FSQA Superintendent (Tempo Meals)

Home Chef • San Bernardino, CA

17d

About The Position

The FSQA Superintendent supports the Ready to Heat (RTH) team in maintaining compliant food safety and quality programs and leads by example in promoting a strong food safety culture. The role oversees food safety, quality assurance, and sanitation in Home Chef’s ready-to-heat kitchens, ensuring that key elements of the RTH Food Safety and Quality Systems meet regulatory, food safety, quality, and SQF requirements.

The Superintendent partners with plant teams and cross-functional stakeholders to monitor performance, identify process and compliance gaps, recommend improvements, and implement corrective actions. The role also supports daily operations in a 24/7 production environment, helps staff shifts, coaches personnel and supervisors, and develops RTH supervisory staff. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Requirements

• Completion of a two-year program such as an associate degree.
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience in quality assurance, food safety, food distribution, food manufacturing, supply chain, or a related field.
• Understanding of Quality Management Systems.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining food safety and quality programs.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently, be results-oriented and resourceful, and take initiative.
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace change and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with GFSI, SQF, and USDA audits.

Responsibilities

• Oversee food safety, quality assurance, and sanitation in Home Chef’s ready-to-heat kitchens.
• Ensure enforcement of key aspects of Home Chef’s RTH Food Safety and Quality Systems to meet regulatory, food safety, quality, and SQF requirements.
• Assist with gathering, trending, and reporting metrics that measure and communicate performance.
• Work with plant teams and cross-functional partners to understand processes, identify gaps, and propose changes affecting quality systems compliance.
• Review production and CCP records for weekly positive release of all RTH meals.
• Support the RTH Sanitation and QC Supervisor and hourly staff in day-to-day operations.
• Respond to escalations and provide solutions in a 24/7 production environment.
• Provide coverage as needed in a 24/7 production environment.
• Work with recruiting teams to adequately staff each shift.
• Assist supervisors with personnel coaching as needed.
• Drive improvements to the RTH Food Safety and Quality Management System.
• Identify program gaps through internal audits or CAPA.
• Develop corrective actions for deviations and gaps in partnership with the FSQA team and cross-functional team members.
• Deliver training to plant FSQA teams related to program rollouts.
• Communicate new or updated programs to plant and corporate stakeholders.
• Develop RTH supervisory staff.
• Lead weekly supervisory meetings.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for new program rollouts.
• Identify developmental opportunities and coach the supervisory team.
• Conduct performance reviews for direct reports.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• 401(k) program.
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses.
• 401(k) match.
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree