Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician (Evening Shift)

About the role

Performs a variety of quality and/or safety checks to ensure compliance with quality standards, reliability standards, and all specifications. Assists with troubleshooting and resolving quality issues through audits, sampling, inspection, and functional testing. Supports implementation of new quality processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitors processes to ensure compliance with food safety, regulatory and company standards, including GMP, HACCP, and SOPs.
• Collects microbiological and product samples for testing and evaluation.
• Performs checks of product quality against specifications.
• Assists with audits of processes, GMPs, food safety, and customer audits.
• Investigates issues related to quality and food safety, records findings, and assists with troubleshooting quality, safety, or sanitation issues.
• Applies holds to nonconforming products and materials.
• Assists with product improvement projects.
• Assists with data verification and quality metrics reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• 1+ year of experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of workplace safety rules.
• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Good math skills.
• Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
• Strong communication and customer service skills with the ability to interact at all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Firm problem‑solving, organization, time‑management, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to understand and follow directions to ensure compliance with all applicable standards and regulations.

Core Competencies

• Safety First: We put safety first. The health, safety, and well‑being of our people, products, and turkeys is everyone's responsibility.
• Integrity: We trust each other to do the right thing, acting with honesty, respect, and authenticity.
• Stewardship: We are accountable to our commitments and take responsibility for the well‑being of our teams, quality, customers, business, brand, and communities.
• Enthusiastic Attitudes: We create a climate where everyone feels they belong, are engaged, and motivated to do their best.
• Continuous Improvement: We challenge ourselves and the company to constantly learn, develop, grow, improve, and innovate.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions & Travel Requirements

Work will be performed in a variety of conditions, including climate‑controlled office environments and primarily in manufacturing plant settings with cold, wet, warm, and chemical‑exposed areas. Personal protective equipment is required in the manufacturing environment. Noise levels may exceed 85 dBA, requiring hearing protection. Occasional travel may be required.