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Form of workAbout the Company Hiring: Our client is a successful beverage production organization in Barker, New York! The Quality Assurance Manager (SQF) will be responsible for safeguarding product safety and quality, and delegating tasks to personnel within department to assure this. As the Quality Assurance Manager, you will: Supervise the activities/performance of site QA department Oversee and continuously improve Food Safety programs Food Quality programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), Standard Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP's), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), Safe Quality Foods (SQF), FSMA, Preventive Controls and Food Defense Plans.
Ensure compliant training programs are established and conducted for HACCP, most current SQF code, local and federal regulatory requirements as well as food safety and quality prerequisite programs. Responsible for developing, verifying, validating, and maintaining the SQF system Responsible for the review of critical data and the final release of finished products Process control and quality monitoring expert. Ensure process checks are done properly and at the correct frequency.
This also includes statistical process control Analyze food safety and food quality data including consumer complaints, customer feedback, finished product results, ingredient issues, and product and processing specifications while developing corrective actions that enhance our processes Internal and external corrective action lead. If a problem has been identified, determine root cause, corrective action steps and validate corrective action measures Responsible for staying abreast of new food laws and regulations and assuring the business unit is in compliant with all local, state, and federal food laws Support the manufacturing facilities during Regulatory, Customer and 3rd Party audits and assists in corrective actions as necessary Lead all food safety and quality non-compliance crisis situations and assure the organization has a well thought out plan of action Corresponds with plant personnel to investigate customer and consumer issues including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventative actions Provides professionally acceptable written resolution to satisfy customer expectations regarding customer and consumer concerns Develops a professional relationship with the Quality & Food Safety representatives of key customer accounts and supports visits as requested by Sales Assist in the creation of new products and any research and development projects as needed Develop the batching procedures and ingredient batch sheets for all products produced and provide direction for fixing out-of-spec batches Skills and Qualifications: B.S. Degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering or related field 4+ years in food manufacturing quality & food safety management, supplier assurance, regulatory affairs, or related technical field Significant experience in developing and implementing key quality and food safety programs both from scratch and from an established platform Experience with the implementation of a GFSI scheme (preferably SQF) HACCP/HARPC manager and PCQI certified, preferred Salary: $80,000 - $120,000 based on experience Work Style: Onsite, Full Time Perm Position Code: IND123
