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Quality Assurance Manager
Taylor Communications
Windom, MN, United States
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Position at Prime Pork
The Quality Assurance Manager position is a salaried exempt position. The responsibilities of this position include the following:
• Oversees the Food Safety/Lab Manager position and all of the responsibilities of this position.
• Manage and lead a team of Quality Assurance Technicians and all of the responsibilities of the QA Techs.
• Prepare the bi-weekly Quality meeting agenda and necessary data to present to the Quality team.
• Lead the pre-op meeting daily with the sanitation contractor, QA, production and maintenance.
• The Quality Assurance Manager will be the plant liaison for the USDA-FSIS.
• The Quality Assurance Manager will be the plant liaison for the pest control contractor.
• Ensure that the quality systems are in place; I.E. up to date specifications, SOP’s, audits, and quality trends. Changes made to any of the quality assurance/food safety programs are effectively communicated to the Prime Pork team.
• Assist the Food Safety/Lab Manager in answering USDA non-compliance records; food safety assessments conducted by the USDA and perform trend analysis of the non-compliance records.
• The Quality Assurance manager will review lab testing; Generic E. Coli testing, Reviewing and trending ATP test results, TPC testing for shelf life and sanitation verification and testing for ractopamine as part of the plant’s Never Been Fed Beta Agonists program.
• The Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for all Quality and Food safety related recordkeeping procedures and practices.
• Ensure that cost savings and departmental budgets are followed to ensure adherence to the QA budget, which will include labor savings.
• The Quality Assurance Manager will ensure proper training for the QA department, production and maintenance teams for the food safety system and quality systems.
• The Quality Assurance Manager will also be responsible to ensure that the necessary tools for QA are available; including but not limited to rulers, flash lights, PPE, clipboards, pens, safety glasses and I-Pads.
• Conduct safety meetings with the QA team
• Assist Prime Pork team in achieving metric goals.
• Review and investigate potential customer claims and complaints.
• Assist in conducting all yield tests for new and existing products.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Previous experience with food safety systems preferred.
• Laboratory experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Microbiology, Animal Science, Food Science, Business Management or other related science degree preferred.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain high expectations for self and others, demonstrating a dedication to achievement of results.
• Demonstrated ability to function successfully in a fast paced, changing work environment.
• Detail oriented, organized, reliable and resourceful.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment.
• Ability to pass pre-employment and random drug tests.
• Ability to sit, stand, squat, walk, bend, grasp, lift, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a daily basis.
• Willing to work any shift or weekends.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Experience working with a diverse group of people. Bilingual in Spanish and English is a plus.
• Experience with statistics, specifically statistical process control.
• Experienced with Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Ability to work with all levels of management and regulatory agencies.
Benefits:
At Prime Pork, we offer an attractive compensation package, including a competitive base salary, and a competitive benefit package including health, dental & vision insurance, 401K plan, profit sharing, PTO (paid time off) and Holiday Pay.
About Our Company:
The Prime Pork, LLC plant is located in Windom, MN. Prime Pork is a specialty pork plant focusing on taste and quality with a premium product. Doing things differently, Prime Pork is bringing to market a state-of-the-art pork processing facility focusing on genetics, animal health care and quality feed as a response to the public’s changing preferences in farm-to-table, local food. Prime Pork is part of the broader Taylor family of companies.