Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

Essential Duties, Responsibilities

• Daily oversight of production practices including raw material receiving requirements; preoperational and operational sanitation; finished product quality and Food Safety Systems;
• Insuring all our FSQA policies and procedures are followed;
• Making sure verification and documentation associated with adherence to government regulations;
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining the HACCP and SSOP based inspection programs;
• Ensuring finished product conforms to customer product and label specifications;
• Reporting product issues and audit results to plant and corporate FSQA, plant management, corporate, sales, and operations;
• Interacting with customers and their agents for product showings, plant tours, and audits; visits to customer facilities, initial product runs, and investigation response to quality-related customer complaints;
• Monitoring microbiological results, conducting bacterial swabs, and investigations;
• Performing research and development activities;
• Conducting and promoting sanitation training and education to employees;
• Implementing and maintaining food safety and quality programs and selecting training and managing of FSQA Supervisors and FSQA Technicians.

Requirements

• No degree with a minimum of 10 years of FSQA experience;
• B.S. degree or above in Food Science or related field with a minimum of 3 years' experience working in FSQA;
• Experience with SQF or BRC audits preferred;
• Standard computer skills required; generating spreadsheets and developing templates for use by plant management and corporate FSQA, sales, and operations;
• Excellent communication skills required both written and verbal, demonstrating the proven ability to correspond with all levels - line team members to corporate management;
• Good problem identification and problem-solving skills;
• Must be able to work independently yet interact with many different facets within the organization and be the plant liaison to USDA;
• Supervisory: Manage crewing labor and attendance of the FSQA department.