FSQA Supervisor – USDA Poultry (First Shift Leader)

Jobot; Fredericksburg (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Jobot is seeking an experienced Food Safety and Quality Assurance Supervisor in Fredericksburg, PA to lead a team of 8–10 FSQA professionals on the first shift. You will implement and maintain HACCP, SSOP, and QA programs, oversee laboratory testing, and coordinate regulatory audits.

The role offers growth in a USDA-inspected poultry facility with comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401(k).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Poultry Science, Animal Science, Food Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 1–2 years of poultry-industry quality assurance experience.
• Previous supervisory experience within food or poultry manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience in a USDA-regulated manufacturing or poultry-processing facility.
• HACCP certification from an accredited organization.
• GFSI certification from an accredited organization.
• Experience with HACCP, SSOP, GMP, pre-operational inspections, prerequisite programs, corrective actions, and USDA documentation.
• Experience supervising, scheduling, training, and developing FSQA technicians.
• Knowledge of microbiological, environmental, organic, antibiotic-free, and product-quality testing.
• Experience preparing for and supporting third-party and regulatory audits.
• Ability to work in a poultry-processing environment with temperature variation and noise levels requiring hearing protection.
• Ability to stand and walk for most of the shift and lift up to 40 pounds.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Availability for occasional weekends, off-shift coverage, and additional hours based on production needs.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, mentor, train, and develop a team of 8–10 FSQA technicians.
• Develop, document, implement, and maintain programs ensuring compliance with customer, company, and regulatory requirements.
• Administer and oversee HACCP, SSOP, pre-operational and operational sanitation, animal-welfare, prerequisite, and quality-assurance programs.
• Maintain GFSI and QA procedural compliance.
• Review, compile, and maintain daily HACCP, SSOP, and pre-operational inspection documentation.
• Train employees before implementing new food-safety or quality processes and procedures.
• Ensure the FSQA department is appropriately staffed, trained, scheduled, and organized.
• Oversee laboratory testing performed by FSQA personnel, including Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E. coli testing, fat analysis and equipment calibration, calcium and bone-percentage testing, avian influenza blood analysis, water sampling, pesticide-residue testing, and antibiotic-free and organic testing.
• Environmental swabbing and monitoring.
• Monitor laboratory inventory and approve supply orders.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with USDA representatives and respond promptly to regulatory concerns.
• Communicate USDA concerns and corrective actions to plant managers and supervisors.
• Investigate customer and product-quality concerns and document corrective actions.
• Prepare the facility for third-party audits, including organic, antibiotic-free, animal-welfare, GFSI, and co-packer audits.
• Participate in hiring, training, performance reviews, development, and progressive discipline for FSQA technicians.
• Schedule department personnel while managing overtime and labor costs.
• Enforce GMP, HACCP, quality, food-safety, and employee-safety requirements.
• Manage staffing and attendance and facilitate team meetings and training.
• Serve as the backup to the QA Manager when the manager is unavailable.
• Work additional hours, weekends, second shift, or pre-operational inspection coverage when operational needs require it.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Quality control

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelors in Poultry/ Food Science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Jobot is seeking an experienced Food Safety and Quality Assurance Supervisor in Fredericksburg, PA to lead a team of 8–10 FSQA professionals on the first shift. You will implement and maintain HACCP, SSOP, and QA programs, oversee laboratory testing, and coordinate regulatory audits.

The role offers growth in a USDA-inspected poultry facility with comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401(k).