Food Safety and QA Intern - Spring 2027

Blount Fine Foods•McKinney, TX

About The Position

The Food Safety and QA Intern assists FSQ Management in maintaining overall product quality and safety and supports the effective completion and documentation of FSQ responsibilities. The intern receives leadership and daily direction from the shift FSQ Senior Technician and Supervisor. The Spring 2027 schedule is Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The role includes reconciling paperwork with Access database entries, performing finished-product testing and raw-material inspections, completing GMP and SSOP inspections, and helping maintain accurate supplier and vendor documentation. The intern also helps create and trial FSQ audit forms, converts prerequisite program materials into electronic Alchemy Training formats, and communicates with management across facilities to support compliance with key prerequisite programs. The position requires accurate and honest completion of paperwork and adherence to posted Good Manufacturing Practices while in the production facility. Employees must report suspicious packages, activities, and individuals. Anyone monitoring Critical Control Points must be trained in HACCP and follow the approved HACCP plans.

Requirements

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute percentages.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of data entry and moderate proficiency with spreadsheet and word-processing software.
Strong attention to detail and moderate computer skills.
No known allergies to seafood or other foods.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including sitting, walking, talking, hearing, using hands, and occasionally reaching, climbing or balancing, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; may need to lift or move up to 50 pounds.
Must be trained in HACCP and follow approved HACCP plans if monitoring CCPs.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma preferred.
Pursuing an associate degree or higher.
Experience with Access databases and Microsoft Excel functions.

Responsibilities

Reconcile paperwork and written documentation against Access database entries, and review database entries for consistency and accuracy.
Notify a Tech Level 2 or higher when non-conformances are identified and ensure they are properly documented.
Perform required finished-product testing and complete associated documentation and data entry.
Help populate a third-party software platform with supplier and vendor data, verifying that corporate documentation is uploaded and maintained accurately.
Create and trial FSQ audit forms in third-party software for implementation across multiple facilities.
Complete daily GMP and SSOP inspections, as well as weekly and monthly tasks.
Perform raw-material inspections and enter the resulting data.
Review key prerequisite programs and transfer them into an electronic Alchemy Training format with voice-overs and supporting images.
Inspect finished product for food safety hazards, including foreign material.
Communicate with designated management members across facilities to support corporate compliance with key prerequisite programs.
Complete required paperwork accurately and honestly.
Adhere to and enforce posted GMPs when working in the production facility.
Report suspicious packages, activities, and individuals.
If monitoring CCPs, complete HACCP training and follow approved HACCP plans.
Perform other duties of similar skill, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.