LEAD FOOD SAFETY QA TECHNICIAN

Description

Position at JBS USA

LEAD FOOD SAFETY QA TECHNICIAN
GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Food Safety Lead is responsible for: developing and implementing QA policies, continuous improvement of QA processes and systems, shaping the location’s food safety culture, leading talent management practices, and ensuring JBS and customer requirements are met. This position will be a key member of the Plainwell QA leadership team.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• 20% - Ensure compliance of regulations/policies – ultimate accountability for all QA compliance across multiple existing and new product lines at the Plainwell facility. Analyzes, reviews, interprets QA policies, regulations. Implements predefined customer and supplier standards, monitors regulatory activities, ensures plant compliance, and acts as liaison with regulatory authorities at local level.
• 20% - Perform prevention activities and issue resolution – act as customer interface, manage QA audits, respond to customer questions/complaints, proactively identify risks, take action to prevent QA issues across location.
• 20% - Develop, implement, and assess process/systems – plans and directs all QA programs and management of change, implements product specification systems, drives continuous improvement, provides input to location leaders related to base/non-base capital needs to maintain food safety leadership position in one or more locations
• 20% - Shape food safety, quality and regulatory culture/reputation - interface with managers/supervisors and represent QA as part of location management team; act as liason between customer and operations to ensure standard/expectations are met, build and develop effective engaged QA workforce, lead implementation of QA strategy/tactical plans.
• 20% - People and resource management – lead talent management of employees in QA organization. Accountable for selection, training, development performance management; engagement for direct/indirect reports, develop/implement short range (tactical) QA plans in alignment with BU and local plans, actively participates in development of QA initiatives, key member of location leadership team.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Work 40+ hours per week on production floor
• Possible exposure to slippery floors, extreme temperature variations, loud noise, chemicals, sharp objectives (knives), machinery, and vehicles

REQUIREMENTS

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 6 months Technical Services, Quality Assurance, Food Safety or Auditing
• Strong understanding of USDA requirements (HACCP). Able to rethink and improve business for continued growth
• Able to prioritize actives. Capable to provide leadership/motivation to engage employees in the business
• Strong computer skills

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• Problem solving, root cause analysis, team building and good communication skill
• Meat processing experience.

EOE/INCLUDING DISABILITY/VETS

About JBS

JBS began in 1953 as a small, family-owned company in Brazil. We have continued to steadily grow and are now the largest animal protein processor in the world. Though our business has grown, our family values remain our foundation. We seek to hire dedicated individuals who are committed to learning and share our desire to be the best. At JBS, our team members are our most important asset and feeding the world is our greatest goal. The Plainwell facility began operations in 1918 under the Murray Packing company. In the 1960's, it was acquired by Murco and in 1998 by Packerland. In 2000, Packerland was acquired by Smithfield. In 2010, the facility joined the JBS USA family.

Plainwell is the only JBS plant with Modified Atmospheric Packaging (MAP), a packaging process that changes oxygen levels to extend shelf-life. The MAP process is a part of the Plainwell ground beef operation. Plainwell is also one of the few plants that produces ground beef patties. Over one million lbs (450,000 kg) of beef are produced each day. The Plainwell facility produces biogas in an anaerobic lagoon and uses it in place of natural gas to heat a portion of the water used in the plant. The facility was recognized by the American Meat Institute as a Tier 3 facility for its accomplishments with ISO 14001. Plainwell recently built a $31 million distribution center (85,000 ft²) with a 55,000 box capacity.

Opportunities

Investing in our people is a large part of the reason why success at JBS is so achievable. Working in operations gives you the opportunity to contribute to the very core of our business: producing the highest quality products for families around the globe. At the JBS operations facilities, we offer career growth opportunities for people with all kinds of interests and backgrounds who are interested in working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. Additionally, opportunities for those who enjoy working within the production environment and are excited about both leading a team and ensuring we are producing a top quality, safe product for families across the globe.

Benefits

JBS® values the people who make our company a success. We want to be sure our team members know just how much we appreciate their dedication by ensuring they love working with us. As part of our total compensation package, JBS® and offers comprehensive employee benefits designed to meet the healthcare and financial goals of our team members and their families today, tomorrow and in the future.