FSQA Analyst
About The Position
The FSQA Analyst supports the plant’s implementation of digital tools affecting food safety, quality, product and ingredient traceability. The role represents FSQA in the company’s move toward a paperless environment by analyzing requirements, creating and maintaining system components, defining data-governance systems, and connecting FSQA programs and policies with the Plant Management Platform System and similar platforms. This is an individual-contributor position with no direct reports. The role works with plant teams and IT to maintain and improve electronic systems, document control, data quality, reporting and dashboards. It also supports food safety and quality processes, including customer-complaint investigations, root-cause analysis, HACCP and FSQA process validations. The position is based in a food manufacturing plant environment and may involve noise, extreme temperatures and movement of powered equipment, people and conveyors. Domestic travel is not required.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of food manufacturing plant experience in Quality Assurance.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing, with all organizational levels and external vendors.
- Working knowledge of quality assurance, food safety, food manufacturing processes, technologies, or other relevant areas of responsibility.
- Strong relationship skills to build successful internal and external partnerships and collaborations with diverse workgroups.
- Relevant experience with government regulatory requirements in food processing.
- Excellent proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite products.
- BA/BS or equivalent in Food Science, Statistics/CI.
Nice To Haves
- 1–3 years of experience in a related field is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Champion the path to a paperless environment and develop quality and food safety SOPs and governance policies for data collection.
- Maintain document control within SafetyChain; update existing forms and approve new forms.
- Train team members as part of the Plant Management Platform system rollout.
- Lead data mining and analyze and interpret large, complex data sets using statistical methods.
- Validate and troubleshoot data inconsistencies in food safety reports in alignment with OSI policies.
- Promote data integrity and perform data-cleanup activities.
- Analyze process-validation monitoring data and product specifications to ensure corporate and customer expectations are met.
- Lead the creation of dashboards and maintain food safety- and quality-focused dashboards.
- Investigate customer complaints as required; trend and summarize food safety customer complaints weekly and support root-cause analysis as needed.
- Contribute ideas for innovation and troubleshooting and participate in team brainstorming.
- Coordinate with IT on the continued development of systems used.
- Maintain plant e-SARF, SharePoint and Advantage electronic systems.
- Prepare status-update reports on progress toward goals.
- Assist with plant HACCP and FSQA process validations.
- Understand and practice appropriate safety procedures through education, training, use of protective equipment as applicable, and compliance with safety policies, regulations, standards and laws.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Bonuses may be included as part of the total rewards package.
- Special pay programs may be included as part of the total rewards package.
- Comprehensive time off.
- 401(k) with match.
- A full suite of benefit offerings for the employee and their family.
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Job Type
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