Quality Assurance Manager in Training

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages, plans, coordinates, and directs quality control program designed to ensure continuous production/service consistent with established standards.
• Manages the development and analysis of statistical data and specifications to determine present standards and to establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy.
• Formulates and maintains quality control objectives and coordinates objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other managers to maximize quality, reliability, and minimize costs.
• Manages, through intermediate personnel, workers engaged in activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, services, and products.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for monitoring work activities such as preparation of records of expenditures, progress reports, etc., in order to inform management of current status or work activities.
• Plans, promotes, and organizes training activities related to quality and reliability.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists employees in solving work problems.
• Manages installation, inspection, and testing procedures for finished products.
• Recommends corrective action necessary to ensure conformity with quality specifications and standards.
• May investigate customer complaints regarding quality and make appropriate adjustments.
• Interprets quality control philosophy to key personnel in organization.
• Coaches and trains technicians as needed to ensure full understanding of expectations within the department.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (i.e. Food Science, Animal Science, or Poultry Science) or an Associate’s degree with two years related experience and/or training.

Skills & Experience

• Self-motivated and able to work well with others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team leader with high ethical standards.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential function of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the team member will be exposed to both an office environment and the production environment of wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts.
• The noise level in the production environment is usually loud.

Benefits

• Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment;
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays;
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base Salary range $78,883.00 - $95,842.80 +/- based on experience;
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program;
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs;
• Better Futures: The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment.

About Us

• Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide.
• The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries.
• Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.
• Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.
• Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EEO, including disability/vets

• Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.