QFS Manager

Post Consumer Brands•Bloomsburg, PA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The QFS Manager leads quality and food safety at Post Consumer Brands’ pet food manufacturing facility in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The role owns the site quality and food safety program, translates standards into practical plant routines, and partners with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Sanitation to protect consumers, customers, and brands. The manager guides a multi-shift QFS organization in a 24/7 operation and oversees plant quality metrics and systems for environmental monitoring, sanitation, product holds, audit readiness, corrective actions, records, and standard operating procedures. The position leads the plant quality and food safety program; maintains GFSI-aligned practices, including HACCP, preventive controls, prerequisite programs, GMPs, PCQI responsibilities, and BRC requirements; and develops the Quality and Food Safety team. It also directs environmental monitoring and sanitation programs, administers product holds and dispositions, prepares for and leads audits and inspections, and drives root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions. The role trains employees, investigates complaints, addresses vendor noncompliance, and works cross-functionally to implement quality improvements. This is an on-site role at the Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania pet food manufacturing facility. The posting describes a high-volume, 24/7 manufacturing operation and notes opportunities to develop a broad team and gain exposure to a network of manufacturing plants.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or a related field.
10 or more years of experience in food manufacturing, preferably within Quality Assurance or Production.
3 or more years of supervisory experience, including leading and coaching teams in a manufacturing environment.
Current HACCP certification and ability to fulfill PCQI and BRC practitioner responsibilities.
Working knowledge of HACCP, FSMA requirements, GMPs, food safety and quality systems, and FDA and local regulatory requirements.
Experience managing audits, environmental monitoring, corrective actions, product holds, quality documentation, and regulatory or customer inspections.
Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
Ability to lead from the floor, build trust across shifts, and coach team members with clear expectations and consistent follow-through.
Ability to use data, statistical methods, and advanced problem-solving tools to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
Ability to communicate technical and regulatory information clearly in writing, meetings, and training.
Ability to balance urgency and sound judgment during incidents, product holds, audit findings, and regulatory visits.
Ability to collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Sanitation, site leadership, vendors, customers, and regulators.

Nice To Haves

Quality leadership experience in pet food manufacturing, especially dry or extruded food production.
Experience leading sanitation programs and strengthening SSOPs.
Experience with canning or thermal processes.
Experience working in a union manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Lead the plant quality and food safety program and ensure raw materials, processing parameters, sanitation practices, and finished products meet customer, company, state, and federal standards.
Build a strong food safety culture and maintain GFSI-aligned practices, including HACCP and food safety plans, preventive controls, prerequisite programs, GMPs, PCQI responsibilities, and BRC requirements.
Own plant QFS performance, including right-first-time results, product holds, environmental monitoring, finished-product positives, consumer complaints, and major nonconformances; turn data into action plans and business updates.
Lead, coach, and develop Quality and Food Safety supervisors, leads, technicians, sanitation team members, and other plant QFS staff across shifts.
Direct environmental monitoring and sanitation programs, including SSOP effectiveness and verification of cleaning methods that control microbial, allergen, organic product, and cross-contamination risks.
Administer product holds and dispositions, coordinate release or removal through proper channels, and support rapid retrieval of suspect product during a recall.
Prepare for and lead customer, regulatory, and certification audits and inspections; drive timely root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, documentation, and follow-through.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and contractors to identify and implement quality improvements and ensure facility or equipment work supports food safety and GMP practices.
Train employees on GMPs, sanitation, preventive controls, metal detection, noncompliance, color coding, net weight, and quality requirements; develop training content when needed.
Investigate consumer and customer complaints, approve temporary deviations and R&D trials, address vendor noncompliance, and communicate findings in written reports.