FSQA (Food Safety and Quality Assurance) Technician

Hours: Full Time – M-F, 3:30 pm-12:00 am or until the work is done, Saturdays for business need

Rate: $18.76 – $20.75, plus $.75 shift differential

Objective: Provides essential contributions to monitor and advance the company’s safety and quality programs.

Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Pre-operational inspections and documentation
  • GMP monitoring
  • Fat testing
  • N60 Plus sampling
  • Thermometer calibrations
  • Temperature checks
  • Environmental testing
  • Sanitation checks/mid-shift inspection
  • Carcass swabs
  • Observational record keeping
  • Production Quality reports
  • Other sample preparations and SARFs

Other Skills/Abilities/Specifications:

  • Ability to read and follow basic instruction with an eye for detail and desire for accuracy
  • Candidate must be reliable, timely, and honest with a drive to always “do the right thing”
  • Strong attention to detail
  • The desire and ability to follow general food safety practices (GMPs, HACCP, and SQF system). HACCP Certification (must be done prior to be able to fill in logs)
  • Ability to maintain a clean and safe work environment

Education and Experience:

  • No formal education or experience is required
  • Previous experience in Quality Assurance is preferred

Language Skills:

  • Fluency in English (verbal and written)
  • Bilingual skills (English and Spanish or Karen) is preferred

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, or crouch. The employee must frequently stand, walk, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to 40-degree temperature, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Benefits:

  • Health Insurance
  • Health Savings account
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Supplemental Life, STD, and Accident Insurance
  • 401(k), with matching
  • Employee Meat Discount
  • Paid time off

REAL WORK . REAL PEOPLE . REAL FOOD