Quality Assurance Technician (QA Tech)
About The Position
The Quality Assurance Technician implements QA policies as directed by the Q.A. Supervisor and helps ensure compliance across processes and systems. The role may involve supervising a process, instructing employees on food safety procedures, verifying that procedures are followed, testing products, and completing required documentation. Responsibilities include supporting regulatory and customer requirements across existing and new product lines at the FM Meat Products facility; conducting prevention and issue-resolution activities; developing and assessing QA processes and systems; supporting the food safety, quality, and regulatory culture; and managing QA-related people and resources. A substantial part of the position involves drilling product combos to identify fat percentages, ensuring each combo meets customer specifications, and tagging nonconforming product for production rework.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Knowledge of the meat packing industry.
- Ability to cut meat using saws and/or knives.
- Knowledge of food safety, quality control, and sanitation.
Nice To Haves
- Serve Safe Certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, policies, customer standards, and supplier standards; review and interpret QA requirements, monitor regulatory activities, support plant compliance, and liaise with local regulatory authorities.
- Act as a customer interface, manage QA audits, respond to customer questions and complaints, identify risks, and take action to prevent QA issues.
- Develop, implement, and assess QA processes and systems, including product specification systems and management of change; drive continuous improvement and provide input on capital needs related to food safety.
- Represent QA and liaise between customers and operations to help ensure standards and expectations are met; support development of an engaged QA workforce and QA plans.
- Support selection, training, development, performance management, and engagement of direct and indirect reports; develop tactical QA plans aligned with business-unit and local plans and participate in QA initiatives.
- Drill product combos to identify fat percentages and ensure product meets customer specifications; tag out-of-specification product and arrange for production rework.
- Instruct employees on food safety procedures, verify procedures are followed, test products, and complete required documentation as applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
