Experience

Stone Gate Foods

• United States
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Supervisor

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Dakota Provisions

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gobblers Supervisor

  • May 2021 - Jan 2022

  Assist Production & QA, keep the line moving, show job tasks to new employees, look for damaged boxes and inspect for foreign material, review labels, uphold quality & shelf life (Keep lots separate, correct weights & labels), keep track of partial pallets, exports, unloading & loading of trailers.

• De-Boning QA Supervisor

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Monitor and review all HACCP documents, enforce food safety, SQF & Quality Programs. Manage and coordinate duties of QA Technicians. USDA liaison. Assist in giving tours.



CUT FRUIT EXPPRESS INC

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Representative

  • Dec 2015 - Aug 2020

  Create Excel databases to house product information (county of origin, shelf life, weights, pack counts, etc.). Implement and enforce standardized naming across systems. Apply newly purchased UPCs to the product catalog. Attend trade shows to demo products and answer customers’ questions. Create label templates and spec sheets and link to excel tables.

• Quality Assurance Specialist

  • Dec 2015 - Aug 2020

  Review USDA Pre Shipment paperwork. Review and file daily QA paperwork. Prep for different annual audits or regulatory body visits (MDA, USDA, FDA, DOD) Assist the QAs on the production floor. Create product specs and nutritional information.



USDA-FSIS

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Food Inspector

  • Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

  Perform antemortem and post-mortem inspections on livestock or poultry. Enforce HACCP, USDA requirements, sanitation, and processing plans. Perform antemortem and post-mortem inspections on livestock or poultry. Enforce HACCP, USDA requirements, sanitation, and processing plans.



Jack Link's Beef Jerky

• QA (Raw)

  • Oct 2013 - Nov 2014

  Ensure incoming meat combos are within acceptable ranges and separate from other animal species. Formulate 1800lbs batches to correct fat percentages. Make sure the cure and the correct blend of spices were added. Inspect after sanitation prior to USDA inspections. Inspect outgoing racks of hung product. Assist line operators with machine settings to get meat sticks within; length, width, diameter, and weight to achieve quality goals. Enforce GMPs and SOPs. Ensure incoming meat combos are within acceptable ranges and separate from other animal species. Formulate 1800lbs batches to correct fat percentages. Make sure the cure and the correct blend of spices were added. Inspect after sanitation prior to USDA inspections. Inspect outgoing racks of hung product. Assist line operators with machine settings to get meat sticks within; length, width, diameter, and weight to achieve quality goals. Enforce GMPs and SOPs.



Select Food Products, Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

  Lead production stakeholders in stretches prior to production. Perform hourly checks on metal detectors, date coding, check weighers, component temperatures, master and inner case packaging, and product weights. Adjust check weighers, labels, and date coding as needed. Notify the lot tracker of excessive temperatures. Enforce GMPs, PPE usage, and correct product handling. Record and weigh damaged/unusable/overrun product/components. Lead production stakeholders in stretches prior to production. Perform hourly checks on metal detectors, date coding, check weighers, component temperatures, master and inner case packaging, and product weights. Adjust check weighers, labels, and date coding as needed. Notify the lot tracker of excessive temperatures. Enforce GMPs, PPE usage, and correct product handling. Record and weigh damaged/unusable/overrun product/components.



Seneca Foods Corporation

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pregrade Lead Technician

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2012

  Preparation, testing, and data recording of pea and corn samples in order to determine a harvest date. Testing measurements include size grading, waste ratios, shear resistance, moisture content, sugar content, length, width, weight, count, etc. Train in new employees, coordinate team members’ schedules, sign-off on a team of 12 hours’, travel in company vehicles to other plants to facilitate coordination of shear resistant texture machines. Preparation, testing, and data recording of pea and corn samples in order to determine a harvest date. Testing measurements include size grading, waste ratios, shear resistance, moisture content, sugar content, length, width, weight, count, etc. Train in new employees, coordinate team members’ schedules, sign-off on a team of 12 hours’, travel in company vehicles to other plants to facilitate coordination of shear resistant texture machines.