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 linking FSQA programs and policies in 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 electronic systems, document controls, and dashboards; analyze and validate data; support customer-complaint investigations and root-cause analysis; and assist with HACCP and FSQA process validations. The position requires understanding and following appropriate safety procedures. Occasional weekend work is expected. Work takes place in a food manufacturing plant and may involve noise, extreme temperatures, and movement of powered equipment, people, and conveyors. The role does not require domestic travel and may involve lifting up to 50 pounds, bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, reaching, using hands or fingers, and standing or walking on concrete for more than four hours.
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.
- Strong relationship skills to build successful internal and external partnerships and collaborate 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, is required.
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 data-collection governance policies.
- Maintain document control within the safety chain, update existing forms, and approve new forms.
- Train team members as part of the Plant Management Platform System rollout.
- Mine, analyze, and interpret large and complex data sets using statistical methods.
- Validate and troubleshoot inconsistencies in food safety reports in alignment with OSI policies; support data integrity and perform data cleanup.
- Analyze process-validation monitoring data and product specifications to ensure corporate and customer expectations are met.
- Lead the creation and maintenance of food safety- and quality-focused dashboards.
- Investigate customer complaints as required, trend and summarize food safety complaints weekly, and support root-cause analysis as needed.
- Contribute ideas for innovation, troubleshooting, and brainstorming in a team environment.
- Coordinate with IT on 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 in the total rewards package.
- Special pay programs may be included in the total rewards package.
- Comprehensive time off may be included in the total rewards package.
- 401(k) with match.
- A full suite of benefits for the employee and their family.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
