Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Quality Assurance Technician Manager specializing in Beef Product Specification to lead our quality assurance team. This pivotal role involves overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of product specifications to ensure compliance with industry standards and customer requirements. The ideal candidate will possess strong analysis skills, extensive experience in manufacturing environments, and a comprehensive understanding of quality control and quality management systems. Your leadership will drive continuous improvement initiatives, uphold product integrity, and ensure our beef products meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and consistency.

Duties

- Specification Enforcement: Inspect raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished beef cuts (primal, sub-primal, and trim) to verify compliance with company standards and precise customer ordering specs.
- Data & Performance Tracking: Analyze quality performance data, track out-of-specification trends, and maintain comprehensive photographic and written databases of product non-conformances.
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Partner with Sales and Product Management to address customer quality complaints, and coordinate with Operations to refine cutting lines and trim adjustments.
- Corrective Actions: Manage product holds, lead root cause analyses for defects (e.g., bone chips, excess fat trim, incorrect aging, off-color), and execute corrective/preventative actions (CAPA).
- Team Leadership: Supervise, train, and mentor quality control inspectors or technicians monitoring the beef processing floor.
- Compliance Support: Ensure adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),



and support plant-wide food safety and HACCP programs.

Experience

- Proven experience in manufacturing environments with a focus on beef or meat products, demonstrating strong analysis skills.
- Experience: Minimum 3 to 5 years of quality control or assurance experience specifically within a meat processing, slaughterhouse, or beef packing facility.
- Technical Knowledge: Deep familiarity with North American beef grading standards (USDA or beef quality grades), primal/sub-primal cut nomenclature, and fat analysis testing.
- Extensive background in quality control, quality inspection, and quality assurance within the food industry or related sectors.
- Demonstrated expertise in implementing and managing quality management systems (QMS) aligned with industry standards such as ISO or HACCP.
- Strong understanding of QA/QC methodologies including statistical process control (SPC) and root cause analysis.
- Experience leading projects aimed at process improvements within a manufacturing setting.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to food safety and product specifications.
- Excellent organizational skills combined with effective project management capabilities.
- Ability to communicate clearly across diverse teams and stakeholders at all levels.

If you are committed to maintaining the highest standards of beef product quality through innovative management practices, we encourage you to apply today. Join us in ensuring our products meet rigorous specifications while supporting continuous growth and excellence.

Benefits:

- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- In office parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Work Location: In person

📌 Quality Assurance Technician Manager (Beef Product Specification) (Rocky View County)
🏢 Harmony Beef Company LTD - Balzac Alberta
📍 Rocky View County