Quality Assurance Team Leader, Overnight, Fresh Kitchen – Dacula

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Location: Dacula, GA
Job : 35079
Department: Dacula Fresh Kitchen
Working Hours: 8:00PM - 6:30AM;
Saturdays and Sundays with rotating week days off.
Pay Frequency: Weekly
Date Posted: Jan 20, 2026

In Quality Assurance (QA), Team Leaders serve as a critical resource to associates and managers within Publix manufacturing facilities by being on-the-floor work participants with associates and covering for vacations and unplanned absences. This includes performing tasks and assuming specific responsibilities of the Department Manager in his/her absence, and planning and conducting job skill training for all associates. Team Leaders report to the Quality Assurance Department Manager.

Additional Responsibilities include:

• HACCP Plan development, monitoring and data verification for all products and processes
• Maintain Food Safety and Quality Programs including SQF, allergens, SSOPs and other prerequisite programs
• Interaction with regulatory and external auditors (Georgia Department of Agriculture, GDA, USDA and 3rd party auditors) which can include accompanying the auditor and corrective action plan follow up
• Interaction with plant management which includes assisting departments in researching quality-related issues
• Act as QA department point of contact in the absence of the QA manager
• Monitor and verify QA department responsibilities
• Effectively communicate food safety and quality programs using job instruction training techniques to QA as well as other department associates as needed
• Perform tasks in the work area (when necessary) which include:
• Being an on the work floor participant with production associates (when necessary)
• Cover for unplanned absences
• Promote and enforce associate quality and food safety standards
• Verify the maintenance of equipment, preventive maintenance and work orders
• Understand production and ability to execute department requirements
• Maintain Good Manufacturing Practices within the facility
• Be a role model for plant associates
• Track customer complaints, investigation and correspondence
• Lead and drive improvement of plant operations through continuous improvement projects
• Study and analyze KPI’s and data and apply to departmental improvement
• Plan and respond to out of the ordinary events
• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or its equivalent
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Ability to lift in excess of 50 pounds, extended walking/standing (up to 14 hours a day), bending, squatting, and climbing ladders
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Knowledge of Safety Data Sheets ( SDS), Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Ability to demonstrate safe working habits
• Ability to learn and perform all positions
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of highly complex industrial/manufacturing equipment
• Ability to work well with others and be a team player
• Ability to work any shift, nights, weekends, holidays, and extended hours
• Willingness to assist other team members in other areas
• Ability to perform steady and productive work for an extended period of time
• Ability to work efficiently with little or no supervision
• Possess basic math skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Obvious enthusiasm, initiative, and pride in work and
• A commitment to Publix and our mission.

• Some college coursework in Business, Engineering, and/or Food Science
• Knowledge of laboratory (chemical and microbiological) and ability to be a resource to all departments
• Knowledge of food safety and regulatory compliance and ability to provide assistance to all departments
• Knowledge of HACCP and SSOP Programs and ability to train all associates in this area
• Department experience related to the position and
• Knowledge of general Publix and Manufacturing policies and procedures.
• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our…