Quality Manager Jobs

Quality Manager needed in Southern part of Georgia with a stable and growing company. This position will oversee 7 quality supervisors.
Summary / Objective
Responsible for implementing methods to ensure production of quality and safe foods. Also responsible for maintaining regulatory, certification, and customer compliance. This role acts as SQF Practitioner and is responsible for maintaining, auditing, and executing all aspects of Quality and Food Safety Management Systems (QFSMS). Leads day to day QAFS operations and activities and enforces GMP, Quality and Food Safety standards in the plant. Directs, completes, and specification adherence. Responsible for production quality and 3rd party audit / inspection readiness in the plant.
Key Responsibilities

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending classes, workshops etc.
• HACCP/HARPC verification, maintenance, and review
• Managing QA/FS team and working along with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to successfully reach company benchmarks and goals
• Audit prep inspections and walkthroughs
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Mike Walters at [email protected].
• Crisis / Business Continuity Management
• Product return inspections
• Maintaining processes and standard in Allergen Control Program
• Enforcing adherence to GMPs
• Acts as SQF Practitioner, Preventative Controls Qualified Individual, and HACCP Team Leader and leads all plant food safety programs and initiatives
• Maintain, implement, and challenge Food Defense and Food Fraud Programs
• Supervises QA Technicians in their day-to-day activities as well as monitoring their performance and attendance
• Identifying non-conformances and initiating and completing root cause analysis and corrective action plans
• Glass and brittle plastic inspections
• Tracebacks and Mock Recalls
• Maintaining traceability as a member of the recall team and conducting mock recalls and challenges to the process as necessary
• Ensuring compliance to domestic, international, and other applicable regulatory bodies and requirements within product development and plant operations
• Leading sanitation, housekeeping, and waste programs in compliance with GMP, SQF, and other applicable regulatory standards
• Incoming label inspections
• Enforcing adherence to Organic and Almond System Plans
• Monthly Quarterly and GMP inspections
• Promoting adherence to all GMPs, specifications, and quality standards in production
• Verification and review of preventative and critical controls as outlined in HACCP and HARPC plans
• Maintaining integrity of Hold/Release systems
• Allergen Program management
• Conducting inspections and internal audits including returned product, incoming ingredients, GMPs, glass and brittle plastics, and other inspections and audits related to quality and food safety systems
• Incoming raw ingredient inspections
• Food Defense Program management
• Training all departments on standards, practices, and processes related to food safety

JO: 101.23MW
Education And Training

• Experience with computer applications or must pass company computer training class. Proficient with Microsoft Suite – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Mike Walters at [email protected].
• 5 years’ experience in QA in a food manufacturing environment preferred
• HACCP, PCQI, SQF, and/or relevant Food Safety training and certification
• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Biology, or related field

JO: 101.23MW