Quality Assurance Supervisor Jobs

Job Summary:

Monitor product attributes to assure product quality is at targeted levels of the customer product specifications. Assure food safety, regulatory and company compliance. Assure compliance with all established safety procedures. Ensure all required checks and tests are performed within the plant as prescribed in the USDA regulations the Butterball LLC Policies and the HACCP program. Supervises Quality Assurance Technicians in the specific department. Responsible for retained product releases. Maintain the technical expertise of assigned technicians with recurring training in all areas with their functional area.

Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:

• Attend, participate and/or guide team meetings.
• Assists with facility audits.
• Participate in investigation of product failures and customer complaints.
• Consistent, regular attendance at work for assigned work schedule.
• Works closely with USDA.
• Reports directly to the quality Assurance Manager
• Assists with plant process and product improvement projects.
• Supervising all QA functions in the facility on the weekends on a rotational basis
• Review and approve Kronos time of Technicians.
• Knowledgeable of product specifications and plant quality procedures, plant HACCP plan
• Training/Coaching of QA techs as well as operations when necessary
• Supervise QA technicians.
• Assists with customer and third-party audits and audit preparation.
• Troubleshoots plant quality problems.
• Communicate with all levels of management to ensure they maintain control of the process.
• Attend various meetings and participate on cross functional teams.
• Work on Plant floor following up with technicians and operations to ensure quality and food safety.
• Troubleshoots plant sanitation problems.
• Review paperwork from previous day and ensure proper procedures are followed.
• Assists plant the development of process control procedures and monitoring.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Daily SOP audits
• Promote and train on GMP’s and Food Safety
• Other duties as assigned by QA Manager or Director of QA
• Monitor contractor and construction projects.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to perform a risk analysis.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry as necessary to perform the duties requires.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpersonal skills for the supervision of entry level Quality technicians.
• Ability to write reports and procedures.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to manage time and technical skills.
• Familiar with GMP’s, Food Safety, HACCP, USDA and SSOP’s
• Ability to learn and understand HACCP principals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team-based environment.
• The ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.

Education & Experience:

• Experience in a food environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Meat Science or related field or equivalent experience desired. High School education necessary.

Working Conditions:

• Times when long hours are required.
• Must be able to read reports, evaluate data and use computer.
• May require a lot of walking.
• May require long periods of time on feet.
• Cold and wet industrial environment