FSQA SYSTEMS MANAGER

Location: Perry, IA – Sow Harvest & Sausage Processing Facility
Reports To: General Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt

About the role

JBS Prepared Foods is a company with an 80-year history of providing high quality, great tasting sausage, sliced meats, bacon, ham, and ribs. JBS Prepared Foods (formerly Plumrose and Swift Prepared Foods) was acquired by JBS, the world’s leading provider of beef, chicken, and pork, with a vision of building the company as a leader in Protein Centric Prepared Foods.

Our Mission: To be THE BEST in all we do. We are completely focused on our business, ensuring the BEST products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers and profitability for our shareholders. All this, we do to provide an opportunity for a better future for all our TEAM MEMBERS.

The FSQA Systems Manager is responsible for managing and maintaining all facility-wide food safety and quality assurance documentation, regulatory programs, and compliance records. This role administers and verifies the accuracy of plant HACCP, SSOP, and SQF systems, ensuring the site remains audit-ready for USDA/FSIS inspections, third-party audits, and corporate reviews. The FSQA Systems Manager serves as the subject matter expert for recordkeeping, process verification, and continuous improvement of quality systems while supporting the FSQA leadership team in maintaining JBS’s high standards for food safety and product integrity.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update FSQA systems, including HACCP plans, SSOPs, GMP programs, SQF documentation, and prerequisite programs, to ensure full regulatory compliance.
• Serve as primary contact for USDA/FSIS and third-party audit documentation requests; support on-site audit processes.
• Verify compliance with FSIS regulatory directives, company policies, and customer requirements through regular review of plant programs and records.
• Administer document control processes for all FSQA-related procedures, training records, and quality assurance metrics.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion, filing, and retention of all food-safety-related forms and logs.
• Manage corrective action documentation and ensure proper follow-up according to company