Job Description

The PCQI/Finished Product Manager is responsible for maintaining quality control of product in the lab and is responsible for verifying finished product is correctly loaded into outbound trucks.

Reviews daily process paperwork, cooker charts, cGMP forms and performs/observes activities as outlined in the Food Safety plans, performs data entry and helps in the plant daily operations under management supervision.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Completes profiles on meat and bone meal, poultry meal, feather meal, and yellow and brown grease production.
• Completes profiles on all grease purchases and shipments.
• Follows plant cGMP and Food Safety policies.
• Certified PCQI holds the plant employees accountable for daily activities, reports to plant management.
• Assist with training of all plant and fleet personnel on cGMP policies
• Reviews and evaluates qualitative data reports to verify that product meets Company specifications.
• Serves as plant liaison with Central Lab & Corporate Sales Office with respect to quality.
• Submits results for all testing to appropriate management staff.
• Responsible for moving product from one location to another.
• Operates heavy equipment to load materials.
• Maintains housekeeping for safe and neat work area.
• Knowledgeable of plant products and specifications.
• Responsible for Loadout Operations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Management experience, 3+ years, in an industrial, manufacturing or laboratory setting.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing & comprehending qualitative data reports to verify product meets specifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior laboratory experience preferred.
• Experience working in a rendering operation preferred.
• Work well with others in a team, management, and regulatory environment.
• Highly organized and safety-conscious.
• Superior time management skills; detail oriented and able to multi-task.
• Ability to deal with minor problems involving equipment or various situations.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral.
• Basic math skills; ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers.
• Good oral and written skills.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
• Frequently must push, pull, move or lift up to 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 80 lbs.
• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

Job functions will be carried out in a plant environment which requires tolerance for high heat and/or cold temperatures.

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