QUALITY LEAD 1ST SHIFT- $24 PER HOUR

About the role

JBS is seeking an hourly 1st Shift Quality Lead Team Member. Position starts at $24 per hour.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts quality assurance testing and verifies and accurately documents products and raw materials on the plant floor, including:
  • In-process and finished product quality checks to ensure compliance to established specifications and temperature requirements
  • Labels to ensure they meet regulatory requirements including tare weights, UPC codes, legibility, establishment number, pricing and correct product identification
  • Incoming ingredients for compliance to established visual and temperature requirements
  • Sell-by and product dates on product runs
• Investigates and determines cause or causes of quality defects and communicates with production team
• Analyzes facts or circumstances surrounding individual problems to do root causes analysis and preventive measures
• Works with other leads and supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments to ensure Quality Department coverage
• Communicates to leads and supervisors when product is out of specification
• Assists in validating plant-wide compliance with GMPs and employee safety rules
• Assists leadership in Root Cause Analysis and implements preventative measures
• Trains new team members as needed
• Works independently or within a team as needed
• Assembles daily reports, paperwork, and blue label sheets as needed
• Stays current with knowledge of GMPs, SOPs, standards, policies, procedures and specification of product
• Verifies calibration of equipment
• Maintains communication and updates as required by leadership
• Performs detailed inspections, testing and documentation
• Trained and qualified in pre-operation activities
• Trained and qualified in HACCP documentation and activities
• Directs and leads a group of employees involved in inspection and quality procedures about in-process material and finished products to ensure that quality standards are achieved
• Plans and assists work of quality team as needed
• Maintains expectations, morale, and harmonious relations among subordinates
• Evaluates and communicates personnel performance or training needs
• Maintains accurate quality records
• Compiles and maintains accurate quality inspection records and reports
• May assume other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Prefer High School Diploma or equivalent certification
• Prefer experience in food manufacturing and/or quality
• Ability to speak, read, and write English
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Bilingual preferred
• Good math skills
• Must be well-organized with good attention to detail
• Display strong work ethics and positive attitude
• Adaptable and dependable with ability to follow direction
• Must maintain a helpful and professional attitude and appearance
• Ability to work independently or as a team and apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instruction and communicate findings with QA & Production Leads, and Supervisors

Work Environment

• Activities: Validating manufacturing work on the plant floor, standing for long hours, bending, stooping, and lifting
• Hearing: Must be able to hear average or normal conversations to receive information, occasionally with loud background noise in the working environment
• Repetitive Motion: Must be able to frequently and regularly use wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Visual Abilities: Average, ordinary visual acuity is necessary to prepare or inspect documents, products, or operate machinery
• Physical Strength: Regularly or frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Working Conditions: Must be able to work for long hours in a food processing environment, where it is loud, wet, damp, and cold. Temperatures are around 34-degrees. Employees are expected to remain in these conditions throughout the workday

Benefits

• Paid vacation and holidays
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Better Futures Program
• Onsite Cafeteria
• Career development opportunities