Meat Processing QA Lead & Food Safety Leader

Meats By Linz, Inc.; California; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Meats By Linz, Inc. in California seeks a Quality Assurance Lead to guide a high-performing QA team, own key quality projects, and mentor staff toward continuous improvement.

You will oversee daily quality and food safety operations in our meat processing facility, ensuring compliance with USDA-FSIS and company requirements. The role emphasizes HACCP, SSOP, and GMP implementation, audits support, on-floor collaboration with production, and data-driven reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of QA or food safety experience in meat or food processing (required).
• Prior leadership or supervisory experience strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of USDA-FSIS regulations, HACCP, SSOP, GMP, and GFSI standards.
• English language proficiency; bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, and mentor QA technicians to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate daily QA tasks including pre-op inspections, CCP verifications, and in-process checks.
• Serve as on-floor liaison between production and QA for food safety issues.
• Lead audits, verify sanitation and equipment conditions, and support regulatory inspections.
• Maintain QA records, generate performance metrics, and drive CAPA initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Quality standards

Documentation

Communication

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

2+ years QA/food safety in meat processing

Job description

Meats By Linz, Inc. in California seeks a Quality Assurance Lead to guide a high-performing QA team, own key quality projects, and mentor staff toward continuous improvement.

You will oversee daily quality and food safety operations in our meat processing facility, ensuring compliance with USDA-FSIS and company requirements. The role emphasizes HACCP, SSOP, and GMP implementation, audits support, on-floor collaboration with production, and data-driven reporting to leadership.