Quality Control Inspector

We are recruiting for a Swine Inspection Supervisor to oversee regulatory, procedural, policy, and work instruction compliance in barn and harvest areas by conducting accurate inspection, disposition, and documentation of hogs and harvested swine under NSIS inspection.

Specifically, this position will:

• Train and coach sorters to recognize and identify diseases, consumer concerns, and contamination in pork/swine in compliance with Federal Regulation, Directives, and Guidelines.
• Ensures product meets definitions of RTC pork.
• Manage NSIS and communicate with NSIS sorters, area supervision, and USDA, and helpers to ensure that the correct tag and marking is used to identify, and proper methods used to address carcass/swine pathology and other carcass inspection issues.
• Clearly and effectively communicate with USDA officials and Plant Management on technical issues and complete/verify necessary inspection documentation.
• Lead trouble shooting and implementation of necessary actions in the event of deviation HACCP, sanitary dressing, or SSOP/SPS issue.
• Verify and aid in timely completion of paperwork for the area.
• Works with other departments to implement procedure changes, based on predetermined specifications, involving raw materials and finished goods to remedy the cause of any non-compliance as quickly as possible.
• Ability to interpret customer and sales specifications and apply subjective quality decisions to product (ie: product appearance, color, texture, etc).
• Utilize technical knowledge to prevent and identify the root cause of process or product failures.
• Continuous improvement of product quality through attention to process expected.

Candidates should possess:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year college or university and 2 years’ experience in a related field (food safety, quality assurance, harvest processing, or USDA inspection); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project.
• Working knowledge of meat processing
• Comprehensive knowledge of USDA, HACCP, and SSOP requirements.
• HACCP Certified, preferred.

This position offers a salary of up to $75K and a full benefits package including Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, prescription, disability, and life insurance, and a 401K plan. Relocation assistance is available!

We are recruiting for a Swine Inspection Supervisor to oversee regulatory, procedural, policy, and work instruction compliance in barn and harvest areas by conducting accurate inspection, disposition, and documentation of hogs and harvested swine under NSIS inspection.

Specifically, this position will:

• Train and coach sorters to recognize and identify diseases, consumer concerns, and contamination in pork/swine in compliance with Federal Regulation, Directives, and Guidelines.
• Ensures product meets definitions of RTC pork.
• Manage NSIS and communicate with NSIS sorters, area supervision, and USDA, and helpers to ensure that the correct tag and marking is used to identify, and proper methods used to address carcass/swine pathology and other carcass inspection issues.
• Clearly and effectively communicate with USDA officials and Plant Management on technical issues and complete/verify necessary inspection documentation.
• Lead trouble shooting and implementation of necessary actions in the event of deviation HACCP, sanitary dressing, or SSOP/SPS issue.
• Verify and aid in timely completion of paperwork for the area.
• Works with other departments to implement procedure changes, based on predetermined specifications, involving raw materials and finished goods to remedy the cause of any non-compliance as quickly as possible.
• Ability to interpret customer and sales specifications and apply subjective quality decisions to product (ie: product appearance, color, texture, etc).
• Utilize technical knowledge to prevent and identify the root cause of process or product failures.
• Continuous improvement of product quality through attention to process expected.

Candidates should possess:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year college or university and 2 years’ experience in a related field (food safety, quality assurance, harvest processing, or USDA inspection); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project.
• Working knowledge of meat processing
• Comprehensive knowledge of USDA, HACCP, and SSOP requirements.
• HACCP Certified, preferred.

This position offers a salary of up to $75K and a full benefits package including Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, prescription, disability, and life insurance, and a 401K plan. Relocation assistance is available!