QA Supervisior - Atkins 2nd Shift

Twin Rivers Foods • Atkins, AR

10h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for hiring, training, monitoring, and administering the job duties for QA hourly personnel. This includes monitoring and maintaining Quality Assurance programs to verify that product specifications are met, communicating with all levels of management and the USDA, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. This position also requires outlining product deficiencies and suggested corrections, tracking corrective actions to the customer, government, and QA inspections until discrepancies are resolved, and directing and scheduling laboratory and in-plant quality assurance testing as required on a shift basis. Other duties include assisting in the development of analytical skills used to evaluate problems and provide sound technical advise to resolve situations, working on special projects as assigned by the QA Manager (i.e. writing procedures, capability studies, records organization, computer application, and implementation), and performing other responsibilities as the need arises. This position is responsible for food safety, food quality, and legality.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• One plus years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Basic computer skills. For example, generating simple letters, spreadsheets, or creating simple queries.
• Should have good written and verbal communication skills.
• This position is responsible for supervising a group of personnel who perform somewhat identical and related tasks or activities.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors degree from a four year college or university preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of the current quality assurance and food safety processes into one integrated process: standard operating procedures (SOPs), incoming ingredient inspections, product scoring, food safety audits, field complaints, standardized work instructions.
• Develop and maintain systems to assure facility meets all System requirements including Commitment, Document Control and Records, Specifications, Attaining Food Safety, Verification, Product Identification Trace and Recall, Incident Management, Food Safety Fundamentals - Building and Equipment Design and Construction, and Food Safety Fundamentals - Pre-requisite Programs.
• Manage finished product evaluation system and provide leadership to drive improvements in key customer/consumer Quality attributes.
• Train personnel and maintain all required training records on critical food safety and quality requirements.
• Oversee monitoring, verification, and validation activities to ensure that all products leaving the facility meet the facility Food Safety and Quality Plans.
• Provide guidance and leadership in situations where deviations have occurred or a potential risk has been identified related to food safety and/or quality attributes.
• Reassess plan(s) when ever there is a change to program, process, procedure, ingredient, equipment, industry philosophy, technology, etc.
• Other duties as assigned by QA Manager.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees