PRODUCE QUALITY CONTROL

Labatt Food Service; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Labatt Food Service is seeking a Produce Quality Control professional to help ensure product safety and quality across inbound receiving and warehouse operations. The role supports documentation, inspections, and adherence to food safety standards in a high-intensity logistics environment.

The candidate should be self-motivated, detail oriented, with good communication and interpersonal skills; previous food manufacturing or warehouse experience is a plus. Pre-employment checks apply.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with a growth mindset.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Attention to detail in documentation and logs.
• Good interpersonal collaboration with teams.
• Experience in food manufacturing or warehouse settings is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitors food safety and quality systems.
• Enforces inbound receiving guidelines.
• Inspects shipments for product and trailer condition.
• Documents out-of-temperature issues and conducts investigations with photos.
• Maintains logs of time and temperature checks.
• Ensures HACCP CCP compliance is met.
• Inspects returned products for quality concerns.

Skills

Self-motivated

Written communication

Microsoft Office

Detail oriented

Interpersonal skills

Food manufacturing experience

Job description

Produce Quality Control

Labatt Food Service offers stability with long term, full-time employment.

Labatt Food Service, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas is the tenth largest foodservice distributor in the nation. We operate in a high-intensity, high-transaction logistics enviroment, supplying 14,000 items to food-away-from-home customers in Texas and New Mexico from 5 distribution centers.

The usual schedule is Monday - Friday from 6:00 am - Finish (7-9 Hour Shift).

The work environment includes all parts of the warehouse, with the most time spent on our receiving dock (dry non-air conditioned & refrigerated 40F).

Quality Control

Position attributes would be described as follows:

• Self motivated, interested in growth
• Good written communication skills
• Computer literate: Microsoft Office
• Detail Oriented
• Must have good interpersonal skills
• Prior experience in food manufacturing/ warehouse is a plus

Duties

General

• Monitors Food Safety/Quality Systems

Inbound Receiving

• Enforces our inbound receiving guidelines
• Inspects inbound shipments- product condition and trailer condition
• Investigates & documents out of temperature product/trailers
• Documents and Photographs inbound shipment issues- (food safety/ food quality/ damage)
• Conducts random time and temp inspections and logs results
• Inspects and documents HACCP CCP compliance

Returns

• Inspects returned products with quality related concerns (Return QC Task)

Applicable candidates must pass pre-employment background check, drug test, and physical.