Empirical Foods

Meat processing, lean ground beef producer

QA Inspector - Summer Only

Inspection & TestConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSouth Sioux City, NE, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required, or the verifiable ability to perform essential job functions.
Basic math and writing skills are required.
General computer knowledge and proficiency are required.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, is required.
The ability to analyze and interpret data from a variety of sources is required.
The ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees in verbal and written form is required.
Regular and punctual attendance is required.
The ability to lift, push, and pull up to 60 pounds is required.
The ability to walk, stand, twist, reach, bend, climb, and lift is required.
The ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including weekends, is required.

Responsibilities

Inspect all machinery and structures to ensure compliance standards are met, including cleanliness after sanitation and before operations start; report noncompliant areas to management and perform re-inspections before startup.
Perform audits and monitor for potential foreign material sources; report findings to management; inspect and test equipment by verifying scale accuracy, conducting swab tests, testing metal detector sensitivity, and verifying sanitizing equipment functions properly.
Monitor and inspect freezers, hand-wash sinks, locker rooms, overhead structures, ceilings, outside grounds, docks, drains, and pest control; monitor employee use of sanitation equipment such as hairnets, beard nets, frocks, and gloves; report findings to management.
Inspect raw material trailers, including seals, set points, temperatures, approved-supplier verification, and core sampling tests.
Complete product adjustment forms, damaged box reports, and sparse lean claim forms accurately and promptly, and report them to appropriate corporate personnel.
Perform scheduled product sampling for microbiological and analytical tests; record sampling data; label, package, and ship product samples to specified laboratories.
Inspect finished products, place products on hold for additional inspection, and coordinate production stoppage when necessary.
Measure and record finished-product quality factors, including fat, protein, temperature, and color.
Inspect and manifest finished products, including visual inspection, liner inspection, product temperature collection, and product sampling.
Provide coverage and assistance in areas as needed and perform inventory checks for quality assurance supplies and materials.
Perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Perform other assigned duties.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in a food or restaurant environment is preferred.

Overview

The Quality Assurance (QA) Inspector position provides quality standards by monitoring throughout the plant. This includes verification of raw material receipts, taking raw material samples, and verifying finished packaged product. QA Inspectors are required to lift and move raw material samples and boxed products. Team member in overall management of the facility. Expect to work on tests and pilot runs of new and improved products and evaluate the results of the pilot programs. Prepare technical reports because of research and development (R&D). Assist R&D in developing products that are consistent with our expectations for quality, safety, value, and wholesomeness. Responsible for taking product samples, performing various tests, and analyzing the lab results from such test samples, including trending, grading, quality, and functionality validation. Quality control personnel involved also participate in design reviews and provide feedback on error detection for new products and process quality.

Responsibilities

Inspect all machinery and structures to ensure compliance standards are met. This includes cleanliness after sanitation processes are complete and prior to startup of operations. Report to management all areas not meeting cleanliness standard and perform re-inspection activities prior to startup of operations.
Position will perform audits, monitoring for potential foreign material sources, and reporting all findings to management in a timely manner. Will inspect and test equipment, performing activities such as verifying scale accuracy, swab tests, sensitivity of metal detection systems, and all sanitizing equipment is functioning as required.
Responsible for maintaining compliance by monitoring and inspecting the condition of various areas such as freezers, hand-wash sinks, locker rooms, overhead structures, ceilings, outside grounds, docks, drains and pest control. Inspections include monitoring employees for proper sanitation equipment such as proper use of hairnets, beard nets, frocks, gloves, etc. Report all findings to management in a timely manner.
Responsible for inspection of all raw material trailers which include, but not limited to, inspection of seals as well as the recording and monitoring of set points and temperatures. Perform verifications, confirming trailer is from approved supplier list. Performance of core sampling test.
Accurate and timely completion of product adjustment forms, damaged box reports, and sparse lean claim forms, all of which are reported to the appropriate corporate personnel in a timely manner.
Perform regularly scheduled product sampling for various micro and analytical tests. Accurately record sampling data in a timely manner. The QA Inspector is also responsible for accurate labeling, packaging, and shipping of product samples to specified laboratories.
Will perform various inspections on finished product and place on hold product for additional inspection and coordinate the stopping of production when necessary.
Responsible for measurement and recording of quality factors of finished product such as fat, protein, temperature, and color.
Responsible for inspecting and manifesting all finished products. Activities may include visual inspection of products, inspecting liners, gathering product temperatures, taking product samples, etc.
Will provide coverage and assist in areas as needed. Will perform inventory checks for QA supplies and materials.
Ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Basic math and writing skills.
General computer knowledge and proficiency.
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.

Demonstrated Competencies

Accuracy with strong attention to detail.
Ability to follow directions.
Ability to analyze and interpret data from a variety of sources.
Self-directed.
Communicate effectively with all levels of employees as necessary, both in verbal and written form.
Must have regular and punctual attendance.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to lift, push, and pull up to 60lbs.
This position requires walking, standing, twisting, reaching, bending, climbing, and lifting.
Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including weekends.

Experience: Experience in a food or restaurant environment is preferred.Education: High School diploma or equivalent is required. Verifiable ability to perform essential job functions will be considered.Department: Quality Assurance

About the Company

Empirical Foods

Meat processing, lean ground beef producer

Empirical Foods processes beef trimmings into lean ground beef using its own technology that warms trimmings, centrifuges fat, and treats the product to kill bacteria, producing 95% lean ground beef sold to food service and retail. The company also makes boxed beef and pork, portioned steaks and roasts, and fully cooked, seasoned items such as taco meat and Bolognese under brands like Noble Valley, Two Rivers Meat Co, and Dos Rios Taco Meat. It differentiates itself by applying an in-house, proprietary process to recover lean meat from trimmings rather than relying on external suppliers, serving major packers, ground beef producers, fast-food chains, and grocers. Its goal is to increase cattle value by turning by-products into high-quality protein at scale, supported by a large new Garden City, Kansas plant expanding ground beef capacity.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Dakota Dunes, SD
Founded: Not listed

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