QA Lead Person 2nd/3rd Shift

Michael Foods; Britt (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods, located in Britt, Iowa, seeks a Food Safety & Quality Lead to uphold finished product specifications and customer expectations. The role enforces safety policies and maintains compliance with food safety and quality standards.

You will coordinate FSQ tasks, train staff, and engage with multiple departments to ensure problem-solving and continuous improvement. The position emphasizes GMP adherence, documentation, and collaboration across production, sanitation, and quality teams to

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree in food science or related field; or equivalent experience.
• GMP knowledge, data collection, and reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and direct FSQ processing and precooked department technicians, including scheduling and communication of non-conformances.
• Train FSQ and production personnel on monitoring and verification procedures for food safety and quality.
• Perform routine FSQ calibration, monitoring, and verification tasks.
• Conduct direct observations of critical monitoring tasks and correct non-conformances.
• Participate in facility inspections, mock recalls, and internal audits as required.
• Act as liaison between FSQ technicians and sanitation, receiving, production, distribution, and maintenance.
• Prepare and communicate FSQ shift reports.
• Track trends and pre-operational data for evaluation.

Skills

Interdepartmental communication

GMP knowledge

MS Office

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in food science

High school diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office

Facility equipment operation

Job description

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. is located in Britt, Iowa, an area that produces more eggs within a 100‑mile radius than anywhere else in the world. The facility processes eggs through breaking, pasteurization, and drying, and offers a small‑town, friendly work environment.

Responsibilities

SUMMARY: The Food Safety & Quality Lead supports the facility’s food safety and quality system, ensuring finished products meet specifications and customer expectations. The role enforces safety rules, reinforces safety as a core value, and maintains uniform compliance with all food safety and quality policies.

• Support and direct FSQ processing and precooked department technicians, including scheduling, communication, and resolution of food safety and quality non‑conformances.
• Train FSQ and production personnel on monitoring and verification procedures for Food Safety (Preventive Controls – Supply Chain, Allergen, Process, Sanitation & Recall, Pre‑Operational Inspection, Operational Sanitation, Food Defense, Labeling, etc.) and Food Quality (Weights, Dimensions, Coding, Sensory, Analytical Methods for Egg Solids, Salt Content).
• Perform routine and non‑routine FSQ department food safety and quality calibration, monitoring, and verification tasks.
• Conduct periodic direct observations of critical food safety and quality monitoring and verification tasks, correcting non‑conformances.
• Participate in facility food safety/quality inspections, in‑process inspections, mock recalls, label and food safety plan internal audit exercises as required.
• Act as liaison between FSQ technicians and the sanitation, receiving, production, distribution, and maintenance departments.
• Prepare and communicate FSQ shift reports.
• Track trends and reports pre‑operational, ATP & FPQ incident data for evaluation.
• Assist in drafting, revision, and maintenance of plant SOPs.
• Communicate food safety and quality non‑conformances to FSQ management and production departments.
• Track completion of FPQ Incident Reports and Corrective Action Database to ensure corrective actions are implemented and verified effective.
• Support investigations and resolution of environmental findings through observations, swabbing, and internal audits of critical processes.
• Investigate customer concerns or other quality deviations, determine root cause, and implement corrective actions.
• Assist in managing quality hold activities, including non‑conforming product inventories.
• Maintain a safe and healthy workplace, adhere to all safety policies and procedures, and incorporate safety and health into all tasks.
• Follow GMPs, maintain sanitary conditions, and ensure product quality is maintained; report conditions that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Ensure regulatory compliance at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.

Language Skills

Ability to read, interpret, and write routine reports and correspondence; speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors, or employees.

Mathematical Skills

Apply common sense to carry out written, oral, or diagram instructions; handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Licenses, Certificates, Registrations

Other Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in food science or related field; or equivalent education and experience.
• Proficient communication skills across departments.
• Knowledge of company and regulatory policies, procedures, and philosophies.
• Proficient organizational and time‑management skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GMPs and ability to coach/train others.
• Basic proficiency with MS Office for collecting, analyzing data, and writing procedures and reports.
• Proficiency in critical thinking and problem‑solving.
• Ability to participate in cross‑functional teams.
• Data collection, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Basic administrative duties.
• Ability to operate specific equipment or tools.
• Typing or shorthand at required speed.
• Familiarity with specialized terminology (legal, medical, scientific).