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American Foods Group · 1 hour ago

Quality Assurance Technician

Long Prairie, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$19.70/hr - $20.85/hr

1+ years exp

Long Prairie Packing Company, LLC, an American Foods Group Company, is a privately held beef processing company located in Long Prairie, Minnesota. As a Quality Assurance Technician, you will be responsible for calibrating equipment, performing inspections, collecting samples for testing, and ensuring compliance with government guidelines.

Food and BeverageFood DeliveryFood Processing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Calibrate equipment

Collect samples for testing

Accurately prepare and process daily paperwork in an organized manner

Perform visual line and finished product inspections to ensure conformance to specifications

Place tags to hold or reject product, materials, or equipment (i.e. thermometer, pressure gauge or dial) to gather, measure, analyze, and record inspection data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, and quantities inspected or graded

Interpret test results, compare them to established specifications and control limits, investigate and take corrective action, make recommendations on preventative measures, and document findings

Conduct pre-operational inspection of production areas

Prepare and process daily paperwork

Provide guidance and train lower-level employees on QA processes and standards. Provide assistance to QA manager to help employees obtain missing core skills

Conduct Critical Control Point tasks and observe sanitary dressing procedures

Ensure compliance with government guidelines

Qualification

Quality Assurance experienceHACCPManufacturing PracticesBasic MicrobiologyBasic ChemistryMicrosoft OfficeFirst aidFood defenseSpanish communicationLeadership experience

Required

Must be 18 years of age or older

Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship

Must be able to work in a variety of work temperatures warm, hot, humid, cold, wet or with slippery surfaces at varied heights in and around moving equipment and parts with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

Must be able to perform the job duties with or without reasonable accommodations

Ability to work extended scheduled hours Monday through Saturday with daily overtime. Must be able to work overtime as required. Start times and hours vary based on production needs

High school diploma or GED

Must be able to effectively communicate in English (speak, read, and write) - must be able to communicate with Government personnel and other designated personnel, read specifications/labels, SOPs, SSOPs and HACCP, and be able to complete necessary written documentation)

1-3 years Quality Assurance experience

Must be able to successfully complete training: Safety, Safe Quality Food (SQF), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Food defense, First aid, Lock out/Tag out