Food Safety Quality Assurance Tech Lead (Days)
Summary
Lead food safety and quality assurance for a poultry processor, ensuring compliance with USDA regulations and training teams on GMP, HACCP, and product standards.
About Foster Farms
At Foster Farms, our mission is to create great food and serve great moments. Our vision is to be the best and most trusted food company, empowering and nourishing the lives of those we serve. We measure our success by how well we protect and care for our team, our consumers, our animals, and our environment, while delivering operational excellence and exceptional value to our customers.
Pay Range: $23.25 / hour
Job Description
Train and supervise department employees to insure optimum competency, commitment and performance.
Maintain and adjust Quality/Regulatory systems to insure conformance with established standards of performance. This position has the authority to hold product that does not conform to customer agreements, finished product specifications, or legal requirements and is also authorized to make decision regarding product disposition including release.
Actively participate in projects and activities to modify and improve standards of performance from both a quality and regulatory perspective. Actively participate in learning, cross - training and implementing all quality, food safety, and regulatory elements associated with RTC/Fresh and RTE/Cooked Foster Farms products and processes.
Advise production and quality management of current issues in a timely manner.
Assist with training production employees in quality criteria, GMP, food safety and other quality related issues.
Special projects or assignments as specified by supervisor.
Qualifications
Must have a BS or BA in Animal or Food Science or related field
1-2 years of experience in food processing and/or quality preferred
Must be detailed oriented. Have strong mathematical and analytical aptitude.
Must have the ability to make sound judgment and good decisions regarding quality and wholesomeness of product.
Some Leadership skills and the ability to coach and develop employees
Able to prioritize/adjust quickly to changing work environment with minimal supervision to meet changing plant needs.
Experienced in USDA Regulations, HACCP, GMP’s SSOP’s, SPC
Able to work flexible hours
Reliable transportation in order to attend off-site meetings. Ability to travel due to business needs.
Proficient use of PC including Excel, Word, Access, and Power Point
Foster Farms ACTION Guiding Principles
- Accountability: Deliver on commitments.
- Collaboration: Achieve more by working as a team.
- Truth-Seeking: Be open-minded and act with humility.
- Initiative: Be proactive and lead with a growth mindset.
- Ownership: Take responsibility for results.
- Nimble: Operate with speed and agility.
Why Join Foster Farms?
This is a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of the ready-to-eat business at a leading food company, directly supporting our mission, vision, and values. You will play a critical role in delivering safe, high-quality food and great moments for millions of families.