FSQA Supervisor - Belgravia (Days)

About the role

The FSQA Supervisor oversees and administers the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) programs, directly supervising and guiding hourly FSQA team members at the processing plant.

Responsibilities

• Hire, supervise, and train hourly FSQA technicians in the monitoring, verifying, and validating food safety programs such as HACCP, SSOP, and pre-requisites, as well as Foster Farms corporate programs such as metal detection, allergen, pest control etc.
• Maintain FSQA data reporting systems, communicating trends and root-cause analysis to management for deficiency resolution and process improvement.
• Interface with USDA/FSIS personnel for regulatory non-compliance resolution and information requests.
• Provide communication support (written and verbal) to production management team for establishing corrective and preventive actions in response to non-compliances.
• Actively assist operations management in training new production employees to ensure competence with GMPs, food safety requirements, and quality criteria.
• Render decisions regarding product disposition, including release or disposal of product, in collaboration with senior FSQA management.
• Participate in projects (FSQA or operations) and activities to modify, retrofit and improve performance from a food safety and/or quality perspective.

Requirements

• BS Degree preferred (preferably Food Science, Meat/Animal Science, or related science field).
• Previous exposure to food processing, food safety, and/or quality programs is preferred.
• Previous experience with HACCP, SSOP programs, and/or FSIS food safety regulations is preferred.
• Detail oriented with analytical aptitude; exposure to Statistical Process Control is beneficial.
• Strong writing and presentation skills.
• Bilingual in Spanish is of benefit, dependent on local, hourly staff.
• Able to make product disposition decisions independently and under the direction of FSQA management.
• Able to render sound judgment regarding food safety risks and/or product quality defects.
• Able to coach and develop hourly employees, former supervisory experience is preferred.
• Proficient use of Microsoft including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Able to work flexible hours.
• Able to travel for limited business-related visits (other plants) or conferences.

Qualifications

BS Degree preferred (preferably Food Science, Meat/Animal Science, or related science field).

Previous exposure to food processing, food safety, and/or quality programs is preferred.

Previous experience with HACCP, SSOP programs, and/or FSIS food safety regulations is preferred.

Detail oriented with analytical aptitude; exposure to Statistical Process Control is beneficial.

Strong writing and presentation skills.

Bilingual in Spanish is of benefit, dependent on local, hourly staff.

Able to make product disposition decisions independently and under the direction of FSQA management.

Able to render sound judgment regarding food safety risks and/or product quality defects.

Able to coach and develop hourly employees, former supervisory experience is preferred.

Proficient use of Microsoft including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Able to work flexible hours.

Able to travel for limited business-related visits (other plants) or conferences.

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

Pay Range: $69,400 - $82,285 per year