QA Assistant: Food Safety & Quality Assurance

WESTERNS SMOKEHOUSE & MEAT MARKET LLC; Mexico (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and paid holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Western Smokehouse Partners in Mexico, MO seeks a Quality Assurance Assistant to support the QA team in audits, checks, and documentation. You will help enforce policies across production areas to ensure regulatory compliance and food safety in the Ready-To-Eat segment.

Responsibilities include assisting with pre-op checks, monitoring production for quality, data collection, and helping implement quality improvements. Strong detail orientation and teamwork are required.

Qualifications

• Food safety or Ready-To-Eat (RTE) production experience preferred.
• Quality Assurance, FSQR, or QC experience preferred.
• HACCP training preferred; formal training required for internal audits and training administration.
• Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.
• General computer skills and familiarity with calculators.
• Ability and willingness to learn computer traceability and inventory systems.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the FSQA Manager with Pre-Operational (Pre-Op) checks and related procedures.
• Monitor production activities to verify compliance with quality and food safety standards, including checking ingredients, water activity, pH, rack tags, labels, boxes, caddies, and machine documentation.
• Contribute to achieving quality assurance goals by supporting data collection, analysis, and strategic planning efforts.
• Prepare and complete action plans for quality and production improvements.
• Support implementation of production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
• Identify, investigate, and help resolve quality issues within the production process.
• Assist in conducting internal audits to verify the effectiveness of food safety and quality systems.
• Aid in developing quality assurance plans, including hazard analyses and identifying Critical Control Points (CCPs).
• Help establish critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification processes.
• Validate quality processes by measuring production outputs, documenting evidence, and updating QA procedures.
• Participate in quality documentation preparation and reporting, including tracking failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.
• Maintain oversight of the facility’s pest control program and related equipment.
• Maintain and store quality and food safety documentation accurately.
• Verify label information to ensure quality compliance for production runs.
• Follow all SOPs, GMPs, and FDA regulations.

Skills

Food safety

Quality Assurance

HACCP

Math skills

Computer skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

Western Smokehouse Partners in Mexico, MO seeks a Quality Assurance Assistant to support the QA team in audits, checks, and documentation. You will help enforce policies across production areas to ensure regulatory compliance and food safety in the Ready-To-Eat segment.

Responsibilities include assisting with pre-op checks, monitoring production for quality, data collection, and helping implement quality improvements. Strong detail orientation and teamwork are required.