QA Technician — First Shift, Quality & Compliance

JBS Foods; Dunlap (IN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

JBS Prepared Foods in Elkhart, IN is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to monitor and verify product quality throughout the manufacturing process. The role ensures products meet company standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements, performing inspections, tests, and documenting results.

You will collaborate with production teams to maintain and improve quality, calibrate equipment, assist with root-cause investigations, and support SQF audits while complying with GMP and

Qualifications

• Experience performing inspections and tests to verify product quality.
• Ability to record results accurately and maintain quality records.
• Familiarity with GMP, food safety, and SQF/audit processes.

Responsibilities

• Inspect raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods to ensure quality.
• Perform quality checks, measurements, and testing per procedures.
• Record inspection and test results accurately and maintain quality records.
• Identify, document, and report quality issues and assist with root-cause investigations.
• Verify compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Calibrate and maintain inspections and testing equipment as required.
• Communicate quality concerns to supervisors and production personnel.
• Assist plant personnel with food safety and sanitation issues as needed.
• Review sanitation programs and pre-operational sanitation tasks.
• Analyze documents for product chemistry like salts, moisture, fats, and proteins and notify supervisor of trends.
• Capable of swabs and validation tests; back up for technicians as needed.
• Support SQF audits and ensure GMP adherence.

Skills

Quality inspections

Documentation

Root cause analysis

Calibration

GMP

Food safety

Shift work

Overtime

Team collaboration

Temperature control

Job description

JBS Prepared Foods in Elkhart, IN is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to monitor and verify product quality throughout the manufacturing process. The role ensures products meet company standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements, performing inspections, tests, and documenting results.

You will collaborate with production teams to maintain and improve quality, calibrate equipment, assist with root-cause investigations, and support SQF audits while complying with GMP and