1st Shift Quality Assurance Technician​/Técnico de Control de Calidad -Turno

Overview

Do you have experience in a high-volume food manufacturing environment, an eye for detail, and a commitment to safety and cleanliness? If so, we want to talk to you!

Villari Foods is currently seeking Quality Control Technicians for our Warsaw, NC warehouse location. The right candidate will have a strong work ethic, leadership skills, and impeccable organizational skills. Our Quality Control team is responsible for ensuring our company meets or exceeds quality control programs designed to result in continuous production of products consistent with established standards. This includes training new employees on these procedures, as well.

• Ensure HACCP CCPs are verified and documented based on regulatory guidelines.
• Slaughter CCPs are met for milk, ingesta and fecal and offal CCPs are met
• Ensure RTE cook and chilling CCPs are met
• Ensure heat treated not fully cooked (HTNFC) chilling CCPs are met
• Ensure raw intact and raw non-intact CCPs are met

• Conduct quality audits on product temperatures, label checks, metal detection, packaging checks, weight control, verify brine formulation and pump checks, blending of ingredients and restricted ingredients.
• Adhere to product specifications during harvesting and on finished packaged products.
• Ensure segregation is followed throughout each step of special claims handling.
• Ensure all GMPs are followed.
• Comply with all SSOP guidelines and quality manual policies.
• Perform monthly internal audits at the direction of the SQF Practitioner.
• Communicate quality and facility issues to QC Supervisor.
• Maintain a safe work environment following company procedures and safety regulations
• Perform other tasks as directed

• GED or High school diploma
• 1-year experience in related field (high-volume food manufacturing preferred)
• Excellent plant regulatory and HACCP skills
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
• Ability to read and write in English
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, AS400, and Lotus Notes
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Slaughter and animal humane experience preferred.

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to earn overtime hours
• Medical, dental, and vision Insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401K
• Paid vacation days and holidays
• Employee discounts on Villari meat products
• Opportunities for employee recognition
• Opportunities for promotion from within; more than 80% of our leaders started in an entry-level position at Villari Foods!
• Employment with a great team and a highly experienced supervisor

• As a family-owned and operated business, we’re more connected with our team members and truly consider each employee a member of the Villari family.
• We’re a people-focused culture. Team members are not only known but also cared for by peers, leaders, and owners. You aren’t just a number.
• The experience each employee has working at Villari is important to us. That’s why we strive for a better quality of work-life with a slower pace that avoids eventual burnout.

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The work environment will include cold temperatures between 50to 10 (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals. Villari Foods will provide cold-weather gear to you.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud.

• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally up to 100 pounds
• Able to drive a registered motor vehicle to satisfy daily requirements
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
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