BC Central Kitchen - Quality Assurance - Manager Quality Assurance

Sobeys; Delta; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

British Columbia Central Kitchens in Delta, BC is seeking an onsite Quality Assurance Manager to oversee food safety and quality management systems at a federally licensed site. You will manage the Food Safety/Quality team, develop PCPs and HACCP plans, conduct risk assessments and verify compliance with metrics and customer requirements.

You will lead GMPs, Health Canada policies, and CFIA and recall processes, while driving continuous improvement and KPI reporting across the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related field.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated effective team development and leadership to create and support a high performing team.
• Experience in ready-to-eat product processing/manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience leading food safety programs at federally regulated establishments under SFCR is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site food safety programs, regulatory compliance and GFSI certification.
• Advance the organization’s food safety and quality policy and procedures at the site to establish a compliant food safety culture.
• Proactively maintain and improve plant quality and food safety systems such as PCPs, Health Canada Listeria Policy, GMPs and related programs.
• Maintain FSEP requirements for prerequisite programs and HACCP plans (verification, validation, logging of changes, and review of programs annually or as changes occur).
• Drive the implementation of a GFSI scheme at the facility and maintain certification.
• Understand CFIA and Health Canada’s food safety investigation, risk assessment and recall processes and execute if required.
• Review and participate in the development of SOPs and SSOPs for all aspects of the business at the site.
• Train plant personnel in TQM philosophies, SPC, HACCP, GMP, and monitor compliance.
• Develop KPIs and reporting systems with Corporate Food Safety.
• Directly manage and perform proficiency testing/evaluation of a multi-level Quality Assurance team of employees.
• Identify and report concerns regarding food safety and quality to senior management.
• Develop, conduct and assist in training of manufacturing staff as required.
• Ensure quality, product safety, plant sanitation, pest control, and regulatory standards are met.
• All other duties as required.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team leadership

Analytical mindset

Education

Bachelor level Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related degree

Job description

Ready to Make an impact? British Columbia Central Kitchens, located in Delta, BC, are looking for an onsite Quality Assurance Manager. This is an exciting opportunity that will be responsible for overseeing, assuring compliance to, and continuously improving Food Safety and Quality Management Systems for this federally licensed site. This will be achieved through direct management of the Food Safety/Quality team at the site, developing and improving process, revising, and developing Preventive Control Plans (PCP) and HACCP plans, conducting risk assessments, and verifying compliance to established metrics or customer requirements. This position will also facilitate customer complaint investigations, food safety investigations and the corrective/preventive action processes. Additionally, this position will lead the plant team to maintain certification to one of the Global Food Safety Initiative recognized scheme.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing

• Lead the site food safety programs, regulatory compliance and GFSI certification
• Advance the organization’s food safety and quality policy and procedures at the site to establish a compliant food safety culture
• Proactively maintain and continue to improve plant quality and food safety systems such as PCPs, Health Canada Listeria Policy, GMPs and all other applicable programs
• Maintain FSEP requirements for prerequisite programs and HACCP plans (verification, validation, logging of changes, and review of programs annually or as changes occur)
• Drive the implementation of a GFSI scheme at the facility and maintain certification
• Understand CFIA and Health Canada’s food safety investigation, risk assessment and recall processes and execute if required
• Review and participate in the development of SOPs and SSOPs for all aspects of the business at the site
• Train plant personnel in TQM philosophies, SPC, HACCP, GMP, and monitor compliance.
• Develop, in conjunction with Corporate Food Safety, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reporting systems
• Directly manage and perform proficiency testing/evaluation of a multi-level Quality Assurance team of employees
• Identify and report to senior site and Corporate Food Safety management any and all concerns (perceived or otherwise) regarding food safety and quality
• Develop, conduct and assist in training of manufacturing staff as required
• Ensure quality, product safety, plant sanitation, pest control, and regulatory standards are met
• All other duties as required

What you have to offer

• Bachelor level Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related degree
• Minimum of 5 – 7 years experience in Quality Assurance/Food Safety discipline within the food manufacturing industry with the following:
• Experience in a Ready-to-Eat (RTE) product processing/manufacturing facility
• Experience troubleshooting potential food safety and quality problems at the plant level
• Experience developing and managing food safety management systems
• 3 years experience in a Quality Assurance or Food Safety Leadership role(s)
• 3 years experience training and implementation of TQM, SPC, HACCP, structured Risk Assessment and Corrective Action/Root Cause Analysis processes, vendor qualification, and customer requirement auditing
• Experience leading food safety programs at federally regulated establishments under the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations (SFCR)
• Experience managing and implementing GFSI schemes and the successful oversight/implementation of a GFSI standard within a food manufacturing facility, ideally in ready to eat food categories
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated effective team development and leadership to create and support a high performing team.
• Inquisitive and analytical abilities to solve production quality and food safety issue

Hours of Operation

• Work after hours or on off-shifts if needed
• Available to work evenings, weekends and holidays as required