FSQA Technician - 2nd shift - Demopolis

FSQA Technician I - 2nd shift - Demopolis

Job Category :
Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Requisition Number : FSQAT
003885

• Full-Time
• On-site
• Rate : $18.50 USD per hour

Demopolis, AL 36732, USA

Foster Poultry Farms has been serving families since 1939.At Foster Poultry Farms , our mission is creating great food and serving 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.

Foster Poultry Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Poultry Farms Team.

The FSQA Technician is responsible for monitoring,maintaining,and improvingquality control systems to ensure compliance with company quality standards and USDA regulatory requirements.

The FSQA Technician will provide oversight, training,and motivation to the Quality Assurance Representatives to achieve departmental goals. This role works closely with the department supervisors, other department leads,and processing team members,in order toaccomplishaccuracy within the processing department and to ensure that our customers receive quality products.

Thispositionexecutesprocessesthat ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations, supporting Foster Poultry Farms ’ mission, vision, and ACTION guiding principles:
Accountability, Collaboration, Truth-Seeking, Initiative, Ownership, and Nimbleness.

• Assistinmaintaining, monitoring, and enforcing USDA Regulatory, Corporate Guidelines and Quality Assurance Programs, to include conducting internal audits that may require the participation of management.
• Interface with Production Supervisors and hourly
  
  Team Memberson production and quality procedures.
• Work with USDA personnel to handle regulatory issues.
• Assistinmaintainingthe micro-hold product program.
• This position has the authority to holdproductthatdoesnot conform to customer agreements, finished product specifications, or legal requirements and is also authorized to make decisionregardingproduct disposition including release.
• Provide leadership to QA technicians withregardingtheir concernswithprocedures, product quality, regulatoryrequirementsand corporate procedure
• Maintain Quality Reporting Systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

All personnelemployed or associated with Foster Poultry Farmsare  responsible forthe quality and food safety of company products. The food safety and quality policies are summarized and communicated in a company handbook and at training sessions. Each newhireisprovideda handbook and attends a food safety training session before beginning work. All employees attend a refresher training session at least once per year. Records aremaintainedreflecting the distribution of employee handbooks and attendance at the training sessions.

Qualified applicants must be able toperformthe following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to stand forup to 10 hourson a wet concrete floor
• Must be able to withstand a cold (40-48 degree) environment.
• Must be able to withstand a hot (80+ degree) environment.
• Must be able tosafelylift upto
  50lbs.
• Must be able to work inafat pacework environment.

• Must be able to work weekends, holidays,varying shifts,and overtime as needed.
• Must be able tosubmitand pass a criminal background check, drug screen, andE-verify.
• Must be able to read and write
  
  Englishlegibly.
• Must be detail oriented and proficient in mathematics.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must have basic computer skills including, but not limited to, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to communicate with all levels including management.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Decision making ability for the flagging of deviation from procedures.
• Able to work safely and set an example of safe working habits fortheircoworkers.
• Must be able to passcompany Forklift assessments to obtain company issued Forklift license.
• Must wear…