QA Specialist

About The Role

We're seeking a proactive Quality Assurance Specialist to help ensure the highest standards of food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across our growing organization. This role combines hands-on quality oversight on the production floor with documentation, auditing, and continuous improvement initiatives. If you enjoy solving problems, building processes, and making a direct impact in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs.
• Conduct GMP, sanitation, facility, and product audits to ensure adherence to food safety standards.
• Perform environmental and product testing, including swabbing, sample management, and results tracking.
• Manage allergen control, metal detection programs, and microbiological testing activities.
• Investigate quality issues, lead root cause analyses, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain HACCP plans, audit records, training documentation, and quality reports.
• Train employees on food safety, sanitation, and best practices.
• Serve as a key contact during regulatory inspections and customer food safety inquiries.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to strengthen quality systems and support business growth.
• Spend approximately 2–3 hours daily on documentation, with the remainder focused on floor-based quality activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Environmental Health, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of food safety or quality assurance experience in the food industry.
• HACCP and PCQI certifications required.
• Strong knowledge of FDA regulations, FSMA, GMPs, allergen management, and food microbiology.
• Experience conducting audits, managing testing programs, and driving corrective actions.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently and make sound decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Conversational proficiency in Spanish or Hindi is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• SQF Practitioner certification.
• Experience in food manufacturing, distribution, or imported food products.
• Experience developing or improving quality systems in a growing organization.
• Bilingual or multilingual capabilities.