Quality Assurance Team Leader (Shift Supervisor)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and grow our Safety Culture assuring Food Safety and a safe work environment in alignment with our 5 Principles
• Comply with Food Safety Practices, maintain SQF certification through compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Quality Procedures, SQF requirements and good housekeeping
• Support the plant’s SQF certification program
• Recognizing QA policies, procedures, and directives for development and compliance whilst providing feedback and follow up to ensure proper corrective action is achieved
• Coaching and development of all QA Technicians so they can monitor and validate plant quality process and procedures
• Focus on continual growth of our Quality at the Source program, ensuring that the program is effective, and the Processing and Packaging Team Members are performing their own quality checks
• Communicate information amongst departments by identifying and troubleshooting problems in the production process
• Prepare necessary reports and provide regular feedback to keep management informed of business detail
• Perform various duties under the direction of the Quality Assurance Department Manager
• Ensure compliance with corporate standards and systems to monitor food safety, food safety culture, quality and facility cleanliness
• Commitment to safety begins with management. Managers and frontline supervisors are accountable for creating and maintaining a culture of Safety and assuring a safe work environment
• Other duties as assigned

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Ensure all work is completed in a safe and sanitary manner
• Follow all Ken’s Foods SQF, Food Defense and GMP policies
• Report any suspicious activities anywhere in or around the plant
• Assign and mentor team members to perform pre-start up inspections to ensure no product contamination risk exists and the area is in sanitary condition

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly oversee employees in the Quality Assurance Department
• Carry out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws

Essential Qualifications

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate