Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager Protein (2nd Shift)

Step into a pivotal leadership role at Clemens Food Group, where your impact on food safety, people leadership, and product quality will be seen daily. Internally, this role is called a Superintendent, but externally we’re seeking an Assistant FSQA Manager—a role often known in other organizations as a Food Safety Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, or FSQA Manager.

In this role, you’ll lead a team of QA supervisors and technicians in a USDA-regulated meat processing facility, ensuring compliance with HACCP, SSOPs, GMPs, and audit readiness. As the senior-most FSQA authority on second shift, you’ll balance hands-on floor leadership with root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement projects in one of our largest protein production plants.

Shift Details

• Shift starts at 3:00 PM and runs for 9 hours
• As a management-level position, flexibility is expected—shifts may start or end an hour earlier or later based on operational needs
• On-call approximately one out of every four weekends

The Impact You’ll Make

You’ll own the shift. Literally. From running handoffs and leading root cause investigations to coaching your team and making critical decisions during audits or equipment failures—this role gives you end-to-end visibility and influence. Your leadership will drive our KPIs around safety, first pass quality, and regulatory compliance.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and develop a second-shift FSQA team (multiple supervisors and techs)
• Be the point of contact for USDA, customer complaints, and urgent investigations
• Review and act on trend data to improve quality and reduce CPMs
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Ops, R&D, and Sanitation
• Manage issue resolution, floor presence, audits, and on-call response (1 in 4 weekends)
• Prioritize food safety and people leadership at every turn

What Makes This Role Exciting?

• You’re the top FSQA decision-maker on your shift
• Gain experience in a high-capacity, 1.3M sq. ft. protein facility
• Every day brings new projects, challenges, and growth moments
• Room to grow—this role is a stepping stone to FSQA Manager

What We’re Looking For

• Proven FSQA leadership, meat/poultry/seafood industry required
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage performance
• Strong background in USDA, HACCP, audits, and corrective actions
• Comfortable with ambiguity, fast pace, and solving complex floor issues

Skills & Mindset

• High initiative: confident in making decisions without constant direction
• Project-focused: can organize chaos into action plans and results
• People-first: builds trust, holds people accountable, and develops others
• Strong communicator: connects across functions, listens well, and presents data clearly

Your Future at Clemens

This isn’t just a shift job—it’s a career-building leadership role. We’ll support your onboarding, help you get grounded in our culture, and give you visibility that sets the stage for broader advancement within FSQA.

Application Note:

Clemens Food Group is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at Clemens Food Group via email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement for this role, and without having been asked to participate in this by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Clemens Food Group, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired. Firms not authorized to submit candidates will not be eligible for any fee or ownership claim.

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Keywords 

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