Job Description

Job title: FSQA (Food Safety Quality Assurance) Technician

1st shift: 5am-3:30pm, Monday - Saturday

2nd shift: 3:30pm-1:30am, Monday - Saturday

When the team is fully staffed, techs rotate coverage on Saturdays.

$18-$22/hour

The FSQA Technician has a basic knowledge and understanding of food safety and quality assurance systems, their purpose, and the importance of maintaining these programs.

Primary job duties and responsibilities include:

* Conduct HACCP and SQF related monitoring and verification activities including product control checks, product audits, product and room temperature checks, cooking and chilling CCP verifications, pest control observations, pre-shipment reviews, microbiological swabbing, and other processing procedural checks, as directed by FSQA management.

* Maintain and review company HACCP, SQF, and other program monitoring records and documentation to ensure all program documentation is accurate and up to date.

* Perform overall monitoring of SOPs including performing record reviews and deviation investigations when necessary.

* Perform all sanitation-related monitoring activities including chemical titrations, ATP/APC swabbing, verification of meeting SSOPs, and other sanitation oversight activities

Experience/Skills/Knowledge:

* Have basic knowledge and understanding of food and/or meat processing, quality assurance programs, GMPs, SQF, and HACCP, BRC audits exp. or certified

preferred.

* 1-3 years' experience working in the meat/poultry or food processing industry, preferred.

* Must have sufficient computer skills and be able to independently write reports, manage Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and be able to be trained in Microsoft Access database usage.

You should be proficient in:

• Quality Inspection Experience
• Continuous Improvement
• Troubleshooting Skills
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Preventive Maintenance & Inspection
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Production Optimization
• Quality Control Experience
• Field Measurements
• Quality Control Data Analysis
• High School / GED
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Root Cause Analysis
• Basic Computer Skills

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Warehouse Management Software
• Refrigeration/Cooling Systems
• Measurement Gauges
• Quality Control Software