FSQ Supervisor - All shifts

At Link Snacks
, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, Peperami®, and KOOEE!®—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participant in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

All shifts Available

Job Summary:

The FSQ Supervisor is responsible to test the moisture, water activity, and fat analysis on all samples taken. Ensuring that our product meets standards set by our company and regulating authorities. Also responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating facility quality systems functions as they relate to achieving Quality and Food Safety objectives which may include responsibility to conduct audit/training sessions to achieve related objectives.

Supervisory responsibilities include developing the duties and directing the activities of QA staff, as well as following up on the quality, quantity, and accuracy of their work. Contribute to the plant continual improvement effort. This position will carry out our responsibilities in accordance with company policies and procedures, and regulatory guidelines.

Job Related Skills/Responsibilities

• Ensure all local, state, and federal regulatory issues are identified and adhered to.
• Work with agency personnel and respond to issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with 9 CFR, Chapter III, Part 417 – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems.
• Ensure compliance with 9 CRFR, Chapter III, Part 416 – Sanitation.
• Process Control and Laboratory.
• Ensure specification database accuracy.
• Net weight monitoring, corrective actions, record keeping, and reporting.
• Consumer complaint investigation, corrective actions, record keeping, and reporting.
• Monitor Return-to-Vendor (RTV) items, investigate issues, determine disposition, and follow up with corrective action, record keeping, and reporting.
• Defective material investigation, corrective actions, record keeping and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with raw material and supply, and final product Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) standards.
• Monitor and manage Quality Systems Laboratory capable of conducting chemical testing of in-process and finished products and required by corporate Food Safety and Quality objectives.
• Audit operational records for content and accuracy.
• Compile, store, and retrieve Production/Quality data, including process monitoring, testing, verification, and corrective action.
• Assist FSQ Manager and SQF Practitioner with SQF implementation and communication to ensure objectives are met and certification is maintained. Successfully complete the SQF training course and participate in the internal QMS audit program.
• Assist FSQ Manager with product research and development projects to ensure test objectives are met and new products are implemented smoothly during scale up.
• Ability to perform activities of workers supervised.
• Follow Lean Manufacturing Processes; team building, consistency in high quality, preventative maintenance, good work place conditions, productive work, etc.

Administrative Skills

• Able to organize and prioritize in a multi-tasking environment.
• Able to read and write legibly.
• Operate a computer.…