FSQA Assistant Manager - Anacortes

Trident Seafoods Corporation•Anacortes, WA

10d•$92,200 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

The FSQA Assistant Manager supports food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness at Trident Seafoods’ Anacortes operation. Working with the FSQA Manager, this role helps ensure finished products meet company, customer, regulatory, and food safety requirements; supports execution and continuous improvement of Quality Assurance programs; provides day-to-day guidance to QA team members; and maintains an active operational presence to verify controls are effective and consistently followed. The position supports daily FSQA program execution, production-floor engagement, communication and escalation, corrective actions, data-driven improvement, and cross-functional partnership with Operations, Sanitation, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Support Center FSQA. It participates in internal, regulatory, third-party, and customer audits and helps maintain audit-ready records and effective follow-up. The role may also perform other related duties as assigned. Work takes place in office and manufacturing facility settings that may be loud, wet, or cold. Regular interaction with production, sanitation, warehousing, and processing equipment is required, while following safety, GMP, and PPE requirements. Travel/on-call requirements are under 25% of time worked. The position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

At least 4 years of supervisory experience in Quality Assurance, preferably in food production or the seafood industry.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.
Working knowledge of HACCP regulations, food safety requirements, audit procedures, and quality systems.
Ability to communicate clearly, professionally, and factually across organizational levels and functions.
Ability to lead, coach, and develop QA team members, set priorities, support coverage, and reinforce consistent standards.
Ability to apply working knowledge of government, customer, and industry FSQA codes and standards, including HACCP, GFSI-recognized programs, BRC/BAP, FDA, and USDC requirements.
Ability to maintain audit-ready records and identify program gaps before they become findings.
Ability to recognize high-risk trends, repeated deviations, product holds, specification failures, and PIN triggers, and escalate them promptly and objectively.
Ability to use quality and food safety data to identify trends, prioritize follow-up, and support measurable improvement.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, and use hands for extended periods; climb stairs and ladders; and walk long distances in plant environments.
Ability to work in production environments requiring PPE and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
Vision abilities including distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and distinguishing shades of color to identify food product abnormalities or defects.
Must maintain valid immigration status and work authorization throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in food science, Biological Sciences, or a related field.
HACCP certification.
SAP experience.
Experience supporting regulatory, customer, third-party, or GFSI-recognized audits, such as BRC, BAP, SQF, USDC, FDA, or state health authority audits.

Responsibilities

Supervise, coach, and support QA team members alongside the FSQA Manager, including daily direction, priority setting, training reinforcement, and coverage support.
Help ensure shipped products meet product specifications, food safety and regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and company standards.
Conduct and document audits covering GMPs, food safety procedures, sanitation, pest control, labeling, and internal FSQA programs.
Verify CCPs, prerequisite programs, process controls, finished-product quality, and other food safety and quality indicators; escalate deviations and recurring issues.
Coordinate FSQA requirements with plant operations, production, sanitation, maintenance, warehousing, and shipping activities.
Monitor and report quality and service performance, complaint trends, COPQ, FPQ, and other assigned risk indicators.
Support awareness, containment, documentation, and cross-functional coordination for Product Incident Notifications involving food safety, legality, authenticity, or quality risks.
Participate in internal, regulatory, third-party, and customer audits; document findings, gather objective evidence, support root cause analysis, and verify corrective and preventive actions.
Train and oversee site personnel on department protocols, company standards, HACCP plans, food safety plans, sanitation requirements, and audit readiness.
Promote food safety culture, recognize team contributions, communicate professionally, and drive continuous improvement.
Support daily execution of FSQA programs and verify controls, records, corrections, shift coverage, and follow-up are effective.
Maintain production-floor engagement across shifts and provide timely coaching when deviations occur.
Communicate risks, constraints, CAPAs, PINs, audit readiness, and assigned deliverables to the FSQA Manager, Plant Manager, and Support Center FSQA as appropriate.
Support complete corrective action reports with objective evidence, root cause analysis, preventive actions, effectiveness checks, and escalation of recurring issues.
Use site data and dashboards to review trends and develop issue-specific action plans and measurable improvement activities.
Partner across functions to integrate FSQA requirements into daily decisions and resolve dependencies.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
Optional HRA/HSA.
Telemedicine.
Employee assistance and wellness programs.
Long-term disability.
Basic life and AD&D insurance.
401(k) with company match.
Paid time off; the initial full-time benefit is 20 days per year, adjusted based on relevant experience.
10 paid holidays each year.
Paid parental leave.
Commuter and transit programs.
Full-time employees may be eligible for discretionary or performance-based incentives.