Fsqa Supervisor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Extensive knowledge and technical skill in a variety of QA and production jobs, including supervisory positions.
• Effective and respectful written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to make independent decisions and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent conflict-resolution skills.
• Integrity and fairness.
• Ability to adapt quickly and effectively to new and changing situations.
• Interest in continuous improvement and compassion toward others.
• Basic computer knowledge and good organizational skills.
• Ability to work assigned hours and days, including weekends as required.
• Good attendance and safety records.
• For internal candidates, a good attendance record is specified as fewer than 3.0 points.
• Applications must include a resume; applications without one will be disqualified.
• External candidates are not eligible for sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology Engineering, Food Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant professional experience, training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of the preferred degree.
• Bilingual skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct the workforce to achieve safety, food safety, and quality goals set by facility management.
• Coordinate FSQA team activities to implement quality and food safety programs and procedures, including HACCP and SSOP.
• Investigate plant quality assurance and food safety processes and recommend process-improvement projects and tasks.
• Promote continuous improvement in operating processes and procedures and encourage hourly team members to take ownership of processes.
• Conduct microbial research and development testing and sample finished products and raw materials for bacteria.
• Minimize customer claims through engineering controls; monitor products and procedures against company, customer, and government specifications and take corrective action as needed.
• Coordinate and supervise pre-operation sanitation, verifying the cleanliness and sanitation of equipment and facilities daily.
• Identify workplace hazards and develop solutions to improve employee safety.
• Manage labor to a zero budget and seek cost reductions, including through elimination of foreign material.
• Complete daily production plans by scheduling and assigning employees, prioritizing and monitoring work, revising schedules, resolving problems, and reporting results in end-of-shift summaries.
• Manage hourly employees’ time cards and vacation requests to ensure accurate pay.
• Support employee retention and maintain working relationships with production supervision, USDA personnel, and employees.
• Ensure production employees comply with food safety, human resources, and safety policies.
• Resolve product and employee issues as they arise and communicate with USDA inspectors about products, employees, and safety.
• Ensure compliance with the HACCP plan for all products.
• Establish and maintain shelf-life requirements, finished-product specifications, leaker testing, formulation weights, temperatures, and other required standards.
• Direct, motivate, and monitor QA employees; interview and hire new employees and evaluate current employees’ performance.
• Monitor production employees’ procedures, safety, and cleanliness.
• Test new equipment for quality aspects.
• Lead product shows and conference calls when the superintendent is absent.
• Manage the cold-chain temperature-logging program.

Benefits

• Health care
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan