QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN-1st SHIFT (CB1)

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Council Bluffs, IA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Chemistry, Cook Dishes, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Food Safety, Life Insurance, Manufacturing, Physical Demands, Policy Development, Procedure Development, Product Documentation, Profit & Loss, Quality Assurance, Safety/Work Safety, Sanitation, Traceability, Trend Analysis, Validation Testing
LOCATION
Council Bluffs, IA
POSTED
6 days ago
We are hiring for a Quality Assurance Technician role at JBS Prepared Foods (Formerly Swift Prepared Foods) as a full-time employee in Council Bluffs, IA.  
As a QA Technician at JBS Prepared Foods, you will receive these excellent benefits, plus much more:  
  •  Wages starting at $21.10 per hour
  • $1.00 shift differential!  And increases as you go up levels
  •  Great weekly pay! (Every Friday) 
  •  Benefit options after just 60 days of employment.
  •  10 days vacation after just 1 year. 
Benefits include:  
  •  Vacations
  •  Paid Holidays
  •  Personal days
  •  Medical
  •  Dental
  •  Vision
  •  Life insurance 
  •  401(k)
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:   
Determination, Simplicity, Availability, Humility, Sincerity, Discipline, Ownership

  
 Essential Duties & Responsibilities  
  •  Ensure products are made within product specifications by inspecting products.
  •  Reviewing daily paperwork for accuracy and completeness and follow up as needed.
  •  Assist the plant personnel when food safety and sanitation issues arise.
  •  Evaluate paperwork and information for developing trends.
  •  Bench-marking with other plants as needed.
  •  Reviewing the sanitation program as needed, including pre-operational sanitation.
  •  Writing policies and procedures as needed.
  •  Proper use and care of analytical instruments and equipment, including daily calibration tests via documentation.
  •  Analyze documents for product chemistry specifically salts, moisture, fats, and proteins look for trends and notify the supervisor of any findings.
  •  Update and review all packaging, LOG’s, and other validations.
  •  Be able to do inspections of raw and finished products
  •  Detail-oriented to ensure all documentation and traceability is being done daily and stored in a matter that can be pulled easily for traceability tests.
  •  Capable of doing swabs, validation tests, and back up for technicians when needed.
  •  Support SQF audits
Quality Assurance Technician Education and Experience Requirements:  
-High School Diploma or GED equivalent is preferred
-Previous manufacturing experience REQUIRED  

Work Environment / Physical Demands    
-Subjected to hot/cold and wet environments  
-Must have the ability to climb stairs, ladders, etc.

EOE, including disability/vets

About the Company

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

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.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
2009