FSQA Technician Cook

About Us

John Soules Foods makes it easy to enjoy delicious food. We provide great tasting beef and chicken through retail sales, food service distributors, restaurants, and school nutrition programs. Customers love us for our simple-to-make, mouth-watering fajita products. In fact, we’re the #1 producer of beef and chicken fajitas in the U.S. Restaurant chefs and home cooks enjoy the versatility of fully cooked choices such as rotisserie chicken breast strips, grilled chicken breast strips, pulled chicken, and Certified Angus Beef® brand products.

Benefits

• Employee and dependent medical coverage
• On-site medical clinic with zero copays
• Dental, vision, and prescription generic medication coverage with no copay (if filled at a preferred provider)
• Employer matching 401k Plan (after meeting eligibility requirements)
• Annual free health evaluation and testing
• 24/7 virtual medical access
• Free flu vaccines
• Short term disability
• Voluntary life insurance
• Relocation benefits for selected positions
• Vacation days and holidays
• Sam’s Club membership card
• Annual school visitation leave
• Back to school supplies program for employees’ children

Compensation

• Annual employee tenure bonuses
• Annual service wage increases for hourly production employees
• Job postings for advancement opportunities
• Periodic performance incentives
• Annual performance reviews

Recognition

• Service award recognition programs
• Employee birthday gifts
• Personalized baby blankets for employee newborns
• Employee luncheons throughout the year
• Annual company picnic

Communication

Ongoing feedback from employees is critical in understanding their needs. We conduct engagement surveys, informal interviews, and occasional employee roundtables to strengthen our employee programs.

Training and Advancement

• New employee orientation
• Department on-boarding
• Cross-training
• Functional training for skilled positions
• Leadership training for management and future leaders
• Variety of opportunities for career advancement

About the Role

To assist the QA Supervisor in managing the quality and food safety systems at the plant level which include all policies, programs, and procedures. The QA Technician will have primary responsibilities of the HACCP Programs, GMPs, SSOP Programs, paperwork and filing, all QA Programs, and enforcement of product specifications.

Responsibilities

• Monitors all HACCP Programs in the plant to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Monitors GMPs in the plant and assures strict adherence to the program. Records deficiencies and reports these to the QA Supervisor and Plant Manager. Communicates deficiencies to line personnel.
• Monitors all SSOP Programs in the plant to ensure regulatory compliance and food safety. Records deficiencies and reports these to the QA Supervisor and Plant Manager. Communicates deficiencies to sanitation and production personnel.
• Ensures paperwork accuracy and filing in accordance with the QA Supervisor’s direction.
• Monitors and enforces all QA Programs in the plant. Corrects issues in accordance with QA Programs and follows up to ensure proper corrective actions take place. Communicates issues to QA Supervisor and Plant Manager.
• Monitors all products through the process (includes Raw & RTE) to verify they are within specification. Helps correct specification deviations with production personnel. Stops the line if deviations are not corrected. Communicates deviations and any needed specification changes to QA Supervisor and Plant Manager.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years previous experience in food processing/manufacturing environment.
• Preferred: Previous QA Lead Technician experience.
• Knowledge of Quality processes and systems including HACCP, SSOPs, and GMPs.
• Intermediate level computer skills.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of staff and management.
• High energy, self-starter, and ability to work and complete tasks in a timely manner.
• High level of organizational skills.
• Ability to stand ground and enforce policies/programs/specifications.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus; English required.

Physical Requirements

• Stand 75% of shift in cold and/or hot environment.
• May be exposed to aroma of spices used in cooking.
• May be exposed to dust particles in the air.
• Lift up to 15 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds infrequently.