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Familiar with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Self-starter that identifies priorities and takes initiative
• Flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing environment
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines

The following would be considered welcomed assets …

• Knowledge of HACCP considered an asset
• Knowledge of SQF considered an asset

Gambles Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer situated in a heritage building at 165 The Queensway and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process.