FSQA Supervisor

Sun Orchard LLC • Haines City, FL

3d

About The Position

You will supervise, educate, and coach the Quality Assurance Team, and champion a company-wide culture of product quality excellence.

Requirements

• BS degree in food science, biology, chemistry, or related field.
• Proven history of technical quality or production knowledge of policies & programs in food or relevant manufacturing settings.
• HACCP certification required.
• Working knowledge of GFSI schemes (BRC, SQF, FSSC 22000).
• Possess working knowledge of FDA (including CFR) and USDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices, sanitation, pest control, and food allergens.
• 1+ years of experience in Food Safety, Quality Assurance/Control in a food manufacturing setting is required.
• 1+ years of supervisory experience, leading a team of 2+ employees is required.
• 1+ years of HACCP implementation experience is required.
• Experience in Sanitation systems, QA laboratory equipment, analytical/microbiological testing methodologies is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Leadership and oral/written communications skills.

Nice To Haves

• Fruit juice and beverage experience is a plus.
• Juice and beverage pasteurization, aseptic processing, or related processes knowledge is preferred.
• Juice/beverage sensory and shelf-life evaluation techniques

Responsibilities

• Actively engaged support in planning, defining, and directing the site auditing control program to ensure compliance to all procedures and policies, GMP standards and regulatory/ federal and local laws.
• Ensure compliance with product and process specifications (Quality Standards) and metrics to monitor and report product and process performance and assure consistent product quality excellence.
• Maintain performance of cGMP, SSOP and HACCP programs, including GFSI (SQF) systems
• Support all internal and external inspections/regulatory visits. Support audit preparation activities and complete necessary reports and postings, including documentation, communication, corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform follow-ups to non-conformances found and provide responses as appropriate. Review and approve minor change requests.
• Under the direction of Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager, investigate, respond to and document food safety product quality issues.
• Alert and assist FSQA Manager regarding food safety quality issues, customer complaints and related technical matters.
• Support liaison for local regulatory agencies with FDA, USDA, state and local agencies in areas of food safety, health, agriculture.
• Supervise QA hourly employees, ensure training on food safety and quality procedures, maintain a high standard of staff performance.
• Assist in developing schedules, forms, records, SOP and documentation to support the food safety program.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level