Food Safety & Quality Assurance Technician ($2,500 SIGN-ON BONUS!) Job at Lorentz Meats

Lorentz Meats Cannon Falls, MN 55009

REAL WORK. REAL PEOPLE. REAL FOOD.

Join the Lorentz Meats Team!

Shift Available: 9:00am to 5:30pm or 9:30am to 6:00pm

Who we are:

Lorentz Meats is a full-service, special-claims meat processor, seeking to be a national leader in the niche meat industry. We believe in good work done by good people making good food. From sausage making to specialty packaging, we apply expert skills acquired over five decades. Our customers are dedicated to sustainable agriculture through organic, regenerative or heritage processes. Our mission is to support these farmers and producers with knowledge and experience. We seek employees whose values match ours: SERVICE, PRIDE, INTEGRITY, and LEADERSHIP.

Objective:

If you are passionate about food safety and quality (and good meat), join our team of Food Safety and Quality Technicians, roaming our meat processing facility to help ensure we put out the best and safest quality product we can. You will be trained not only on how to perform each task, but also on WHY we do them. Your days will fly by with the variety of daily tasks—some physical, some seated, all vital! As part of the FSQA Department, you will interact with all departments at all levels to help maintain and promote our strong culture of food safety and quality. Your enthusiasm and willingness to learn and follow our programs will help keep our product (and the people who eat it) safe and healthy. If you come with experience, let your skills shine! We are a relaxed group—we work hard, support each other, and take our role seriously.

Essential Tasks:

· Verification of food safety programs.

· Monitor for compliance with GMPs, SOPs, and Critical Control Points.

· Observational recordkeeping.

· Product safety and quality checks.

· Monitor for food safety hazards.

· Fat analysis and N60+ sampling.

· Check that received materials are suitable for production

Requirements:

· Preferred experience in Quality Assurance or USDA food manufacturing environment.

· Preferred HACCP Certification.

· Experienced with Safe Quality Foods (SQF) system.

· Demonstrate a high level of organizational skills and creative problem-solving.

· Able to utilize a computer, printer, and telephone.

· Fluent in English with outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Bilingual skills (Spanish) preferred.

· Exhibits excellent attention to detail

· Experience in a leadership role, preferred

· Must be reliable, timely, and honest with a drive to always do the right thing.

· Desire and ability to follow general food safety practices (GMPs, HACCP, and SQF system)

· Willing to learn and follow our processes.

· Positive Attitude—makes everyone’s day better, including yours!

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate and understand instructions. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, stooping, crouching, twisting, and climbing frequently. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move items up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to 40-degree temperatures, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Benefits:

· $2,500 Sign on Bonus!

· Competitive Rates - Bonus Potential - Shift Differential

· Performance Based Pay. The more you learn, the more you earn!

· $2,000 Employee Referral Program

· Supportive & Friendly Atmosphere

· Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays

· Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with company match, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and Accident Insurance

Need More Reasons?

· Meat Discounts- Beef and Bison

· Clothing allowance for a FREE sweatshirt, hat and more!

· Company-provided $100.00 donation to a charity of YOUR choice each year.

· Growth Opportunities

· MUCH MORE… including the great feeling at the end of the day that YOU just provided GOOD FOOD to thousands of families!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.27 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Referral program
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

  • Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Cannon Falls, MN 55009: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

  • Quality assurance: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location




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