1st Shift QA Technician, Senior - Woodrow

Requisition
53967
-Posted
09/30/2026

- Safety & Quality

We are a leading manufacturer of premium, ready-to-eat link sausages and hot dogs. The company was founded in 2004 by four brothers, Chris, Joe, Mark, and Pete Salm. They partnered their individual talents together to create our organization, using the “partnership” concept as the cornerstone for our success. Since then, we have expanded and have two production plants with over 1,000 partners in Denmark, WI.

In 2023, Johnsonville purchased Salm Partners to help grow not only its own ready-to-eat sausage business, but the ready-to-eat sausage category as a whole. The combination of the country’s most trusted retail sausage brand (Johnsonville) with the industry leading manufacturer (Salm Partners) has created a world class organization. We are committed to growth as a company and to our partners!

Ensures compliance with USDA-FSIS regulations, company programs and policies, and SQF requirements. Monitors product quality attributes; applies and maintains quality specifications; reviews & analyzes quality and process data; evaluates trends; documents performance measures; and recommends process changes. Conducts pre-operational and operational inspections and performs other activities required to maintain and document regulatory compliance. Assists with root cause analysis and quality improvement efforts.

Assists with quality and food safety-related training of QA Technicians and production partners. Acts as Food Safety Representative.

This position is located at 590 Woodrow Street, Denmark, WI

Hours are Monday
- Friday;
Saturdays as needed 6am - 2pm

• Perform all QA Technician duties in support of Operations and food safety.
• Interpret and communicate customer requirements to production and supporting teams.
• Monitor and review QA Hold Log.
• Conduct final review of HACCP, Prerequisite Program, SSOP and Pre-Op documents.
• Audit processes to ensure that customer requirements and product specifications are met; review nonconformance issues, conduct root-cause analysis, determine appropriate corrective actions and preventive measures, and assess effectiveness of preventive measures over time.
• Assist with statistical analysis of quality attributes and process measurements; develop data and trend analyses; evaluate trends and communicate findings to management.
• Participate in internal quality audits.
• Serve as a QA resource in the new project development process and subsequent new product rollout to production as needed.
• Monitor & document compliance with USDA-FSIS Regulations including food safety regulations on cooking and chilling, sanitation regulations, and labeling regulations.
• Participate in process-validation activities.
• Assist with activities related to label approvals and export projects.
• Aid in the revision of product specifications, product audits, inspection keys, QA & Food Safety forms & procedures, etc.
• Oversee calibration of technical equipment.
• Compile, write, and deliver training material to QA personnel on quality control standards, procedures and activities as needed.
• Participates in organoleptics to evaluate product for extended shelf life, formulation changes, etc.
• Support the SQF certification process and ongoing compliance.
• Maintain the Salm Wiki Sanitation program.
• Set up and read out data loggers.
• Perform foreign material investigation and reporting.
• Maintain In House Shelf Life Samples.
• Perform all other duties as assigned

A minimum of 3 years previous Quality Assurance experience in a USDA-FSIS-regulated food manufacturing environment is preferred, preferably with ready-to-eat processed meats.

Knowledge of Quality Systems, including…