Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

Armstrong Group•Denver, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

A Ziegenfelder Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for maintaining food safety and quality systems, programs, and documentation. This role involves assisting with various QA department tasks, actively participating in facility discussions regarding food safety and quality, and developing qualified personnel within the QA department through leadership, assessment, training, and motivation. The manager will serve as the SQF Practitioner and PCQI, manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment, and ensure that all personnel uphold their responsibilities within the food safety and quality management system. Key responsibilities include managing microbiological and chemistry testing, overseeing the food safety plan and supporting programs, coordinating documentation for compliance, managing internal lab functions, and providing leadership and training in Quality Assurance and Food Safety. The role also involves partnering with operations to implement change and quality improvement, verifying finished product quality standards, and overseeing the SQF System. The position requires hands-on work with the QA team to meet deliverable timelines. The Armstrong Group is a family-owned and operated collection of diverse companies founded in 1946, now employing over 2,400 individuals nationwide across various industries.

Requirements

Food safety and quality systems, programs, and documentation maintenance.
Assistance with QA department tasks (mix making, CIP, equipment cleaning, product quality testing/sampling, master sanitation schedule tasks).
Participation in facility discussions regarding food safety and quality.
Development and maintenance of qualified QA personnel (organizational development, personnel assessment, training, direction, motivation, scheduling).
Serving as SQF Practitioner and PCQI.
Managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, production-focused environment.
Ensuring managers, supervisors, and process owners maintain responsibilities of the food safety and quality management system.
Managing microbiological and chemistry testing related to product requirements.
Managing the food safety plan and supporting programs.
Coordinating documentation for compliance with federal, state, local, and company directives, policies, and procedures.
Managing internal lab functions (microbial samples, document completion & control, comparison of internal/outside lab results, daily product release/hold management).
Providing leadership and training in Quality Assurance and Food Safety.
Partnering with operations managers and supervisors to implement change and quality improvement.
Verifying finished product meets quality standards.
Overseeing the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF System (including food safety fundamentals and food safety plan).
Hands-on work with the QA team to meet deliverable timetables.

Responsibilities

Maintaining food safety and quality systems, programs, and documentation.
Assisting with QA department tasks including mix making, CIP, equipment cleaning, product quality testing/sampling, completion of the master sanitation schedule tasks, etc.
Actively participate in facility discussions providing food safety and quality call outs.
Developing and maintaining qualified personnel within the QA department. This involves organizational development, personnel assessment, training, direction, motivation, and scheduling.
Serving as the SQF Practitioner and PCQI for plant location.
Managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, production-focused environment.
Ensuring that managers, supervisors, and process owners maintain their responsibilities of the food safety and quality management system at the facility.
Managing the performance of microbiological and chemistry related testing as it relates to product requirements.
Managing the food safety plan and supporting programs.
Coordinating all documentation to ensure compliance with all federal, state, local, and Ziegenfelder directives, policies and procedures.
Managing internal lab functions including microbial samples, document completion & control, comparing internal laboratory results with outside laboratory results, and daily product release / hold management.
Providing leadership and training guidance in Quality Assurance and Food Safety and partnering with operations managers and supervisors to implement change and quality improvement.
Verifying finished product meets quality standards.
Oversee the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the SQF System, including food safety fundamentals and the food safety plan.
Hands on work with QA team to ensure timetables for deliverables are met.