Quality Assurance Lead - Beef Processing & Compliance

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef; Arkansas City (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC is seeking an experienced QA Superintendent to lead the quality assurance program across the Arkansas City, KS facility. You will supervise QA Supervisors and technicians, enforce USDA and customer standards, and drive corrective actions with operations.

You will report to the QA Manager, promote Creekstone Proud values, and train teams on quality programs while ensuring audit readiness and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams and leading through supervisors.
• Experience in meat processing, beef preferred; other proteins acceptable.
• Experience with customer quality programs and audits.
• Knowledge of USDA regulatory requirements for a federally inspected beef facility.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and accountability skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities; root-cause analysis.
• Clear written and verbal communication; professional presentation of ideas.

Responsibilities

• Direct QA Supervisors and hourly QA Technicians in daily duties.
• Ensure facility meets customer specs, USDA requirements, and standards.
• Enforce quality programs and procedures owned by QA Manager.
• Recommend new/revised quality policies to QA Manager.
• Lead root cause analysis with operations on processing incidents.
• Communicate programs and performance to site management and teams.
• Deliver training on quality programs to QA and operations staff.
• Back-up QA Manager for third-party and customer audits.
• Maintain quality records and documentation to stay audit-ready.
• Escalate regulatory matters and customer concerns beyond authority.
• Build positive relationships with employees and leaders.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Self-motivated

Independent work

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, animal science, food science, biology, or business

Master’s degree preferred

HACCP, BRC, PAACO, PCQI credentials preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC is seeking an experienced QA Superintendent to lead the quality assurance program across the Arkansas City, KS facility. You will supervise QA Supervisors and technicians, enforce USDA and customer standards, and drive corrective actions with operations.

You will report to the QA Manager, promote Creekstone Proud values, and train teams on quality programs while ensuring audit readiness and strong cross-functional collaboration.