Quality Assurance Supervisor

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintain fundamental food safety programs (including Master Cleaning Schedules/Sanitation SOP, GMPs, Integrated Pest Management, Food Safety Consumer Complaints, Recall/Traceability, Chemical Control, Allergen Control, Supplier Certification; FM Control).
• Track Consumer Complaints; Submit period action plans to customers and to the corporate office.
• Respond to Corporate CARs within 7 days. Issue local plant CARs as needed and follow through to completion. Trend issues.
• Lead the Plant Quality Team; hold weekly meetings. Forward notes of the meeting to the QA Director.
• Lead daily Foreign Matter Hunts, log all findings. Perform daily plant walk-throughs.
• Manage descriptive and key product attributes for accuracy and completeness. Routinely monitor frying process, ensuring optimum temperature, oil quality/level, and throughput.
• Monitor and report process capability. Manage the HACCP and FSMA Food Safety Plans.
• Maintain an active and transparent Food Safety / Quality 'score card' system. Coordinate responses to USDA and FDA; review all NRs for accuracy and consistency.
• Oversight of plant SQF implementation and maintenance. Maintain, verify, and validate SQF programs. Complete validation forms each month based on the SQF Verification/Validation Schedule.
• Conduct a monthly Management Review meeting. Maintain and execute the Environmental Program and post-sanitation ATP checks.
• Order Sanitation chemicals, safety equipment, and cleaning utensils. Order lab chemicals; maintain and calibrate laboratory instruments.
• Monthly Food Safety Inspections of the entire facility. Maintain records of the inspections. Follow up on corrective actions, including work orders generated as a result of the inspections.
• Congnorate and assist with employee training.

Additional Duties And Responsibilities

• Participate in Mock Recalls four times per year.
• File all Quality/Food Safety Systems Paperwork; (USDA records kept separate from all other records).
• Review sanitation records for completeness, repeat deficiencies, and trends.
• Review and maintain lab equipment; correlation and calibration records activities.
• Perform locker inspections.
• Maintain Hold Log.
• Participate in weekly USDA exit meeting.
• Maintain Glass/Brittle Plastic/Ceramics Register.
• Aid in maintaining overall cleanliness of the facility; perform periodic RFC Pre-Op/MSS inspections.
• Coordinating Market Review activities.

Safety Responsibilities

• Understanding basic electrical Lock Out Tag Out principles.
• Wear hearing protection where required.
• Follow all common employee safety practices, including proper PPE where necessary.
• Understanding of SDS sheets and the safe use of chemicals.

Education And/Or Experience Requirements

• Three to Five years related experience in Quality Systems, Quality Assurance, and/or Regulatory Compliance/Affairs experience in Food Manufacturing or other similarly regulated environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or Food Safety Master of Science in Regulatory Science -Food Safety preferred.