FSQA Auditor II

Wholestone Farms Cooperative Inc•Fremont, NE

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for maintaining the various food safety and quality programs by evaluating quality problems, conducting audits, and using these audit results to make decisions regarding product acceptability. Responsible for making subjective decisions on quality and product disposition.

Requirements

Minimum of 18 years of age.
High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and/or experience required.
Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the language of the majority cultural group in order to communicate effectively.
Must be able to hear enough to understand those individuals as well.
Ability to read, interpret, and comprehend documents such as grafts/flow sheets, financials, general professional articles and publications, governmental regulations, safety rules, assignment sheets, and procedure manuals.
Must be able to write reports, business correspondence, policies and procedures, and other administrative forms as outlined above.
Must be able to effectively communicate in both individual and group settings.
Must be able to present information and respond to questions from individuals and/or groups.
In order to perform duties, must be able to: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure such as whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and fractions.
Compute rate, discounts, ratios, and percent.
Ability to apply common sense and judgment in solving problems and interpreting and understanding instructions furnished in written or oral form.
Must be able to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action yet reason when to involve supervisor.
Basic computer knowledge with the ability to learn software.
Display strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deal with frequent interruptions.
Ability to function independently given assigned duties.
Ability to communicate, work, and interact with a variety of individuals.
Frequently required to use hands and/or fingers to feel, manipulate small objects, write, and type.
Frequently required to bend; squat/kneel; twist/turn; sit; talk; hear and reach with hands and arms.
Occasionally required to push/pull; climb; walk; stand; and balance.
Rarely required to smell and/or taste.
Must frequently lift/carry/move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a harvesting or processing USDA inspected meat facility preferred.

Responsibilities

Auditing, documenting, enforcing USDA and facility regulations.
Perform checks and verifications to ensure food safety and quality programs are being followed.
Work closely with production associates in monitoring meat product standards and specifications, correcting any deficiencies and notifying management of any violations of USDA regulations and HACCP requirements.
Perform HACCP procedures to ensure compliance with federal regulations.
Evaluate adequacy of quality assurance standards.
Follow sampling procedures and directions for recording and reporting quality data.
Plan, conduct, and monitor testing and inspection materials and products to ensure finished product quality.
Assist and document internal audits.
Proper use and care of analytical instruments and equipment including daily calibration tests via documentation.
Conduct inspections of raw and finished products and determine product disposition and control requirements.
Capable of doing swabs and validation tests.
Cover all FSQA auditor positions accurately and effectively including FSQA Assistant Supervisor positions and positions on alternate shifts and schedules.
Other duties as assigned.