Quality Assurance Technician

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®.  ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

All applications submitted must include the following:

• Cover letter
• Résumé
• Updated police record
• Two (2) reference letters
• Copies of recent transcripts

The Quality Assurance Technician supports the site’s quality and food safety systems through document and record control, monitoring of corrective and preventive actions, support for certification requirements, investigation of quality concerns, and routine performance reporting. Working closely with the Quality Assurance Superintendent and cross-functional teams, the technician helps maintain compliance with company and customer requirements, legal and regulatory obligations, and applicable GFSI-recognized standards.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Microbiology, or a related discipline. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience in quality assurance and food safety within a food-manufacturing environment may be considered.
• Minimum one year of relevant experience supporting quality assurance or food-safety systems and at least two years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in sugar or another food-processing operation.
• Practical experience with a GFSI-recognized food-safety certification system; current SQF Practitioner certification or ability to obtain it shortly after appointment.
• Thorough knowledge of quality assurance methodologies, quality-control standards, GMPs, HACCP, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, document control, internal auditing, and regulatory compliance.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, SQF, HACCP, or comparable quality and food-safety standards; relevant certification is a strong advantage.
• Experience in a sugar-industry facility is strongly preferred.

Skills and Competencies: 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, databases, statistical analysis, quality records, and reporting systems.
• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, interpersonal, analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Prepare or deliver approved orientation and training materials on GMPs, HACCP, food safety, quality procedures, customer requirements, and related programs, and maintain complete training records.
• Work with plant leadership, the Laboratory/Quality Supervisor, Production, Process, Maintenance, Safety, Sales, Supply Chain, and other functions to develop required training, cost-reduction, risk-control, and improvement programs.
• Administer assigned GMP inspection, calibration, pest-control, supplier-documentation, and food-safety-team activities. Maintain schedules and records, communicate findings to responsible departments, monitor corrective actions, and escalate significant or overdue issues to the Quality Assurance Superintendent.
• Ability to receive, interpret, and complete written and oral instructions on technical and regulatory matters.
• Ability to investigate deviations and complaints, determine root causes, and prepare clear corrective-action and preventive-action reports.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, recordkeeping, prioritization, and results orientation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with employees, managers, customers, auditors, regulators, consultants, and corporate technical teams.

 Roles and Responsibilities:

• Review assigned finished-product and process-quality results with the Laboratory Supervisor or Quality Assurance Superintendent; verify specification compliance, document release information, and promptly escalate deviations requiring investigation or product control.
• Review the previous day’s operations with the Production Superintendent and promptly communicate actual or anticipated issues that could affect product quality, food safety, customer delivery, or regulatory compliance.
• Support the maintenance of site quality and food-safety systems, including SQF or other applicable GFSI-recognized requirements, HACCP plans, prerequisite programs, GMPs, traceability, document and record control, verification activities, and assigned certification actions.
• Administer the document-control and record-control programs by issuing approved documents, maintaining revision histories, removing obsolete versions, monitoring scheduled reviews, safeguarding records, and reporting program performance indicators to the Quality Assurance Superintendent.
• Maintain complete and accurate quality reports, statistical reviews, inspection and test records, nonconformance reports, corrective-action plans, audit records, and other relevant documentation.
• Prepare or deliver approved orientation and training materials on GMPs, HACCP, food safety, quality procedures, customer requirements, and related programs, and maintain complete training records.
• Work with plant leadership, the Laboratory/Quality Supervisor, Production, Process, Maintenance, Safety, Sales, Supply Chain, and other functions to develop required training, cost-reduction, risk-control, and improvement programs.
• Administer assigned GMP inspection, calibration, pest-control, supplier-documentation, and food-safety-team activities. Maintain schedules and records, communicate findings to responsible departments, monitor corrective actions, and escalate significant or overdue issues to the Quality Assurance Superintendent.

All applications submitted must include the following and addressed to:

Sr. Human Resources Manager

Belize Sugar Industries Limited

Tower Hill, Orange Walk

• Cover letter
• Résumé
• Updated police record
• Two (2) reference letters
• Copies of recent transcripts

The deadline for submitting the applications and all required documents is October 30, 2026.

For more than 100 years, our employees have taken pride in “Making Life a Little Sweeter” by providing our customers and consumers with quality service and sugar products. Our commitment to that principle drives us in all that we do and encourages us to uphold our company’s high ethical standards of business conduct to ensure our continued success.