Quality and Food Safety Manager

Quality & Food Safety Manager, Food Manufacturing

The QFS (Quality and Food Safety) Manager is responsible for leading the quality assurance and food safety program at a specific facility. This includes working with customers, suppliers, corporate personnel, and manufacturing staff. Responsibilities includes auditing of Quality systems such as, SQF (Safe Quality Foods), the FSMA Food Safety Plan, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), and SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) for plant Quality department. Responsible for communication of food quality standards to plant personnel through training, corrective actions, quality audits, production and facility monitoring.

Example of Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the Quality and Food Safety function at the facility.
• Serves as SQF Practitioner and site FSMA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual.
• Manage programs to verify, validate the Food Safety Pre-requisite programs.
• Manage the plant Food Safety Plan and associated policies and procedures.
• Serves as Food Safety Team Member.
• Monitor, support and enforce all Shearer’s Foods food safety processes and procedures. This includes all AIB standards, SQF standards, customer specific standards, and 3rd party certifications as identified in supporting documentation.
• Participate in weekly Food Safety Inspections.
• Investigates and responds to customer complaints. Tracks complaint and reacts to emerging issues or trends engaging the appropriate functions and process owners (i.e. production, maintenance, PD, etc) to resolve.
• Responds to customer requests and queries.
• Manages quality data collection, process measurements, process analysis, and reporting

Maintains a safe work environment

• Ensures that behaviors, practices and the work environment support a safe workplace by enforcing safety and sanitation rules and principles
• Communicates policies and ensures employees create a safe, productive and pleasant working environment

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, microbiology, chemistry, engineering, or related field
• Three (3) years of experience in quality assurance leadership role within a food manufacturing facility
• HACCP Certification
• Must be a certified Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)
• Prefer SQF Practitioner Certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of Food Safety (FDA, FMSA, HACCP principals, GMPs, SOPs and SSOPs, Pest Control, Allergen Control & Recall programs).
• Direct experience with AIB, SQF or similar food industry production audits.