QA Lead | Runge Street
Job Description
Title: Quality Control Lead
Location: Addison, IL
Hire Type: Full time
Compensation: $49,000
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO
Overview:
Job Duties:
- Support daily Quality Control and Food Safety activities throughout the processing facility.
- Help ensure compliance with applicable USDA, FSIS, SQF, HACCP, GMP, SSOP, and food safety standards.
- Assist with identifying, documenting, and addressing food safety and quality issues, including corrective and preventive actions.
- Complete and/or oversee required daily, weekly, and monthly quality and food safety documentation.
- Monitor sanitation, housekeeping, GMP, and SSOP compliance throughout the facility.
- Assist with microbiological testing and related food safety requirements.
- Help maintain and enforce foreign material prevention and control procedures.
- Conduct routine facility inspections and quality audits.
- Support SQF verification and validation activities.
- Help ensure product specifications and quality standards are consistently followed.
- Assist with food safety and quality training for employees.
- Support investigations related to customer and product complaints.
- Assist with training and development of Quality Control team members.
- Apply knowledge of Critical Control Points (CCPs) within a food processing environment.
- Serve as a backup to the Quality Control Supervisor when needed.
- Perform additional quality and food safety responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Must have previous experience in quality control, food safety, quality assurance, or meat processing is required.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- HACCP certification preferred, but not required.
- Working knowledge of:
- USDA / FSIS regulations
- HACCP
- SQF
- GMP
- SSOP
- Food microbiology
- Quality assurance and food safety programs
- Ability to evaluate practical problems and make sound decisions with limited standardization or direction.
- Ability to follow company policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Ability to work effectively in both an office and food production environment.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Meet Your Recruiter
Technical Recruiter & Team Mentor
Alicia Alexander is a Technical Recruiter and Team Mentor at Sterling Engineering with four years of recruiting experience and nearly three years with Sterling. She specializes in engineering, manufacturing, and technical recruiting, supporting roles across maintenance, reliability, operations, engineering, and industrial environments, including food and life sciences.
Alicia is passionate about helping people find careers where they feel genuinely happy, supported, and positioned for long-term growth. She enjoys building meaningful relationships with candidates, helping them take the next step in their careers, and supporting companies as they build strong, high-performing teams.
With a background in psychology and human resources from North Central College, Alicia brings a people-focused approach to recruiting. Her understanding of relationship building, communication, and candidate motivation helps her create successful matches between talent and opportunity.
Alicia is known for developing strong partnerships with both candidates and hiring managers, with a focus on creating long-term placements that benefit both the individual and the organization.