Quality Manager - Food

QA Manager – Food Manufacturing

Jupiter, FL

Our client is a rapidly growing, high volume health food producer based in the Jupiter, Fl area. Based on their recently growth, they are adding a QA Manager to their team to help provide QA oversight. They are looking for an experienced QA Supervisor or QA Manager with 4-5 years of QA experience working in a food manufacturing plant.

Responsibilities

• Enhance quality control measures and testing processes to make sure every production
  
  

batch meets our recipe and brand standards.

• Create food safety SOPs for all goods flowing in and out of the Central Kitchen (temperature monitoring, shelf life requirements, product rotation, etc.).
• Create safety and training procedures around operating all equipment and machinery
• Support R&D and testing of new Suppliers, specifications, and recipes.
• Create product specification documents and Supplier requirements for all raw materials.
• Implement traceability measures to be able to track each production batch back to each
  
  

supplier and/or farm's lot code.

• Design systems and operational changes to reduce the risk of foreign materials.
• Work with key internal and external stakeholders on any product recalls or withdrawals.
• Taking responsibility and being accountable for ensuring all product lines are made in
  
  

accordance with the company procedures, food safety standards, labeling, and

packaging requirements, and regulatory compliance.

• Monitoring the quality of all aspects of the product lines and conducting routine quality
  
  

assurance audits.

• Playing a customer-facing role as needed, interacting with retail location management
  
  

for a variety of reasons, including product runs, during audits, on conference calls, and

while addressing complaints.

• Pioneering new systems, standard operating procedures, and departmental policies to
  
  

improve the quality control process.

• Leading improvements in product execution, reduced defect rate, and production
  
  

efficiency.

Helping to relay new company policies to the Departments and reinforce adherence to all company policies.

• Contributing to the development of training material and process
  
  

improvements for quality control.

• Establishing metrics and key performance indicators for productivity, product release
  
  

turnaround time, defect rate mitigation, defect rate recovery, and compliance.

• Attending the weekly meeting with the Management Team to address any quality
  
  

matters, relay opportunities, and challenges.

• Facilitating efficient and effective meetings with quality staff, ensuring all processes and
  
  

procedures and other information is reviewed for production.

• Discuss employee performance with the management team and mentoring team members to constantly improve by setting positive examples.
• Maintaining a work environment that is organized, efficient, and in line with companies core values.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or related field.
• 5+ years of QA experience (2 years in a leadership role) in a food manufacturing or
  
  

foodservice QA role

• Detailed knowledge of food technology, flavoring and food-related microbiology
• Expertise in food manufacturing, processes and packaging.
• Knowledge of food purchasing, product costing, distribution and logistics
• Ability to manage multiple projects, organize and complete multiple projects efficiently and on time; ability to manage work with minimal supervision
• Strong Communication and verbal, written presentation skills
• Manager's Serv Safe Food Handler Certificate
• Up to date with food safety laws and regulations (OSHA, USDA, FDA)
• Experience supervising and conducting internal or external FSQA audits
  
  

In return, they will offer a good starting salary, benefits, help relocating if needed and ample opportunity for career advancement. Send resume to: jobs@foodemployment.com