Lead Person Quality Assurance Tech

American Foods Group, LLC•Wright City, MO

About The Position

The QA Lead is responsible for ensuring product safety, quality, and compliance on the harvest and fabrication floor through monitoring, auditing, and documenting conformities and nonconformities. The role oversees day-to-day Quality Assurance department activities and works with local and regional USDA/FSIS authorities, customer representatives as needed, and auditors. It maintains and implements regulatory documents, records, product specifications, and quality assurance records; enforces animal welfare and quality programs; monitors product acceptance criteria; and controls the disposition of nonconforming product. The QA Lead also provides department leadership, supports effective employee relations, and is responsible for crewing, scheduling, and training QA employees. Participation in plant management and operational meetings is required. The position may include other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. The work takes place on the harvest and fabrication floor in an environment that may be warm, hot, humid, cold, wet, or slippery, at varied heights and around moving equipment and parts. Personal protective equipment is required. The employer describes the facility as a planned 775,000-square-foot greenfield project including a harvest floor, carcass chillers, fabrication area, rendering, further processing area, storage coolers, freezers, and loading docks.

Requirements

Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Must effectively communicate in English by reading, writing, and speaking.
High school diploma or GED.
Must be able to work in varied temperatures and conditions, including warm, hot, humid, cold, wet, or slippery surfaces, at varied heights and around moving equipment and parts while using PPE.
Knowledge of and ability to monitor and enforce food safety, SQF rules, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), Sanitization Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), prerequisite programs, policies, and procedures.
Ability to attend work consistently and work safely, wear PPE, and follow safety rules.
Strong work ethic, positive attitude, adaptability, dependability, and ability to follow direction and cooperate with others.
Attention to detail and ability to maintain a clean work area and follow food safety and SQF rules.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; assertive and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to perform consistent, accurate work with minimal direction and work successfully as part of a team.
Must occasionally stand, walk, or sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and lift and/or move objects.
Must have close, distance, and color vision.

Nice To Haves

Quality Assurance or food safety experience in the meat industry.
Ability to effectively communicate in Spanish by reading, writing, and speaking.
Strong project and time management skills.
Conflict resolution skills.

Responsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day activities of the Quality Assurance department.
Work closely with local and regional USDA/FSIS authorities, customer representatives when needed, and auditors.
Update, maintain, and implement regulatory documents and records, product specifications, and quality assurance records.
Enforce and monitor animal welfare and quality programs for manufactured products.
Monitor product acceptance criteria and control the disposition of nonconforming product.
Help ensure products produced in the plant meet or exceed customer quality requirements.
Lead the Quality Assurance department and develop and maintain effective employee relations.
Crew, schedule, and train Quality Assurance employees.
Participate in plant management and operational meetings.
Perform other related duties as needed to meet the organization's ongoing needs.