Quality Assurance Coordinator

At Prairie Meats LP, we are an entrepreneurial and progressive Saskatchewan based company that provides high quality retail and food service products.  With locations in Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina, SK, we pride ourselves in offering challenging and rewarding careers where employees are able to focus on quality, customer service and teamwork. We are currently looking for a Quality Assurance Assistant who will be a hands-on member of the production team(s) with the goal of delivering continuous improvement in quality of products by applying best practices and developing tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met. Some duties include:
Hands-on approach to production processes by working with the  areas of production
Conduct pre-op inspections and environmental swabbing
Communication with Supervisors and employees to champion GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices)
Conduct daily monitoring and verification of food safety processes
Random sampling of products
Maintain documents related to food safety
Train others on food safety
Actively participating in complaints and recalls
Review and update SOPs
Actively participate in HACCP team
Participate in or lead 3rd party audits
Coordinate with labs for testing Preference will be given to internal candidates as well as those with previous quality assurance or HACCP or food production experience. We offer opportunities for career growth, a 25% staff discount on retail prices, a competitive benefit plan, health spending account, and an RRSP Pension Matching Plan. Apply today to join our team!

Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Specific Skills
- Take samples of products at various stages of processing
- Examine ingredients or finished products to ensure conformance to company standards
- Conduct routine tests for product specifications
Work Setting
- Meat plant