2ND SHIFT QA SUPERVISOR

Quality Assurance & Food Safety Beardstown, Illinois


Description

Position at JBS USA

Job Title: 2nd Shift QA Supervisor
Department: Quality Assurance
Reports to: Angela Patrick
Location: Beardstown, IL        
Effective Date: 04/14/2025     
Job Status: Full Time                   
FLSA Status: Salaried  
Work Schedule: Flexibility Needed
Travel Requirements: 0-5% 
Job Summary: 
The JBS Pork team is seeking a 2nd Shift QA Supervisor. Our Company is in search of an experienced Quality Assurance Supervisor who will be responsible for leading a team of QA Technicians and other production professionals with the aim to stop wasteful production of poor quality products and helps ensure that customers do not receive subpar products.
 
Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes 
 
Duties/Responsibilities: 
  • Coordinate and supervise pre-operation examination, when applicable.  Examine and verify cleanliness and sanitation of equipment and facilities
  • Resolve problems and issues with products and employees as they arise
  • Communicate frequently with USDA inspectors regarding product, employees, safety, etc.
  • Ensure compliance to HACCP plan for all products
  • Establish and maintain shelf-life requirements, finished product specifications, leaker testing, formulation weights, temperatures, and other necessary standards
  • Coordinate and participate in product displays for tours and other events
  • Direct, motivate, and monitor Q.A. employees.  Conduct interviews and hire new employees; evaluate performance of current employees
  • Conduct sampling of finished product and raw materials for bacteria
  • Monitor and ensure proper procedures, safety, and cleanliness of production employees
  • Ensure completion of all QA duties
  • Test new equipment for quality aspects
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • Perform / Lead Pre-op Inspection
  • Liaison with USDA, minimize NR’s
  • Enforce sanitary dressing procedures – both with QA/FS employees as well as kill floor management and employees
  • Zero Tolerance Leader – identify, fix and eliminate risks as they arise
  • Champion Safety Chain auditing system
  • Manage the FOM employees and ensure <2% error daily (either probing or tattoo entry)
  • Ensure quality product in all offal items
  • Lead the Shrink Program and ensure it is followed accurately
  • Assist lab in swabbing, sample identification and temp logger program, as needed
  • Make certain Animal Welfare practices are followed expertly
  • Assist in Audits: BRC, USDA, FDA, P&S, Animal Welfare & Customer Audits
  • Train new employees and utilize the qualification program for new employees
  • Teamwork with opposite shift QA Supervisor.
Minimum 3-5 years in a food manufacturing plant or similar 
Skills and Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
 
Physical Requirements:  
  • Desk work
  • Lifting  
  • Climbing stairs  
  • Frequent visits to production areas, environment consists of: Hot, Cold, Smells, PPE Required.
  • Work 50+ hours per week on production floor, including weekend work and rotating shifts as needed.
  • The schedule for this position is typically Mon - Fri. Weekend work required as scheduled. During Fall Season, Saturdays are typically scheduled. 
  • Possible exposure to slippery floors, extreme temperature variations, loud noise, chemicals, sharp objectives (knives), machinery, and vehicles.
The Applicant who fills this position will be eligible for the following compensation and benefits: 
Benefits: 
  • Base Salary: $56,627min-$68,802mid
  • Health, Dental, Vision coverage begins after 60 days of employment  
  • Paid Time off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays  
  • 401(k): company match beings after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule 
  • Incentive pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and condition of the incentive program  
  • Career Development: Our Company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.  
  • Short Term Disability  
  • Long Term Disability 
  • JBS/Memorial Hospital Partnership 
  • On-site bank 
  • On-site cafeteria 
  • Employee Assistance Program 
  • Discounted meat sales  
For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in states where it is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for any given position, compensation ranges are specific to those states and takes into account various factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiencies for the role. 
This position does not have an application deadline. We will continue to recruit until the position has been filled  
The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work. 
 
About us: 
JBS USA is a leading global provider of diversified, high-quality food products, including a portfolio of well-recognized brands and innovative, easy-to-use food solutions. We process, prepare, package and deliver fresh and value-added premium meat, poultry and retail-ready food products for customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. We are also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in North America. JBS USA employs more than 100,000 team members, and our corporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year. 
Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members. 
Our core values: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity 
  
JBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE/AA/M/F/D/V 
  
Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.