Technical Quality Manager
About The Position
We are currently hiring a FT Technical Quality Manager hybrid in Breinigsville, PA. The Technical Quality Manager owns, develops, maintains and improves our food safety and quality programs in one or more specific processes or disciplines including for example Food Safety, Sanitation, Microbiology, Materials, Brewing, Blending, Packaging, Warehousing and Microbiology. The role serves as the company Subject Matter Expert in the process or discipline for internal and external operations. The role owns the programs and processes within that area including risk assessments, Food Safety, QA and QC Plans, standards development, implementation, and process improvement. This role requires an individual with operational experience in the food and or beverage industry with the ability to continue to grow our knowledge base and enable our operations to improve our performance. We are seeking an outgoing, open-minded, collaborative individual that is eager to learn, grow and take on new challenges. A Hybrid position at Boston Beer requires that our coworkers reside within commuting distance to be onsite according to their teams’ weekly schedule.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering
- 7+ years of experience in food and/or beverage manufacturing.
- Direct Food Safety and Quality experience in a production environment
- Experience in operational standards development, training delivery and implementation
- Proven skills with development of Policies, SOPs and other technical documentation.
- Experience with MES software
- Proven ability to influence indirect stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- Experience with alcoholic beverage manufacturing
- Direct experience in processing, packaging, maintenance and warehousing
Responsibilities
- Partner with internal and external Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Innovation, Engineering and Training teams to develop, maintain and implement Food Safety and Quality programs across the Supply Chain.
- Serve as the SME for Food Safety and Quality Programs including Policies, SOPs, inspection tools, methods and training materials. Identify and close gaps in existing programs
- Own the QC Test Plans for the respective area including risk assessments, QC test frequency programs and improvements.
- Identify and develop new and improved QC techniques and methods that enable more efficient Quality execution in operations while reducing risk.
- Serve as Quality SME developing and executing the evaluation and qualification of new or modified materials, equipment and process including CQV plans across internal and external locations.
- Develop challenge techniques, methods and SOPs for at line, online and in line inspection equipment. Determine equipment capability and establish acceptable inspection capabilities.
- Review and interpret complex operations data to identify trends and develop and execute improvement plans.
- Provide technical guidance and support for operations and project teams.
- Partner with programmers to develop and strategies and interlocks and other preventive measures to deliver mistake proof processes
- Develop and implement a change management process for tracking of process standard changes.
- Pack Material Evaluation, depalletization, rinsing, filling and sealing process, package coding, tunnel pasteurization, online inspection equipment (fill, pressure, vision), labeling, packing, palletization and warehousing
- Package CO2/DO/TPO, fill, ABV, torque, crimp, pasteurization, Packaging QC principles, concepts and programs
- Firsthand packaging production equipment operation, calibration or maintenance, Pack Materials evaluation and supplier relationship management; formal packaging, packaging quality experience
Benefits
- In addition to generous healthcare on day one, stock purchase plan, 401k and more, Full Time Boston Beer Coworkers have the following perks available:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Fertility/adoption support
- Free financial coaching
- Health & wellness program and discounts
- Professional development & training
- Free beer!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
