Supervisor- QA (3rd Shift) Skokie, IL

Georgia Nut Company•Skokie, IL

46d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Supervisor is an employee who is responsible for overseeing the daily activities of the Quality Assurance Specialists and COA Technician. Additionally, the Supervisor is responsible for assisting in the development, training, enforcement, and monitoring of programs that ensure food safety and food quality. This is to assure that the Georgia Nut Company meets the food safety objective of delivering safe quality products that post no risk to consumers. This position will report the quality department related issues as appropriate to senior level management and will be engaged in customer and 3rd party audits and visits. Facilitate, monitor, and control the plant QA procedures/policies while helping to solve production issues with appropriate risk assessment and CAPA. Below is the detailed list of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Responsible for reporting any food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
Oversee daily activities of QA Specialists and COA Technician
Handle day-to-day production issues/concerns/questions/requests
Holds:
Place on hold materials due to quality, food safety and positive release reasons per Hold Policy
Release products which are on hold when approval is received
Delegate closure to hold reports in the database after confirmation has been received that disposition has been carried out
Train QA team on execution of holds and work to reduce the number of holds generated.
Perform final verification on all CCPs identified in company HACCP plan.
Assist in mock recalls for primary packaging material, raw material and finished goods
Participate in audits conducted by third party auditor, customers and local/state inspectors
Assist in investigations on poor quality issues and customer complaints
Additional duties assigned
Assist in filling out customer questionnaires, where needed
Contact suppliers/brokers regarding issues in regards to raw materials - Example: COA, code date/best by date, quality issues
Perform final verification on all CCPs identified in HACCP plan as well as participate as a HACCP team member.
Lead team in internal audits verifying that findings are recorded appropriate to the program and addressed/closed-out in a timely manner.
Coordinate with engineering review of equipment and policy related to projects and contractor activity.
Assign departmental staffing and manage employee attendance.
Coordinate other daily activities as necessary or required by the QA department.
Assign training to new QA Specialists
Approve and submit purchase request for QA supplies
Report any food safety and quality issues to QA management so that proper steps can be taken immediately
Cover for QA Specialists when necessary / Conduct tasks outlined in QA Tech-COA Coordinator and QA Specialist job descriptions