Quality Assurance and Food Safety Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistent quality of production and plant sanitation by developing and enforcing above-standard manufacturing practices.
• Enforce GMP and HACCP consistent with company policies and procedures as well as regulatory compliance.
• Perform as a HACCP leader to ensure the HACCP program and pre-requisite programs are up-to-date and fully implemented in production.
• Provide leadership and direction in the plant QA team towards training, coaching, and developing of QA technicians.
• Lead and manage audits, assist and lead as assigned by the QA Manager.
• Maintain records of finished product specifications, SOPs, SSOPs, QA forms, etc.
• Create training materials to support GMP/HACCP/Sanitation programs at all levels of the company and provide routine employee training.
• Review plant issues, ensure problems are resolved, and follow up on customer/supplier complaints with corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Implement quality enhancement processes and procedures at the plant level to achieve process improvements and cost savings.
• Maintain Recall/Mock Recall, Traceability, FIFO, Continuous Improvement, Sanitation, Pest Control, Food Security, etc. programs.
• Support third-party audits (GMP, Costco), customer and internal audit.
• Manage direct reports of 2 QA Technicians and prepare recommendations for team development.
• Oversee facility sanitation through monitoring of environmental swabbing and communicate with the Sanitation team on any identified cleaning issues.
• Review internal/external testing results for the raw material, finished products, etc.

Qualifications

• Completion of a college diploma in Food Science, or a related field.
• PREFERRED: 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance.
• REQUIRED: GFSI experience (SQF is an asset), PCQI certification.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and collaborate up and down the organization.
• Previous leadership experience, preferably in a Food Processing facility.
• Disciplined, motivated, and accountable for all Quality Assurance matters.
• Strong systems skills (including MS Office).