Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technologist

Smithfield Foods
Wichita
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringEducation: high_schoolSkills: ["Attention to detail","Collaboration","Communication","Training support"]

Ensure products meet food safety and quality standards by performing routine inspections and sanitation checks, enforcing HACCP and USDA requirements, and monitoring critical control points. Grade products, document results, and use technical expertise to track products end-to-end, identify out-of-spec issues, and drive corrective actions. Work closely with production teams to resolve root causes, support QA training and programs, and maintain required food safety and regulatory documentation.

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Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods
1 week ago

Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technologist

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Job Summary

Ensure products meet food safety and quality standards by performing routine inspections and sanitation checks, enforcing HACCP and USDA requirements, and monitoring critical control points. Grade products, document results, and use technical expertise to track products end-to-end, identify out-of-spec issues, and drive corrective actions. Work closely with production teams to resolve root causes, support QA training and programs, and maintain required food safety and regulatory documentation.
Location: Wichita
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct routine quality and process inspections (including process, metal detection, cooking, and chilling) and act on out-of-spec products.
  • •Enforce HACCP programs by monitoring critical control points and ensuring food safety protocols are followed throughout production.
  • •Oversee regulatory and sanitation activities by ensuring USDA requirements are met, updating food safety documentation, and performing pre-op sanitation checks.
  • •Drive quality improvement by identifying root causes of failures and supporting QA programs, including training and spec reviews.
  • •Communicate food safety issues, recommend corrective actions, and support plant training on deficiencies.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •High school diploma or GED, required.
  • •Ability to complete required forms in English, including reading and writing.
  • •Knowledge of quality assurance principles, food science, meat processing, and USDA regulations to ensure compliance.
  • •Ability to create, interpret, and maintain technical documents, reports, and manuals with effective communication.
  • •Experience using monitoring equipment, analyzing data, and responding to regulatory or customer inquiries using evidence-based decisions.
Education:High School
Skills:Attention to detailCollaborationCommunicationTraining support
Languages:English
Tech Stack:HACCPUSDA regulationsMonitoring equipmentOffice software

Company Brief

Smithfield Foods
Produces pork and packaged meat products, operating integrated hog production, processing, and branded food businesses. It supplies retail, foodservice, and export markets across the United States and internationally.
Industry: Food Production
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Smithfield, United States
Founded: 1936
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