Quality and Food Safety Manager - Shared

LGI Homes•Ankeny, IA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lauridsen Group, Inc. (LGI) is seeking a Quality and Food Safety Manager to support corporate quality and food safety programs across LGI’s North American manufacturing locations. This shared service role, based out of the corporate office in Ankeny, IA, partners with various teams including plant quality, manufacturing, sales, customer service, regulatory, and corporate functions. The primary responsibilities include strengthening quality systems, ensuring compliance with food safety requirements, leading audit and CAPA processes, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement and food safety across supported sites.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Biology, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
7+ years of experience auditing quality and food safety programs within the food or feed industry.
Working knowledge of microbiology.

Nice To Haves

3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience in manufacturing quality and food safety environments preferred.
Experience supporting animal food, pet food, and/or human food manufacturing operations preferred.
SQF Practitioner certification.
Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) certification for human and/or animal food.
HACCP certification and training experience.
Internal Auditing certification.
ISO 9001 training or certification.
Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

Guide implementation and compliance with corporate quality and food safety requirements, including SOPs, SSOPs, formulas, FSMA requirements, recall procedures, HACCP programs, and Food Safety Plans.
Support consistent application of quality and food safety expectations across North American manufacturing locations.
Monitor industry, customer, and regulatory developments and recommend enhancements to quality and food safety programs.
Provide technical guidance related to food safety, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with manufacturing teams to implement quality and food safety requirements for third-party certification programs, including SQF, Safe Feed/Safe Food, and similar standards.
Perform corporate internal audits of manufacturing facilities and partner with sites to address and close audit findings.
Serve as a corporate representative during customer and regulatory audits.
Support audit readiness efforts and ensure timely follow-up on corrective action requests.
Oversee the Corporate Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) program.
Support resolution of audit findings, customer complaints, and nonconforming material issues.
Facilitate meetings focused on process improvement, quality system effectiveness, and food safety performance.
Partner with sites to identify opportunities that improve product quality, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
Collaborate with manufacturing sites to strengthen food safety culture and quality performance.
Provide subject matter expertise to plant quality and manufacturing teams regarding food safety, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
Influence, coach, and train employees on quality, food safety, and compliance expectations.
Build strong partnerships that support consistent execution of quality and food safety standards across locations.
Partner with customers, suppliers, sales, customer service, and internal stakeholders to resolve quality and food safety concerns.
Prepare and facilitate management review meetings for LGI businesses.
Manage and support projects that advance corporate quality and food safety objectives.
Provide support to the Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs team as business needs require.