Quality & Food Safety Technologist, 3rd Shift

Smithfield Foods; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Smithfield Foods seeks a Quality Assurance professional to join our Food Safety & Quality Assurance team in Nashville, TN. You will monitor product quality, enforce HACCP and USDA regulations, and drive corrective actions with production teams to prevent issues.

Responsibilities include conducting routine inspections, data analysis, training, and maintaining documentation to ensure our brands meet the highest safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• For internal candidates with 4+ years of experience with the company, the Company has the discretion to waive educational requirements.
• Must be able to complete required forms in English, which requires reading and writing in English.
• Demonstrates knowledge of quality assurance principles, food science, meat processing, and USDA regulations, ensuring compliance with company and industry standards.
• Capable of creating, interpreting, and maintaining technical documents, reports, and manuals, with effective written and verbal communication across teams and stakeholders.
• Experienced in using monitoring equipment, analyzing data, and responding to regulatory or customer inquiries with sound, evidence-based decisions.
• Proficient in office software and able to interpret and follow instructions in various formats, including written, oral, and visual.

Responsibilities

• Quality Verification: You conduct routine inspections - including process, metal detection, cooking, and chilling - to ensure products meet all quality standards.
• Quality Improvement: You drive continuous improvement by addressing deficiencies, identifying root causes of failures, and supporting QA programs.
• Food Safety & HACCP Compliance: You help develop and enforce HACCP programs, monitor critical control points, and ensure food safety protocols are followed throughout the production process.
• Regulatory & Sanitation Oversight: You ensure USDA regulatory requirements are met, assist with food safety documentation updates, and perform pre-op sanitation checks - following up to guarantee proper cleaning and sampling procedures.
• Communication & Training: You report food safety issues, recommend corrective actions, and support plant training on deficiencies. In the absence of key personnel, you're prepared to step in or delegate responsibilities as needed.

Skills

Quality assurance

Food science

Meat processing

USDA regulations

Reading & writing English

Data analysis

Communication

Office software

Education

High school diploma

Associate's degree preferred

Tools

Monitoring equipment

Job description

Smithfield Foods seeks a Quality Assurance professional to join our Food Safety & Quality Assurance team in Nashville, TN. You will monitor product quality, enforce HACCP and USDA regulations, and drive corrective actions with production teams to prevent issues.

Responsibilities include conducting routine inspections, data analysis, training, and maintaining documentation to ensure our brands meet the highest safety and quality standards.