QA Sorter- Harvest (Acme)

American Foods Group; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC, an American Foods Group company, seeks a Quality Assurance Sorter at our Acme plant in Green Bay, WI. The role focuses on sorting carcasses and parts and identifying conditions that are condemnable before inspection.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on knowledge of microbiology, chemistry, sanitation, and HACCP, with a willingness to train others and uphold strict safety standards. Join us to ensure wholesome products reach customers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety and HACCP principles.
• Experience with sanitation practices in a meat processing environment.
• Attention to detail in sorting carcasses and identifying defects.
• Willingness to train others and follow SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Sort carcasses and parts and identify defects.
• Dispose of unwholesome carcasses, parts, and viscera.
• Perform preparation and presentation activities.
• Mark abnormalities or lesions on carcasses.
• Follow food safety procedures and SOPs.
• Notify supervisors of diseases or concerns.
• Maintain required documentation.
• Attend hire and refresher trainings; train others.

Skills

Food safety knowledge

HACCP training

Sanitation practices

Attention to detail

Ability to train others

Education

Diploma or GED

Tools

Straight knife

Steel handling

Hook handling

Job description

Overview

Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC, an American Foods Group Company has opportunities for a Quality Assurance Sorter at our Acme plant in Green Bay, WI.

Summary

This role will conduct carcass and carcass part sorting activities and identify any condemnable conditions or defects before carcasses and their part are presented to online inspectors. The focus will be to separate carcasses, parts and viscera that are unwholesome and unfit for human food from those that are fit for human food. The ideal candidate will have h ands-on knowledge, training and/or experience in basic microbiology, basic chemistry, sanitation, and HACCP.

• Through observation and occasional touching of the carcass and viscera make a decision about the wholesomeness and fitness of each carcass and viscera and then properly dispose of unwholesome carcasses, parts and viscera to ensure they are not used as human food.
• Perform preparation (e.g., cuts) and presentation activities.
• Mark carcasses and carcass parts identified with abnormalities and/or pathological lesions.
• Follow food safety conditions and company procedures (e.g., heads, tongues, viscera, carcass).
• Notify the proper person if you identify, while conducting sorting activities, an animal or carcass you suspect has a reportable or foreign animal disease.
• Maintain required documentation.
• Attend training at hire and annual refresher training as needed.
• Must be willing to train and educate others.
• NOTE: This description this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Minimum Qualifications (Required)

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated knowledge of food safety and quality.
• Must be able to successfully complete training:
• Safety Quality Foods (SQF)
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs)
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Straight knife
• Steel
• Hook
• Food defense

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on knowledge, training and/or experience in Basic Microbiology, Basic Chemistry, Sanitation, and HACCP.
• Knife experience.