Title: QA Technician, 1st Shift Req ID: 6038
City, State: Hartwell, GA, Georgia (US-GA)
Classification: Nonexempt
Recruiter: Jennifer Berry Fleming
Title: QA TECHNICIAN, 1st Shift
City, State: Hartwell, Ga
Reports to: FSQA Supervisor
Department: 1st Shift QA - Hartwell
Classification: Nonexempt
Qualifications: Display positive attitude and team work skills. Must complete a pre-employment drug test. Must be able to stand and walk up to 8 hours per day. Ability to frequently bend, lift and twist. Must be able and available to work overtime as required.
Essential duties & responsibilities include the following: Conducts product sampling as well as chemical, microbiological & physical testing.
Essential Functions:
Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are currently unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas.

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. privately owned and U.S. operated since 1925, is a value-added processor of great tasting chicken products. We have processing facilities in Westfield, Wisconsin (headquarters); Irving, Texas; Wells, Minnesota; Mocksville, North Carolina; and Hartwell, GA; along with our own Transportation fleet. Our Westfield and Irving facilities are state of the art operations and provide a complete line of further processed chicken with over 200 products for Foodservice, Industrial, and Chain accounts. We have multiple production lines with capacities ranging from 5,000 to over 10,000 pounds per hour. We offer the products, programs, promotions and culinary support to help you grow your business. Brakebush takes pride in being a socially responsible manufacturer.
Best practices in food safety are paramount to operating a best-in-class food processing facility. That’s why we take a completely transparent approach to safety, one that helps instill confidence and trust. We have an aggressive environmental pathogen testing program and participation in a full array of plant audits. We have multiple technologies, including x-ray bone detection equipment, ensure that our products are among the safest in the industry.
Brakebush has always strived to be a leader in our industry, from new technology to customer expectations, and sustainability is no different. As a company, we have evaluated every aspect of our costs to maintain control over them. If there is a better, more efficient and less impactful way to do something we have made those changes and will continue to look at ways to improve. We are in a rural setting, in a small community, in a small county in Wisconsin and have always known that it is our responsibility to make a small environmental impact while making a very positive impact on our community. We have strived to be a leader in every aspect of our business and to be a positive example in our community.