Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician 3rd Shift
Perdue Farms · Rockingham, NC · 3 wk ago
Quality AssuranceFull-time
About the role
Join our team as a Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician and play a key role in ensuring every product meets the highest standards! In this position, you’ll monitor production processes, verify compliance with company, regulatory, and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards, and help maintain a safe and high-quality environment throughout plant operations. This is your chance to make a direct impact on food safety, quality, and customer trust every day.
Responsibilities
- Accurately conduct product reviews for compliance to include grading, packaging and weights and related.
- Monitor and enforce company Quality and Food Safety Policies.
- Perform product reviews on various products with the Operations Group.
- Must be familiar with the facility’s Good Manufacturing Practices and Sanitation Operation Procedures and implement Corrective Actions if deviations are observed.
- Must continually evaluate potential for foreign material contamination while in assigned work areas.
- Perform other tasks and duties as directed by management to meet department and operations business needs.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of 6 months of consecutive work history with one employer within the past 3 years in a comparable field.
- Ability to stand for several hours.
- Capable of lifting up to 50 lbs, reaching, bending, and pushing boxes on conveyor assembly.
- Willingness to work in wet and moist floor environments with metal and plastic grating surfaces.
- Tolerance for temperatures ranging from 28°F to 100°F with ambient and 100% humidity.
- Ability to handle products from 25°F to 50°F.
- Tolerance for noise levels from 50 dB to 110 dB.
- Potential exposure to dust, feathers, and chemicals used in poultry processing.
- Required use of protective and safety equipment as directed.
- Occasional exposure to carbon dioxide vapors (≤10 ppm) and chlorine (
Qualifications
- Experience in food quality and/or safety.
Schedule
Schedule: Sunday Night through Thursday Night 6:00PM - 4:30AM (Saturdays if posted)