What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food, Safety & Quality Line Lead position at McCain Foods?
Position Title:FSQ Technician 3 (QA Line Lead)
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 42700
Location: Wisconsin Rapids (Fry Facility)
Shift: Days 6am-6pm 2-2-3 (B Crew)
Technician FSQ Lead
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About The Role.
The Technician FSQ Lead provides on‑shift leadership for the FSQ Technician team and ensures all quality, food safety, and documentation standards are met. This role performs and verifies quality checks, supports investigations, manages holds and releases, and maintains accurate records to uphold McCain’s quality expectations.
What You’ll Be Doing.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain Experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Compensation Package: Starting at $xx.xx USD hourly bonus eligibility hourly pay differential for applicable shifts
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with the collective agreement, country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Quality & Food Safety; Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 42700
Location: Wisconsin Rapids (Fry Facility)
Shift: Days 6am-6pm 2-2-3 (B Crew)
Technician FSQ Lead
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About The Role.
The Technician FSQ Lead provides on‑shift leadership for the FSQ Technician team and ensures all quality, food safety, and documentation standards are met. This role performs and verifies quality checks, supports investigations, manages holds and releases, and maintains accurate records to uphold McCain’s quality expectations.
What You’ll Be Doing.
- Leading FSQ Technicians on the assigned shift and ensuring proper coverage.
- Performing and verifying daily floor quality checks and documentation.
- Releasing or holding finished product and reporting out‑of‑spec materials.
- Supporting investigations for holds, complaints, and improvement projects.
- Ensuring GMPs, safety, hygiene, and housekeeping standards are maintained.
- Conducting routine lab testing following GLP and QMS requirements.
- Performing plating, swabbing, calibrations, and ingredient/packaging tests.
- Maintaining accurate lab records and supporting KPI improvements.
- Calibrating lab equipment per internal control plans.
- Supporting sample shipments and PTO coverage as needed.
- Associate degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or related field.
- Preferably 1 year of food manufacturing or lab experience (internships considered).
- Strong leadership qualities with initiative and attention to detail.
- Understanding of food safety, HACCP, statistics, and basic food science.
- Ability to work with urgency in a fast‑paced production environment; SAP experience preferred.
- Competitive hourly rate
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Education reimbursement and pay‑for‑skills opportunities
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain Experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Compensation Package: Starting at $xx.xx USD hourly bonus eligibility hourly pay differential for applicable shifts
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with the collective agreement, country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Quality & Food Safety; Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.