Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician 5

Tyson Foods, Inc.•Union City, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Food Safety Quality Assurance Technician role within Tyson Foods. The role involves ensuring product specifications are met without mistakes and assisting in monitoring and implementing the company's food safety goals efficiently and cost-effectively. The facility manufactures pork sausage chubs and patties.

Requirements

Reading, writing, and arithmetic skills required.
Interpersonal skills, motivational skills, coaching and mentoring skills.
Able to plan, lead, organize and control quality control activities.
Must have practical understanding of food processing, sanitation systems, HACCP, GMP, HARPC, BRC, and personnel management.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the food manufacturing industry OR related Quality Assurance experience (Human Food, Pet Food, Vitamin, Medical production, etc.).
Must not have 4 or more attendance points for locations on an 8 point policy (on application date)
No written warning in the past six (6) months
No suspension on record for the last 12 months
Must have been in their current position 6 months, to transfer to another shift, or line. (Applies to Management & Management Support Roles)
Must have been in their current position 90 days to promote.
The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

Assist in managing and supervising personnel with department leads and supervisors of the production areas.
Act as liaison between company personnel and USDA inspectors.
Direct and monitor food safety functions within company policies and procedures.
Assist in monitoring and auditing, reporting adjustments as necessary for Food Safety.
Ensure compliance with monitoring all company and regulatory product quality standards, sanitation standards, food safety standards, employee safety and environmental standards.
Works closely with management and production personnel on food safety problems recommending changes to improve food safety policies, procedures, and standards.
Operate within standard operating procedures (SOPs), HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and Job Safety Analysis (JSAs).
Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
Foster a well-trained and motivated staff.
Responsible for assisting in establishing all department work schedules.
Assist in conducting production employee performance reviews.
Assist in scheduling and conducting department meetings.
Assist in providing for a Food Safety System and program that prescribes technically sound methods of operation for critical processes and generates sufficient records and evidence that provide confidence to customers.
Assist in reducing recall liability and ensure loss prevention techniques to reduce frequency. Assist in all mock recalls and traceability projects.
Assist in developing and monitoring programs to ensure the plain in maintained in a sanitary condition at all times.
Assist in training all employees in the requirements of HACCP, HARPC, and Food safety prerequisite programs and audit documentation to endure compliance.