Job Description

Description

Position at JBS USA

Job Title: Lead QA Technician 

Location: Moberly, MO

Our Company, Your Opportunity:

JBS Prepared Foods USA is a company with an 80-year history of providing high quality, great tasting sliced meats, bacon, ham and ribs.JBS Prepared Foods (formerly Plumrose and Swift Prepared Foods) was recently acquired by JBS, the world’s leading provider of beef, chicken and pork, with a vision of building the company into a leader in Protein Centric Prepared Foods.This is a unique opportunity to be in a start-up environment, with the backing of a Global CPG Powerhouse.This is a role for someone who is looking for an entrepreneurial challenge in a company with aspirations to be leaders within the CPG world.The position will have both strategic and tactical elements and the person may wear different hats.This is an opportunity for people who want to think Big, dream Big and work to make Big ideas a reality.

Our Mission:

To be THE BEST in all we do. We are completely focused on our business, ensuring the BEST products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers and profitability for our shareholders. All this, we do to provide an opportunity for a better future for all of our TEAM MEMBERS.

Our Values:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and organize operations and food safety records
• Data entry of trends to identify and support continuous improvement
• Manage the Hold and Release process completing daily hold verifications, verify hold reconciliations, daily hold summaries, and communicating hold statuses.Use of SAP and Shop Floor along with reconciliation of paper forms.
• Assisting with R&D tests, commercialization of new items/equipment/packaging to meet regulatory, food safety, and quality concerns to ensure full compliance
• Entering and monitoring completion of work notifications to ensure facility repairs are made per required timelines
• Fill in for FSQA Supervisors/FSQA Techs to cover vacations and absences
• FSQA representation during New Hire Orientation; communicating training materials to set the expectations for food safety and quality
• Act as the FSQA Trainer for the FSQA Department and support for Operations and Maintenance pertaining to FSQA trainings; make updates to trainings and tracking training status
• Lead New Hire Orientation training, communicating FSQA SOPs to ensure all plant personnel are trained to FSQA requirements pertaining to food handling and quality specifications
• Collect and review sales samples as requested by the sales team in compliance with requested dates of shipment
• Conduct internal audits including but not limited to GMP’s, Glass and Brittle Plastic, foreign material, SQF standard
• Work closely with management to conduct customer complaint investigations (compile data, graphs and supporting documentation.Also working with the cross functional team to be able to track and trace the finished good to the customer), quality product cuttings, and first production reviews 

Skills and Qualifications: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Previous experience and technical knowledge in a variety of production jobs
• Ability to work independently without constant supervision
• Must have a strong drive to learn and adaptable to change
• Willing to be flexible in work schedule, available to cover night shift Supervisor for planned vacations and absences
• Must have or be willing to obtain HACCP Certification and SQF Certification
• Proficient communication skills, both verbal and written

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee should possess to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently required to stand; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment: 

• Plant working environment
• Food manufacturing operations environment
• Able to multitask in a changing environment

If interested, please apply at jbssa.com/careers

We offer a full range of benefits including health care, life insurance, and a 401 (K) plan.

Swift Prepared Foods is an equal opportunity employer.

EOE/Vet/Disabled

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