Food Safety and Quality Assurance

1 week ago

Green Bay, United States Carnivore Meat Company Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

Second Shift Opportunity - Work 4 Nights a Week Monday - Thursday, 3:00pm - 1:30am


Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a pioneer in raw pet food since 2009, Carnivore Meat Company provides pets with the opportunity to lead long, vibrant, healthy lives. Carnivore does this by manufacturing ultra-premium quality, raw frozen and freeze-dried pet food and treats using the best butcher cut proteins.


From traditional favorites – beef, chicken, turkey, duck – to more innovative tastes such as ahi tuna and rabbit. Carnivore Meat Company products are free of grains, gluten, artificial preservatives, rendered by-products, fillers, flavoring, and coloring. All products are U.S.A. made and packaged in the company’s Green Bay, Wisconsin facilities. Carnivore's all-meat freeze-dried products are safe, convenient, and shelf-stable, making them ideal for traveling, training, snacking and everyday feeding, making the segment one of the fastest growing areas within pet food today.


Carnivore’s products are sold under its flagship Vital Essential® brand. Vital Essentials® is distributed in over 7,200 retailers today in the Independent Pet channel, and in 14 international markets. Vital Essentials® is one of the fastest growing brands in the pet food industry.


Carnivore manufactures 100% of its products at its own facilities, leveraging a unique and best-in-class supply chain approach and relationships to ensure that most ingredients are frozen immediately after harvesting to lock in freshness and nutrients. The ingredients are then processed at Carnivore’s own facilities and dried using proprietary freeze dry equipment and technology.


Carnivore employs 212 associates and have recently opened a new 235,000 square foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Green Bay. The new 28-acre campus is Carnivore’s Global Headquarters and provides capacity to support its growth over the next 3-5 years.


Carnivore is constantly innovating new products, techniques, and technology to support its commitment to excellence in the raw pet food industry. Carnivore Meat Company is one of the most tenured raw pet food producers in the nation—and one of the leading private label providers of raw pet food. Carnivore has been named among the fastest growing private companies in the United States by Inc. 5000 in its annual list. Further, the company is well ranked nationally and locally among Green Bay companies.


PURPOSE:

The FSQA Inspector is responsible for ensuring that all pet food products meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance. The primary purpose of this role is to safeguard the health and well-being of pets by meticulously monitoring, evaluating, and verifying all stages of the manufacturing process, from raw material selection to final product packaging. This role ensures adherence to regulatory standards, internal quality guidelines, and customer specifications, thereby fostering trust and reliability in our products.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Quality Control

  • Conduct routine inspections and audits of raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods to ensure they meet established quality and safety standards.
  • Perform laboratory tests and analyses to detect potential contaminants or deviations from quality specifications.
  • Evaluate and test product to verify conformance to requirements per the Quality Plan.
  • Place product on physical hold when it does not meet the requirements of the Quality Plan and send communication to impacted personnel.
  • Assist production personnel in the determination of root cause and implementation of corrective actions when product is found not to meet requirements.
  • Obtain raw material samples from the production and bring them to the lab for testing.
  • Perform visual and swab pre-operational verification of sanitation activities and facilitate corrective and preventive action as necessary.
  • Communicate with personnel when hygiene practices are not being followed.
  • Perform glass and brittle plastic audits.
  • Perform and record scale weight verifications.
  • Perform oxygen analyzer verifications.
  • Be the point person on the production floor regarding quality and food safety questions.
  • Report issues with regards to the food safety/quality assurance system (FSQA) to Leadership and adhere to the requirements of the FSQA standards.

Regulatory Compliance

  • Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and standards, including FDA, USDA, and AAFCO guidelines.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry regulations and proactively implement changes to meet new requirements.

Process Monitoring

  • Monitor the entire production process, from ingredient reception to packaging, to identify any potential quality or safety issues.
  • Work closely with production teams to implement corrective actions and process improvements as needed.

Documentation and Reporting

  • Maintain accurate records of inspections, tests, and other quality assurance activities.
  • Prepare detailed reports on product quality, safety, and compliance for management review.
  • Enter data into and navigate within various computer systems.

Training and Development

  • Train production and other staff as needed on proper quality assurance protocols and food safety practices.
  • Develop and update training materials and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Continuous Improvement

  • Participate in cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for product and process improvements.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to enhance product quality, safety, and efficiency and facilitate the implementation of those efforts.

Other

  • Fill sanitation and personnel hygiene supplies throughout the production areas of the facility.
  • Work collaboratively with production personnel and the FSQA Supervisor to make decisions that are best for the organization.
  • Be a strong advocate for food safety and product quality.
Requirements:

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Experience in quality assurance or quality control within the food manufacturing industry, preferably in pet food production.
  • Must feel “at home” in a refrigerated, multi-cultural, meat-processing environment.
  • Must be able to be on your feet all day and repeatedly lift at least 40 pounds.
  • Knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, and other food safety and quality standards.
  • Must possess excellent and effective computer communications, attention to detail, organizational, analytical, inter-personal, problem-solving and public speaking skills.

BENEFITS:

  • 401K, medical, dental, vision, pet, life, and voluntary life insurance, PTO, paid holidays, tuition and wellness reimbursement, employee discounts on pet food

REPORTING STRUCTURE: Reports to: FSQA Supervisor


LOCATION: Corporate headquarters in Green Bay, WI. No relocation package available.


Carnivore Meat Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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