Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager
Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager
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Job Description
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
- Works directly with processing plant manager to ensure compliance with Foster Farms FSIS/USDA/FDA and customer requirements.
- Oversees executes and administers the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) programs to ensure the safety legality and quality of its products.
- This position manages and develops an FSQA Supervisor at the processing plant level to achieve departmental goals.
- This position has the sole inplant authority to release or retain product on hold for quality or regulatory concerns thus sound judgment in rendering a product as wholesome or unwholesome is required.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Functioning as primary FSQA leader
- Managing and enforcing the implementation verification and validation of Food Safety programs such as HACCP/SSOP Plans and FDA Food Safety Plan
- Ensuring adherence with audit standards such as BRC and Silliker
- Managing regulatory relationship with local USDA/FSIS or other regulatory agencies
- Retaining product that does not conform to customer agreements finished product specifications or legal requirements
- Rendering decision for product disposition including release into commerce
- Manage the implementation maintenance evaluation and enforcement of:
- USDA regulations including the working relationship with local USDA/FSIS
- FDA regulations including the working relationship with FDA investigators
- Corporate programs (pest control allergen product quality)
- Any and all product monitoring programs that may have both legal (FSIS/FDA requirements) and customer implications
- Manage the employee population of that site and its competence in food safety and quality procedures. This includes the design and execution of training as needed Manage the employee population of that site and its competence in food safety and quality procedures. This includes the design and execution of training as needed
- Lead pathogen testing root cause investigations in partnership with production. Management to address processing sanitation and maintenance related issues
- Lead investigation regarding quality monitoring defects to determine root cause. In partnership with production management address manufacturing mechanical or formulation issues that led to deficiencies
- In partnership with the sites production manager schedule meetings and direct communications with local USDA/FSIS to report noncompliance resolution as well as Foster Farms response to trending concerns.
- Evaluate current FSQA programs to established standards and adjust programs to conform with regulatory changes or internal modifications to ensure conformance is relevant.
- Manage and improve as needed the FSQA data reporting systems communicating trends and rootcause analysis to senior management for deficiency resolution and process improvement.
- Actively lead projects (FSQA or operations) and activities to modify retrofit and improve performance from a food safety and/or quality perspective. This may also include commercialization projects organized by R&D for new products
Qualifications :
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree from a 4year accredited college or university preferably in the area of animal or food science or related field
- Advanced degree in animal science food science food safety or related field preferred
- Proficient use of Microsoft including Excel Word and PowerPoint
- Requisite 5 years of work experience in food processing environment with food safety/quality programs focus
- Required former managerial experience of salaried supervisory employees
- Crossfunctional team leadership skills as well as coaching and mentoring skills
- Thorough practical and functional knowledge of USDA/FSIS/FDA food safety regulations including current regulations and directives and HACCP/SSOP/HARPC programs
- Detail oriented with analytical aptitude; exposure to Statistical Process Control is beneficial
- Proactive problemsolving and critical thinking approach to FSQA program design implementation and improvements
- Ability to adapt to product changes and commercialization of new products
- Ability to work independently without direct supervision and instruction
- Strong writing and presentation skills in order to communicate at all levels throughout the organization
- Ability to render sound judgment regarding food safety risks and/or product quality defects
- Ability to execute sound judgment regarding communication for product disposition decisions
- Preferable knowledge of pest control practices and sanitation cleaning procedures
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Ability to travel for business related visits (other plants) or conferences
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities Females Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Foster Farms participates in EVerify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
