Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

Major food manufacturer is seeking an FSQA Manager with experience leading a Food Safety and Quality Assurance program in the processed meats industry.

The FSQA Manager will lead the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA Team) and oversee the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF Quality System at our USDA-inspected processed meats manufacturing plant as an SQF Practitioner. This role has primary responsibilities of managing our site’s HACCP-based food safety system and compliance with regulatory, customer, and company quality requirements. As the FSQA Manager, this role drives food safety culture, continuous improvement activities, and ensures that all Team Members have the training, resources, and awareness needed to meet our food safety and quality standards.

This position offers paid time off; 401(k) plan; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more. Competitive annual base salary of $75K to $85K, depending on experience.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Training, coaching, and direct observation of all Team Members to build the culture needed to meet the high standards of our food safety and quality system; performance management and supervision of FSQA Team
• Strategic direction and management of the site SQF Quality System including program development, implementation, review, and maintenance of HACCP plans, sanitation procedures, prerequisite programs, and other procedures and policies
• Lead appropriate resolution of food safety and quality issues by serving as onsite subject matter expert in regulatory, customer, and company requirements
• Establish and maintain processes to trend progress in food safety and quality performance against benchmarks; develop and lead plan for continuous improvement
• Serve as a member of the plant’s management team to drive food safety culture initiatives, regularly report on specification compliance, process and product variation, customer requirements, continuous improvement activities, and matters impacting the implementation and maintenance of the SQF Quality System
• Manage on-site relationships and compliance with USDA FSIS and other regulatory and certification organizations

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Required Education: Associate Degree or Higher Education
• Required Experience: 5 Years of Leadership Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry
• Preferred: More than 5 Years of Leadership Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry; Education Focused in Food Science, Microbiology, Meat Science, or Animal Science

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

• Must work effectively, respectfully, and collaboratively with all levels of management and Team Members.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; bilingual with the ability to read, write, and speak Spanish preferred.
• Proficient in Internet navigation; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Certified in HACCP and competent in implementing and maintaining food quality plans using risk-based methodology.
• Understand Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Quality Code and the requirements to implement and maintain a quality management system as an SQF Practitioner or similar.
• Be competent, through training or experience, in process control and/or other quality tools to reduce process variation impacting quality and achieve regulatory, customer, and consumer requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership, team management, and training skills in a food manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and tools.

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