QUALITY LEAD 1ST SHIFT- $24 PER HOUR

Description

Position at Empire Packing

Quality Lead

 

JBS is seeking an hourly 1ST SHIFT Quality LeadTeam Member! Position starts at $24 per hour.

Benefits Include

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

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Conducts quality assurance testing and verifies and accurately documents products and raw materials on the plant floor. These may include verifying and documenting:
   1. In-process and finished product quality checks to ensure compliance to established specifications and temperature requirements.
   2. Labels to ensure they meet regulatory requirements including tare weights, UPC codes, legibility, establishment number, pricing and correct product identification.
   3. Incoming ingredients for compliance to established visual and temperature requirements.
   4. Sell-by and product dates on product runs.
2. Investigates and determines cause or causes of quality defects and communicates with production team.
   1. Analyze facts or circumstances surrounding individual problems to do root causes analysis and preventive measures.
3. Works with other leads and supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments to ensure Quality Department coverage.
4. Communicates to leads and supervisors when product is out of specification.
5. Assists in validating plant-wide compliance with GMPs and employee safety rules.
   1. Assists leadership in Root Cause Analysis and implements preventative measures.
6. Trains new team members as needed.
7. Works independently or within a team as needed.
8. Assembles of daily reports, paperwork, and blue label sheets as needed.
9. Stays current with knowledge of GMP’s, SOP’s, standards, policies, procedures and specification of product.
10. Verifies calibration of equipment.
11. Maintains communication and updates as required by leadership.
12. Performs detailed inspections, testing and documentation
    1. Trained and qualified in pre-operation activities
    2. Trained and qualified in HACCP documentation and activities
13. 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.
    1. Plans and assistance work of quality team as needed.
    2. Maintains expectations, morale, and harmonious relations among subordinates.
    3. Evaluates and communicates personnel performance or training needs.
14. Maintains accurate quality records.
    1. Compiles and maintains accurate quality inspection records and reports.
15. 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 detailedinstruction 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.

 

 

About JBS
JBS USA is a leading global provider of diversified, high-quality food products, including a portfolio of well-recognized brands and innovative, easy-to-use food solutions. We process, prepare, package and deliver fresh and value-added premium meat, poultry and retail-ready food products for customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. We are also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in North America. JBS USA employs more than 100,000 team members, and ourcorporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.

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
Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE/Vets/Disability