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Job Description

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for safeguarding product safety and quality while meeting Company and regulatory standards, and has oversight responsibility for a continuous quality improvement program that includes product safety and quality assurance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Manages the operation of the plant laboratory, including ensuring supplies and equipment are available.

+ Ensures product safety, regulatory compliance, and compliance with company standards as stated in the Quality Assurance Manual, Laboratory Manual, and Company directives

+ Drives Continuous Improvement efforts in product quality/performance and process optimization.

+ Provides leadership in coaching, education and training of management staff and plant employees for Quality Assurance

+ Develops, facilitates and maintains the company HACCP programs

+ Ensures all SQF Certification requirements are met

+ Implements and maintains all Cumberland Dairy quality system

+ Reviews all product labels used in the facility and ensures adherence to regulatory and Company standards

+ Ensures adherence to appropriate regulations and Company standards for raw milk quality

+ Supervises the appropriate chemical, bacteriological, sensory and utilization tests on raw materials and pasteurized products

+ Ensures that proper sanitation procedures are utilized and that adequate sanitation tests are performed; provides “troubleshooting” efforts in the event of sanitation system failure

+ Develops and maintains documentation of all required quality tests and activities

+ Manages local, state, customer/third party, and federal audits and inspections

+ Ensures adherence to all contract packaging quality requirements

+ Ability to grow and assume increased responsibilities as Company requirements dictate

+ Assist in investigating any quality and food safety issues

+ Be in constant communication with all levels of Management regarding food and employee safety issues

+ Drive Continuous Improvement efforts in product quality/performance and process optimization.

+ Engage in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and delegating.

+ Ensure product safety, regulatory compliance, and compliance with Company and government regulations

+ Establish a partnership with support work groups; Quality, Maintenance, Sanitation, Production and Warehousing

+ Flexibility to vary work schedule dependent upon production and staffing needs

+ Keep all areas of responsibility clean and organized

+ Lead by example with the Company Standards of Conduct. This includes following Company policies, standards and specifications.

+ Maintain and ensure the safety of all employees through proper training, enforcement of safety rules and procedures

+ Motivate and lead employees to maximize productivity and minimize costs

+ Provide leadership in coaching, educating and training of employees in all Company and government policies and procedures

+ Willing to travel for training, educational and business purposes

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

+ 5-8 years prior experience in Quality Assurance in a Food Manufacturing Facility.

+ Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Biology, Microbiology, or related science field, or equivalent work experience.

+ Internal Candidates: A minimum of 5 years hands-on plant experience in the dairy plant or food industry operations, with a minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience.

+ Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals

+ Ability to work autonomously.

+ Computer literate and proficient in MS Office software as necessary to perform job duties

+ Detailed knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices.

+ Food manufacturing or dairy experience

+ Knowledge of Food Quality Systems including HACCP, GMP, Integrated Pest Management, and Sanitation Principles.

+ Possesses a detailed knowledge of sanitation systems, techniques and procedures.

+ Possess a detailed knowledge of Laboratory Systems in a food processing facility.

+ Read, speak and write English

+ Skilled in providing group and individual and one on one training

+ Skilled in reading regulatory, technical, and scientific documents such as CFR, PMO, ICMS Reference Materials, FDA guidance documents, and scientific publications written in English text.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

+ HACCP Certification

+ SQF Certification

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

**Pay Range** $100000 - $115000 / year