Quality Assurance Technician — Meat Processing, GMP/HACCP, PTO

American Foods Group, LLC; Wright City (MO); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Flex Spending Accounts

PTO

401k

Long-Term Disability

Discount Meat Purchase Program

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

America's Heartland Packing is seeking a QA Technician to ensure product safety, quality, and compliance from harvest to grind floor. You will monitor procedures, perform audits, collect samples, and document results to support USDA dispositions.

Responsibilities include GMP/SOP logging, pre-op checks, sanitary dressing inspections, and data analysis to identify corrective actions. Strong English communication is required, with preferred Spanish ability.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to work in varied temperatures with PPE.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be able to communicate in English (speak, read, and write).

Responsibilities

• Rotate tasks including animal welfare, sampling, quality inspections, temperature checks, and grade changes.
• Monitor floor compliance with food safety and quality procedures; report deficiencies and take corrective actions.
• Complete GMP, SSOP, and SOP logs accurately and maintain documentation.
• Conduct pre-op/condensation/swabs and sanitary dressing inspections.
• Aid production to retain proper product for USDA dispositions and perform finished product inspections.
• Collect samples for lab analysis and conduct animal welfare audits; intervene on deviations.
• Record inspection data and interpret results against specifications; propose preventative actions.
• Interact with USDA as needed and follow all safety and operational protocols.

Skills

Quality assurance

Food safety

Auditing

GMP compliance

HACCP knowledge

Documentation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

America's Heartland Packing is seeking a QA Technician to ensure product safety, quality, and compliance from harvest to grind floor. You will monitor procedures, perform audits, collect samples, and document results to support USDA dispositions.

Responsibilities include GMP/SOP logging, pre-op checks, sanitary dressing inspections, and data analysis to identify corrective actions. Strong English communication is required, with preferred Spanish ability.