Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technologist

Smithfield Foods
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringEducation: high_schoolSkills: ["Attention to detail","Communication","Teamwork","Training support","Root cause analysis"]

Ensure food safety and product quality standards by performing routine sanitation checks and quality verifications across process areas like metal detection, cooking, and chilling. Enforce HACCP programs and USDA regulations, monitor critical control points, and document results. Collaborate with production teams to investigate root causes, drive corrective actions, and support quality improvement initiatives through training, spec reviews, and performance assessments.

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Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods
1 month ago

Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technologist

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Job Summary

Ensure food safety and product quality standards by performing routine sanitation checks and quality verifications across process areas like metal detection, cooking, and chilling. Enforce HACCP programs and USDA regulations, monitor critical control points, and document results. Collaborate with production teams to investigate root causes, drive corrective actions, and support quality improvement initiatives through training, spec reviews, and performance assessments.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct routine inspections (including process, metal detection, cooking, and chilling) to ensure products meet quality standards and act on out-of-spec products.
  • •Drive continuous improvement by addressing deficiencies, identifying root causes, supporting QA programs, and assisting with spec reviews and training.
  • •Help develop and enforce HACCP programs by monitoring critical control points and ensuring food safety protocols are followed.
  • •Ensure USDA regulatory requirements are met; perform pre-op sanitation checks and help update food safety documentation.
  • •Report food safety issues, recommend corrective actions, and support plant training; step in or delegate responsibilities as needed when key personnel are absent.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •High school diploma or GED, required.
  • •Ability to complete required forms in English (read and write in English).
  • •Knowledge of quality assurance principles, food science, meat processing, and USDA regulations.
  • •Capable of creating, interpreting, and maintaining technical documents, reports, and manuals with effective written and verbal communication.
  • •Experienced using monitoring equipment and analyzing data to respond to regulatory or customer inquiries with evidence-based decisions.
Experience:Food safetyFood processingQuality assurance
Education:High School
Skills:Attention to detailCommunicationTeamworkTraining supportRoot cause analysis
Languages:English
Tech Stack:HACCPUSDA regulationsGMPMetal detectionMonitoring 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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