Quality Lead 1St Shift

Description

Quality Lead

JBS is seeking an hourly1ST SHIFT Quality Lead Team Member! Position starts at $24 per hour.

• Paid vacation and holidays
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Better Futures Program
• Onsite Cafeteria
• Career development opportunities

• Conducts quality assurance testing and verifies and accurately documents products and raw materials on the plant floor. These may include verifying and documenting:
  • In-process and finished product quality checks to ensure compliance to established specifications and temperature requirements.
  • Labels to ensure they meet regulatory requirements including tare weights, UPC codes, legibility, establishment number, pricing and correct product identification.
  • Incoming ingredients for compliance to established visual and temperature requirements.
  • Sell-by and product dates on product runs.
• Investigates and determines cause or causes of quality defects and communicates with production team.
  • Analyze facts or circumstances surrounding individual problems to do root causes analysis and preventive measures.
• Works with other leads and supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments to ensure Quality Department coverage.
• Communicates to leads and supervisors when product is out of specification.
• Assists in validating plant-wide compliance with GMPs and employee safety rules.
  • Assists leadership in Root Cause Analysis and implements preventative measures.
• Trains new team members as needed.
• Works independently or within a team as needed.
• Assembles daily reports, paperwork, and blue label sheets as needed.
• Stays current with knowledge of GMP’s, SOP’s, standards, policies, procedures and specification of product.
• Verifies calibration of equipment.
• Makes accurate quality records.
  • Compiles and maintains accurate quality inspection records and reports.
• Maintains communication and updates as required by leadership.
• Performs detailed inspections, testing and documentation
  • Trained and qualified in pre-operation activities
  • Trained and qualified in HACCP documentation and activities
• Directs and leads a group of employees involved in inspection and quality procedures about in-process material and finished products to ensure that quality standards are achieved.
  • Plans and assists work of quality team as needed.
  • Maintains expectations, morale, and harmonious relations among subordinates.
  • Evaluates and communicates personnel performance or training needs.
• Maintains accurate quality records.
  • Compiles and maintains accurate quality inspection records and reports.
• May assume other duties as assigned.

• Prefer High School Diploma or equivalent certification
• Prefer experience in food manufacturing/and or quality.
• Ability to speak, read, and write English
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Bilingual preferred
• Good math skills
• Must be well‑organized with good attention to detail
• Display strong work ethics and positive attitude
• Adaptable and dependable with ability to follow direction
• Must maintain a helpful and professional attitude and appearance
• Ability to work independently or as a team and apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instruction and communicate findings with QA & Production Leads, and Supervisors.

Validating manufacturing work on the plant floor, standing for long hours, bending, stooping, and lifting.

• Hearing:
  Must be able to hear average or normal conversations to receive information, occasionally with loud background noise in the working environment.
• Repetitive Motion:
  Must be able to frequently and regularly use wrists, hands, and or fingers.
• Visual Abilities:
  Average, ordinary visual acuity is necessary to prepare or inspect documents, products, or operate machinery.
• Physical Strength:
  Regularly or frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Working Conditions:
  
  Must be able to work for long hours in a food processing environment, where it is loud, wet, damp, and cold. Temperatures are around 34-degrees. Employees are expected to remain in these conditions throughout the workday.

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