QA Technician A Cold

Seaboard Corporation•Sioux City, IA

About The Position

The QA Technician supports food safety and quality operations by helping plan, coordinate, implement, monitor, and report on QA/HACCP activities across facility processes. The role includes maintaining compliance with USDA regulations and requirements and consistently applying standards for food safety and product and service quality. The FSQA Supervisor assumes the technician’s responsibilities when the technician is absent or incapacitated. The technician keeps accurate paper or electronic records, interprets corporate product specifications, selects representative random samples, and works independently. The role performs FSQA and internal audits, including online inspections, and learns monitoring responsibilities for kill- and cut-side operations. The technician may cross-train and rotate to other departmental roles, including NSIS Sorter, after reviewing and signing off on the appropriate JSA. Basic SQF training and HACCP certification are optional. The position may also perform other duties assigned by FSQA management as business needs change. The role requires respectful and effective communication with teammates, production personnel, management, and people inside and outside the organization. Work takes place in both an office and a production environment, where temperatures and noise levels may vary. The position may also involve visits to customer and supplier facilities. The employee must follow safety practices and support the company’s mission, vision, and values, including safety, quality, diversity, community, and environmental stewardship.

Requirements

A combination of education and experience that enables performance in all aspects of the position is preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with management personnel and others within and outside the organization.
Ability to use basic math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to make decisions using sound judgment.
Ability to work without direct supervision.
Ability to keep accurate documentation and interpret corporate product specifications.
Ability to select representative random samples.
Ability to work respectfully with teammates, production personnel, and upper management.
Ability to stand, walk, and move about the facility frequently.
Ability to occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 40 pounds.
Ability to climb ladders and platforms and enter confined spaces.
Ability to wear required safety equipment and use knives when cross-training or filling in for the NSIS Sorter role.
Ability to work in office and production environments where temperatures and noise levels may vary.
Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word and basic computer skills for generating letters, procedures, spreadsheets, or graphs.
Basic SQF training (optional).
HACCP certification (optional).

Responsibilities

Assist with planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of QA/HACCP activities across facility processes.
Monitor and maintain compliance with USDA regulations and requirements.
Apply food safety and quality standards to products and services.
Keep accurate documentation using paper forms or electronic auditing platforms.
Read and interpret corporate product specifications.
Select representative random samples without choosing pieces based on whether they are likely to pass or fail.
Work without direct supervision.
Learn FSQA monitoring responsibilities for kill- and cut-side operations.
Perform FSQA and internal audits, including online inspections; audit frequency may increase in response to trends or periodic problems.
Cross-train and rotate to other departmental roles, including NSIS Sorter, after reviewing and signing off on the appropriate JSA.
Perform other duties assigned by the FSQA management team as business needs progress.
Use respectful and effective communication with teammates, production personnel, management, and others inside and outside the organization.
Follow applicable safety practices and support the company’s mission, vision, and values.