FSQ QA Manager

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down, 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® to name a few—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 participate 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.

The QA Manager leads day‑to‑day quality and food safety execution on the production floor, ensuring that standards defined by FSQ are consistently followed and verified.

• Manage supervisors and technicians
• Drive consistency across shifts

• Lead QA pre‑op inspections
• Ensure early detection of issues
• Validate corrective actions

• Ensure product meets:
  • Specifications
  • Labeling requirements
• Oversee foreign material controls

• Identify:
  • GMP violations
  • Process deviations
• Drive immediate corrections

• Partner with:
  • FSQ RTE
  • FSQ Raw
• Support execution of standards

• Pre‑op compliance rate
• GMP adherence
• Product defect rates
• Customer complaints

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

The work environment is a plant setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels, exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors. The vast amount of work is conducted in a climate‑controlled building. Limited travel may be required.

• 5–10+ years QA leadership
• Strong floor experience
• Knowledge of GMPs, HACCP
• Strong leadership and coaching skills

The salary range for this role is $100,000–$110,000 (Annually). Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program‑specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible team members, including medical, dental, and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401(k) participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

This job description is intended to generally describe the nature and level of work to be performed by employees in this position. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required of employees performing this role.

Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

Jack Link’s is a participant in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.