Quality Assurance Supervisor - Food Processing - Nights

$60,000 - $72,000/Yr

Firestarter Recruiting - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

About the position

The Quality Assurance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) personnel and quality programs within a food processing plant. This role involves planning and implementing the quality management program, ensuring compliance with USDA regulations, and advocating for high-quality products and processes. The supervisor will manage the QA team, coordinate training, and communicate effectively with various stakeholders to maintain food safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and coordinates the activities of the FSQA team for quality and food safety program implementation.
• Manages the QA Supervisor on the responsible shift.
• Monitors activities to ensure team member safety and reports unsafe acts to prevent incidents.
• Coordinates with the site safety team for annual LOTO training for the FSQA team.
• Advocates new quality policies and procedures to ensure high-quality products and services.
• Communicates programs and procedures to FSQA and other plant team members through training.
• Maintains good communication and working relationships with the FSQA team, Operations team, and USDA personnel.
• Ensures compliance with USDA regulations.
• Acts as a backup to the QA Manager for facilitating third-party or customer audits.
• Interfaces with facility team to assist in problem-solving using root cause analyses.
• Ensures customer quality programs meet or exceed requirements.
• Communicates issues to site management to ensure compliance with customer specifications.
• Completes additional tasks as directed by the QA Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or a related field, or three years of related experience and/or training.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Understanding of USDA and OSHA regulations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• SAP experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Good math and analytical skills.
• Dependable, prompt, and possess strong integrity and work ethic.
• Self-motivated and flexible, able to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience in poultry further processing or slaughter preferred.
• GFSI (specifically BRC) Training preferred.

Benefits

• Full-time position with a salary range of $60,000 - $72,000 per year.