Stacyville Processing Plant, Quality Assurance Supervisor

Stacyville, Iowa | Regenerative Food Processing

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Position Summary:  

The Quality Assurance Supervisor ensures food safety and product quality meet the plant standards, USDA and other regulatory requirements, and customer expectations. The QA Supervisor provides organizational leadership as a member of the Management Team; develops and implements quality assurance policies and procedures; and acts as a liaison with USDA and regulatory agents and inspectors. The QA Supervisor is accountable for the performance of the quality department personnel.

Lead Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Quality Assurance Monitor at the current start up stage of the plant.
• Manage all facility operational plans, and ensure daily recordkeeping is completed adequately to fulfill HACCP and SSOP plans and requirements.
• Manage updates to HACCP and SSOP plans in accordance with the growth and development of the processing facility 
• Lead training processes to ensure worker competency and that HACCP, SSOP plans are carried out effectively on a daily basis, to improve skill sets of the staff to optimize the results of the team efforts and to reduce employee turnover.
• Support the plant manager with quality control planning, training and integrating internal control processes such as the SQF certification process, A Greener World certification, etc.
• Support annual MOSA Organic certification. 
• Oversee the collection and shipment of lab testing related to food safety of products, communicate with the laboratory on any necessary follow-up.
• Monitor freezer inventory.
• Ensure correct customer labels for products are made. 
• Ensure correct cuts and packaging of meat are filled.
• Ensure packaged meat is appropriately labeled, boxed and stored in freezer. 
• Ensure customer orders are filled correctly.
• Assist in scheduling delivering.

To apply for this position, please submit your current resume and answer the following three questions by email to delicia@regenagalliance.org

• Share your experience of working with food processing facilities.

• Stacyville Poultry Processing is a small USDA poultry processor located in Northern Iowa. Our focus is on building Regenerative Supply Chains and supporting small and mid-sized farmers through processing quality services. Why are you interested in this role.

• How do you address challenges in the workplace? What is your approach to creating solutions? Please give an example.