Quality Assurance Lead 1st Shift

WESTERN SMOKEHOUSE PARTNERS•Mexico, MO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Lead maintains and checks quality procedures relevant to production and keeps accurate records for traceability and product quality. The position follows direction from the Quality Assurance Manager and supports quality, food safety, and production standards at the Mexico, Missouri facility. The role helps enforce production policies and procedures, conduct pre-operational checks, oversee quality checks, and verify production information such as ingredients, water activity, pH, rack tags, label and packaging information, and machine documentation. It contributes to quality plans and action plans; helps identify and resolve production problems; assists with audits and customer complaint investigations; and supports the development and validation of quality assurance processes, including HACCP plans and controls. The Quality Assurance Lead also prepares and maintains quality documentation and reports, oversees facility pest-control checks and equipment, and verifies label information. Formal HACCP training qualifies the employee to administer company training, conduct internal audits, and provide refresher training. The role follows SOPs, GMPs, and FDA regulations.

Requirements

Formal Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) training.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
General knowledge of computers and calculators.
General knowledge of completing records and paperwork.
Willingness to learn computer traceability and inventory programs.
Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and FDA regulations.

Responsibilities

Enforce policies and procedures applicable to each production area.
Assist the Quality Assurance Manager with pre-operational checks and procedures.
Oversee quality checks to ensure product excellence.
Verify production information, including ingredients, water activity, pH, rack tags, labels, boxes, caddies, and machine documentation check sheets.
Contribute information and analysis to quality assurance plans and reviews.
Prepare and complete action plans and implement production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
Identify and resolve problems within the production process.
Assist with audits to verify the effectiveness of food safety and quality systems.
Develop quality assurance plans through hazard analyses, identification of critical control points (CCPs), and preventive measures.
Assist in establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures.
Validate quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes, measuring production, documenting evidence, determining operational and performance qualification, and writing or updating quality procedures.
Help maintain and improve product quality by completing audits and investigating customer complaints.
Prepare quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends, including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.
Maintain, check, and oversee the facility pest-control program and equipment.
Use formal HACCP training to administer company training, conduct internal audits, and provide refresher training.
Maintain and store documents.
Verify label information to support quality production runs.
Follow SOPs, GMPs, and FDA regulations.