Quality Assurance Manager USDA

Albertsons • March Air Reserve Base, RI

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving. Position Overview The Quality Assurance Manager serves as the site leader for Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Compliance, accountable for protecting consumers, ensuring brand integrity, and enabling business growth. This role leads and continuously improves the site's Food Safety & Quality Management System (FSQMS) to meet and exceed USDA-FSIS, FDA, SQF (GFSI), Organic, and customer requirements. The QA Manager partners cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Product Development, and Commercial teams to mitigate risk, drive operational excellence, and support innovation and commercialization. This position plays a critical leadership role in fostering a proactive food safety culture, leveraging data and continuous improvement tools to enhance product quality, process capability, and regulatory readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in food science, Microbiology, or related discipline
• 5 plus years of progressive experience in Quality or Food Safety leadership within a USDA-regulated food manufacturing environment
• Deep expertise in USDA-FSIS regulations, SQF, HACCP, and audit management
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional initiatives, driving change and influencing stakeholders
• Demonstrated expertise in risk assessment, design, validation, and implementation of food safety and quality systems for new production lines, including HACCP plans, preventive controls, SSOPs, and process validations.

Nice To Haves

• SQF Practitioner and/or PCQI certification
• Experience with Seafood HACCP
• Experience in RTE food or soup manufacturing
• Familiarity with labeling systems and automated printing (e.g., Videojet)

Responsibilities

• Lead Food Safety & Quality Systems: Own and continuously improve the site FSQMS (HACCP, FSMA/Preventive Controls, GMPs, SQF) to ensure audit readiness and full compliance.
• Regulatory & Audit Leadership: Serve as primary contact for USDA-FSIS, FDA, third-party, and customer audits; lead inspections, responses, and corrective action closure.
• Product Safety Authority: Make final decisions on product release, holds, deviations, and disposition; oversee lab, environmental, and microbiological programs.
• Quality Team Leadership: Develop and lead the QA team through effective mentorship, clear accountability, strategic hiring, structured onboarding and ongoing capability development.
• Data-Driven Improvement: Establish KPls and leverage data to drive risk reduction, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Supplier & Customer Quality: Lead supplier quality programs and own customer complaint management, including investigation and trend analysis.
• Commercialization & Change Management: Partner with R&D and cross-functional teams to support new product launches and manage formulation, labeling, and process changes.
• People Leadership & Culture: Develop and lead the QA team while embedding a strong food safety and quality culture across the plant.
• Operational Partnership: Collaborate with Operations to improve process capability, reduce waste, and ensure consistent product quality.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay).
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

What This Job Offers

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