Quality Assurance Manager

Employment Type: Full-time

Available Positions: 1

Location: On-Site

Application Deadline: June 29th, 2024

Summary

The Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for Implementing all government directives, regulations, and policies on a plant-wide basis. Oversee all production of consumer-ready meat products for all processes and ensure that all packages meet customer specifications

Key Activities

• Run quality control area and delegate tasks within the area.
• Organize and train all people within the quality assurance area.
• Implement government regulations regarding quality control and food safety in all areas of the plant.
• Maintain effective communication channels between government and plant officials.
• Monitor all government regulations, programs, and policies regarding food safety both inside and outside of the plant (FSIS, USDA, FDA, etc.).
• Keep employees focused on HACCP and GMP procedures.
• Track microbiological trends, sanitation program performance, and product shelf life within the plant and communicate results to plant team members and corporate quality assurance.
• Create and write quality control programs to be implemented plant and company-wide
• Adhere to specific customer requests and specifications in reference to the quality of products
• Oversee all raw material claims and product/ingredient receiving procedures.
• Knowledge, background, and expertise in meat operations is critical. Areas of knowledge must include HACCP, specification adherence to incoming raw materials, brine mixing procedures, ingredient and allergen control, trimming, chilling, styling & packaging specs, packaging modified atmosphere characteristics, final box/package configuration and shelf-life.
• Evaluate sanitation and pest & rodent contractors’ performance to ensure they are completing their jobs in a safe, effective, and professional manner.
• Constantly review and update product quality control programs.
• Manage special projects regarding quality and food safety for the plant.
• Work tasks fluctuate depending on the direction of government officials, plant conditions, and business objectives.
• Coordinate efforts implementing new products/processes with respective parties (i.e. engineering, production, management, maintenance).
• Develop, maintain, and implement any programs relating to customer, or 3rd party requirements, including leading audits and maintenance of SQF certification.
• Work closely with operations to ensure regulatory compliance, customer specifications, and performance metrics are maintained.
• Knowledge, background, and expertise in the Safe Quality Foods (SQF) standards. Able to lead cross-functional teams across the facility to prepare and maintain the facility's SQF compliance.
• Responsible for maintaining the facility “audit ready” at any given time, in more specific terms: customer audits, SQF, USDA/FSIS audits, and Organic audits.

Preferred Skills

• HACCP experience required; certification preferred.
• SQF experience required, certification preferred.

Educations & Experience

• B.S. in Animal Science, Meat Science, Food Science, or related science discipline preferred.
• A master's degree is highly desirable but not required.
• Minimum 5-7 years experience in the quality control area.

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Job ID: 7287