FSQA Manager - Pork/Meat Processing Plant

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily oversight of production practices including raw material, receiving requirements, preoperational and operational sanitation, finished product quality, and Food Safety Systems.
• Ensuring all FSQA policies and procedures are followed.
• Making sure monitoring, verification, and documentation associated with adherence to government regulations.
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining the HACCP and SSOP based inspection programs.
• Guaranteeing 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.
• Visiting customer facilities for initial product runs and investigating responses to quality-related customer complaints.
• Maintaining microbiological results, conducting bacterial swabs, and creating shelf-life environmental graphs.
• Engaging in 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 FSQA Supervisors and FSQA Technicians.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor degree or higher in food science related field preferred.
• Experience: 5+ years in a food manufacturing leadership role, with 2+ years being direct FSQA supervisory experience.
• HACCP Certified preferred; must have knowledge of HACCP, USDA GMP, SSOPs.
• Computer Skills: Standard computer skills required; generating spreadsheets and developing templates for use by plant management and corporate FSQA, sales and operations. SAP experience and advanced computer skills preferred.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills required both written and verbal, demonstrating the proven ability to correspond with all levels - line team members to corporate management.
• Special Skills: Must have 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.
• Travel: 1-3 trips per year