AM FSQA Technician

Daily's • South Salt Lake, UT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The FSQA Associate I is an entry-level position responsible for ensuring food safety and quality standards at Daily’s Premium Meats’ processing plant. The role performs pre-operational inspections, work-in-process and final-product inspections, and quality checks, while verifying compliance with SSOPs, customer requirements, company policies, and procedures. It monitors and verifies critical control points throughout manufacturing to ensure adherence to the company’s written HACCP program, and recommends and oversees appropriate corrective actions when needed.

Requirements

• Be certified in one production department.
• Follow instructions and complete tasks within the allotted time.
• Be available for the assigned shift and as scheduled.
• Have knowledge of, or the ability to acquire knowledge of, poultry or food industries.
• Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively with people across pertinent plant departments.
• Have working knowledge of, or the ability to acquire knowledge of, GMPs, USDA guidelines, HACCP regulations, and company policies.
• Have basic math skills, including accurate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and the ability to calculate percentages.
• Be able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Be able to establish and maintain productive working relationships with coworkers, supervision, and USDA personnel.
• Be able to work with minimal supervision and make reasonable, accurate decisions.
• Have analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to assess observations and communicate results.
• Adhere to specifications and customer expectations.
• Make informed decisions on the plant floor and recommend corrective actions.
• Have basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-operational and operational sanitary inspections of production and auxiliary areas in the plant.
• Perform verification inspections and tests at designated frequencies, including product temperatures, injection tests, net weight checks, product quality checks, label verification, metal detection, and sell-by verification.
• Document findings and report issues to appropriate personnel.
• Verify employees’ adherence to GMPs, SSOPs, and company policies.
• Perform monitoring activities in accordance with documented frequencies.
• Place non-conforming product on QA Hold status.
• Accurately complete all fields in FSQA paperwork to ensure inspections meet company quality standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed