Quality Assurance Specialist

How Agropur invests in YOU:

Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with 7% company contributions
• 3 weeks Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Advancement Opportunities
• Salary range 004: $67,800 - $84,800 (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)
• Workplace - 100% onsite

What's involved in this role:

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Specialist in Weyauwega, WI.

The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for overseeing and the execution of quality assurance and food safety programs at the plant level. This role ensures that all production processes adhere to quality standards and collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify and address quality issues. The QA Specialist plays a key role in driving quality continuous improvement initiatives, training plant employees, and supporting audit readiness.

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems, including HACCP, GMPs, GLPs, and food safety protocols.
• Coordinate routine audits and verifications of quality and food safety practices, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards.
• Review and analyze quality data (e.g., KPIs, test results) to identify trends and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate supplier and customer complaint investigations, ensuring timely and effective response and resolution.
• Develop and deliver training programs for plant employees on quality and food safety requirements.
• Assist, and may lead, regulatory and third-party audits, and provide guidance with the development of corrective action plans, ensure completion and closing of NC's.
• Monitor compliance with pre-requisite programs.
• Oversee the certification submissions program to ensure all products are properly being managed under the designated certifying bodies

What you need to join our team:

• Associate's Degree from a two-year college or technical school in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field required.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in quality assurance in a food manufacturing environment required.
• Experience with HACCP, GMPs, GLPs, and regulatory compliance required.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

Where you'll be working:

Our Weyauwega, WI, plant is home to approximately 225 employees. This facility produces award-winning feta and aged cheddar cheese, as well as lactose and reduced lactose whey.Weyauwega is a quaint rural community of 1,900, offering the opportunity for both rural and urban living. If you enjoy the outdoors, this area provides many hunting, fishing and boating opportunities within minutes of town.

• Agropur's US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world's largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World. Agropurus.com

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.