3rd Shift Quality Assurance Assistant

WESTERN SMOKEHOUSE PARTNERS•Springfield, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Assistant supports the QA team in maintaining product excellence and food safety by assisting with audits, quality checks, and documentation. This role contributes to enforcing policies and procedures across production areas to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and company quality objectives, especially within the Ready-To-Eat (RTE) segment.

Requirements

Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.
General computer skills and familiarity with calculators.
Ability and willingness to learn computer traceability and inventory systems.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Effective communication and teamwork abilities.

Nice To Haves

Food safety or Ready-To-Eat (RTE) production experience preferred.
Quality Assurance, FSQR, or QC experience preferred.
HACCP training preferred; formal training required for internal audits and company training administration.

Responsibilities

Assist the FSQA Manager with Pre-Operational (Pre-Op) checks and related procedures.
Monitor production activities to verify compliance with quality and food safety standards, including checking ingredients, water activity, pH, rack tags, labels, boxes, caddies, and machine documentation.
Contribute to achieving quality assurance goals by supporting data collection, analysis, and strategic planning efforts.
Prepare and complete action plans for quality and production improvements.
Support implementation of production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
Identify, investigate, and help resolve quality issues within the production process.
Assist in conducting internal audits to verify the effectiveness of food safety and quality systems.
Aid in developing quality assurance plans, including hazard analyses and identifying Critical Control Points (CCPs).
Help establish critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification processes.
Validate quality processes by measuring production outputs, documenting evidence, and updating QA procedures.
Participate in quality documentation preparation and reporting, including tracking failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.
Maintain oversight of the facility’s pest control program and related equipment.
Maintain and store quality and food safety documentation accurately.
Verify label information to ensure quality compliance for production runs.
Follow all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and FDA regulations.