Quality Food Safety and Sanitation Supervisor

Company Overview

Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co‑manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private‑brand salty snacks and the second‑largest supplier of private‑brand cookies and crackers. With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards. Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5,000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for customers, colleagues, and the community. Shearer’s follows a skills‑first approach to recruitment and employment, focusing on what candidates can do and how they can grow, while adhering to anti‑exclusion practices and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor employees conducting tests to determine the quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate, and finished products.
• Enforce safety, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and sanitation rules to maintain a safe and food‑safe workplace.
• Audit product specifications periodically to ensure product quality.
• Investigate customer complaints and perform root‑cause analysis.
• Serve as HACCP Coordinator and SQF Practitioner.
• Coordinate new‑hire orientation and annual training for employees on quality and food‑safety programs.
• Communicate issues and developments identified during quality‑assurance activities, along with corrective actions.
• Utilize metrics and data to evaluate and improve quality‑assurance procedures and processes.
• Oversee calibration, maintenance, and repair of quality‑assurance equipment.
• Monitor, support, and enforce all food‑safety processes and procedures, including SQF, AIB, and customer‑specific standards.
• Participate in internal audits and food‑safety inspections.
• Review non‑conforming material (raw or finished product) to maintain product control and develop corrective actions.
• Support recall program activities such as trace exercises, mass balances, and training.
• Assist in implementing quality‑assurance improvement plans.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet performance standards.
• Coordinate direct‑report scheduling to satisfy facility needs.
• Use standard work processes to ensure repeatable performance.
• Monitor quality‑assurance goals and levels to ensure consistency with performance standards.
• Observe quality‑control equipment and product to ensure employee compliance with quality‑assurance standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; a 4‑year bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in a quality‑assurance management or supervision role, preferably in the food‑processing industry (experience may substitute for education).
• Sanitation experience is a plus.

Schedule

7:00 pm – 4:30 am, Monday – Friday (Nights)