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Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician (NS)

Butterball · Mount Olive, NC · 2 wk ago
On-siteQuality AssuranceFull-time

At Butterball, we exist to help people pass love on. As the most recognized name in turkey, the brand represents more than 60 years of cherished memories, providing quality, great-tasting products that make meals something to celebrate every day. We believe in fostering a culture where every team member is valued, has the opportunity to grow professionally, and contributes to our success.

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.

Responsibilities

  • Monitors processes to ensure compliance with food safety, regulatory, and company compliance, 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 the process, GMP’s, 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.

Requirements

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

Skills

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.
  • Good 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.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Butterball Core Competencies: Safety First, Integrity, Stewardship, Enthusiastic Attitudes, Continuous Improvement.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to:

  • Stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel.
  • Use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard.
  • 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

Work will be performed in a variety of conditions:

  • Occasionally in a climate-controlled office environment.
  • Primarily in a manufacturing plant environment with varying conditions, such as cold areas, wet areas, warm areas, chemicals, and other site conditions.
  • Required to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment.
  • The noise level in the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.
  • Occasional travel may be required.

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