FSQA Lead: Food Safety & Quality

Smithfield Foods; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Assurance leader to drive programs across production areas, ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. You will lead sanitation, HACCP, and SQF initiatives while mentoring FSQA staff and collaborating with plant management and USDA to sustain product integrity.

Join a team focused on continuous improvement, training, and delivering safe, high‑quality products under Smithfield brands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a four-year college/university and 2+ years' experience in food safety or quality assurance.
• Experience leading, training, or mentoring staff.
• Familiarity with meat processing, USDA, HACCP, SSOP, and SQF.

Responsibilities

• Food Safety & Quality Assurance Leadership - ensure programs are executed, documented, and compliant, collaborating with plant management and USDA.
• Continuous Improvement & Compliance - manage HACCP, SSOP, and product specs, drive improvements with FSQA and Operations.
• Sanitation & SQF System Ownership - conduct sanitation inspections, own SQF plan, ensure updates and awareness.
• Team Development - manage training and development of FSQA staff to maintain high standards.

Skills

Food safety

Quality assurance

Leadership

Training

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

MS Office

QMS systems

Job description

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Assurance leader to drive programs across production areas, ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. You will lead sanitation, HACCP, and SQF initiatives while mentoring FSQA staff and collaborating with plant management and USDA to sustain product integrity.

Join a team focused on continuous improvement, training, and delivering safe, high‑quality products under Smithfield brands.