Job Description
Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician
Reporting to: QA Supervisor
2nd shift available
Duties and Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:
- Auditing, documenting and enforcing USDA and facility regulations
- Perform checks and verifications to ensure food safety and quality program is being followed
- Monitor SOPs, SSOPs, GMPs and perform HACCP procedures to ensure compliance with federal regulations.
- Must work with FSIS/USDA and present records per the agency’s request
- Aid Quality Assurance Supervisor and management in gathering data for investigations
- Work closely with production associates in monitoring meat product AQL standards and specifications, correcting any deficiencies and notifying management of any violations of USDA regulations or HACCP requirements.
- Maintain lab equipment by ensuring proper cleaning and regular maintenance is performed
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Key Qualifications, Abilities, and Skills:
- Must be able to work flexible hours, overtime and some weekends
- Must be willing to learn all aspects of food safety
- Must have strong verbal and written English communication skills
- Must be willing to work in both hot and cold environments
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
EOE, including disability/vets.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Guntersville, AL |
| Industry | Manufacturing - Other |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
About Company
Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.
Skills
- Auditingunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Data Collectionunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- English Languageunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Federal Compliance Regulationsunmatched
- Food Qualityunmatched
- Food Safetyunmatched
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
- Housekeeping/Cleaningunmatched
- Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Production Controlunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)unmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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