Job Description
Growing Food Manufacturer located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago is seeking a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager.
This company offers competitive compensation, bonus potential, great benefits and a real opportunity to make a difference!
POSITION SUMMARY
Responsible for day-to-day food safety, quality assurance, and sanitation operations and implementation and adherence to our SQF (Safe Quality Food) program.
POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Scheduling the FSQA/Sanitation team weekly
- Hiring, training, coaching, and terminating FSQA/Sanitation employees
- Records review, pre-shipment review, and verification of all daily FSQA documentation
- Tracking and trending FSQA/Sanitation labor hours daily/weekly
- Oversee weekly WIP waste and assist with carryover in the RTE department
- Oversee weekly environmental testing and daily ATP testing
- Provide monthly plant training on Food Safety topics and SQF required content
- Work with overnight sanitation to ensure plant cleanliness and pre-operational effectiveness
- Weekly meetings required with overnight sanitation
- Weekly organoleptic evaluation of KIDS and Finger Food meals, along with smoothies
- Ensure a high level of internal and external customer service. Investigate (and correct) customer issues and complaints relating to quality
- Supervise workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure high productivity and high technical integrity
- Ensure FSMA, HACCP, GMP, and SQF requirements (including the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF system) are met as needed
- Responsible for all plant product quality by ensuring various product tests and tests related to ingredients and packaging are being accomplished to specification
- Resolve major quality problems at production facilities, warehouses, and other areas as required
- Evaluate and take corrective action when necessary with regard to product date coding and trade age management at all levels of product movement
- Educate and instruct plant personnel in recommended quality assurance testing, equipment sanitation, and general sanitation and housekeeping practices. Confirm these procedures are being maintained
- Consult with plant management and personnel on better operational procedures to improve overall efficiency and product yields
- Discuss plant evaluation with plant management, make appropriate recommendations, and set a timetable for improvement and corrections
- Provide technical and statistical expertise to teams
- Provide, and oversee, inspection activity for product throughout the production cycle
- Supervise workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure high productivity and high technical integrity
- Formulate, document, and maintain quality assurance standards and ongoing quality assurance objectives
- Interpret quality assurance philosophy to key personnel within the company
- Oversee inspection activity for product throughout the production cycle
- Strive to accomplish goals of the manufacturing plan, consistent with established manufacturing, quality, and safety procedures
- Follow company safety and quality policies and requirements
- Perform miscellaneous duties and projects as assigned and required
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, or Food Science preferred
- Five+ years of experience in food safety and quality assurance in food manufacturing
- SQF practitioner, HACCP, and PCQI certified
- Experience in USDA inspected facility
- Supervisory/management experience
- Quality orientation and high attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Problem analysis and problem resolution skills
Job Tags
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