Food Safety and Quality Supervisor

Saranac, MI
Full Time
Manager/Supervisor

Position Summary:
Ensure that processing area operates within compliance, SQF, and FSMA requirements by means of all applicable programs. Suggest and assist in the implementation and means to improve food safety, quality, performance and cost savings.


Position Responsibilities:
• SQF Practitioner (QA Supervisor) has the responsibility and authority to lead the development and implementation of Food Safety Fundamentals (Prerequisite), Food Safety Plan, Food Defense Fraud Program, and Quality Code.
• Review, verify, maintain, enforce, and validate the Food Safety HACCP Program, FSP (Preventive Controls), Quality Code, Fraud Program, Food Defense and Prerequisite Programs with in the SQF Systems.
• Ensure employee compliance with governing agencies, policies and regulations (SQF, Pre-requisites, Food Safety, Quality code, Food Fraud, Food Defense, and Preventive Controls).
• Ensuring the C-III systems maintain proper function and work with PMSI to ensure continuous operations.
• Writing of program alerts, deviations, and corrective actions.
• Follow up corrective actions, complaints, and investigations, assure effectiveness.
• Disposition of Retained products, review for proper release to distribution, rework, or destruction.
• Ensure EB standards are followed.
• Ensure USDA-AMS standards are followed, including shielded label requirements.
• Maintain specifications for finished products and labels. Ensure Kosher status, and label submittals to the Kashrut via EB Quality Director.
• Review, update and maintain Approved Supplier documents, such as certifications, specifications, audits, and letters of guarantee.
• Be trained and capable to perform 100 egg inspections during the processing shift.
• Manage the Food Safety & Quality Code Audits at each facility.
• Participate and/or lead monthly Facility inspections, for Food Safety and Quality Program. Lead a cross-functional team to perform audits by engaging all plant departments.
• QA Supervisor has the responsibility to make recommendations to the Processing manager regarding disciplinary actions for employees with repeated non-compliances with the Quality and Food Safety Programs.
• Review/verify, track, and ensure processing documentation and records are submitted, and verified timely.
• Make proactive recommendations and offer ideas to continuously improve Food safety, quality and work efficiency.
• Manage employee schedules, evaluate performance, make recommendation for improvement and development of QA techs and handle disciplinary actions when necessary. • Employee training, and documentation in LMS for food safety, food quality code, food defense, equipment maintenance, and prerequisite programs.
• Assign and maintain water sampling, pest control programs, pre-op inspection records, Internal Audits, etc.
• Back up for QA Supervisor is QA Tech III or higher.
• Any other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Strong communication skills
• Preferred or be able to obtain:
o SQF Practitioner
o HACCP Manager Certified
o PCQI Certified
o Food Defense Course completion
o Fraud Prevention Plan
• Preferred, an Associate degree or higher in a related science field

Physical demands and work environment:
• Work in an office, processing or production location
• Follow all company safety rules
• Ability to perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations
• Ability to stoop, bend, climb, and lift at least up to 25lbs routinely throughout the day
 

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