Food Safety Manager

Confidential; Middletown (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Food Quality Manager to lead QA/QC across food manufacturing, strengthening quality systems and ensuring compliance with HACCP, GMP/CGMP, USDA/FDA regulations. The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership on the production floor and practical problem solving.

In this position, you will guide inspections and audits, manage corrective actions, and partner with operations, engineering, maintenance, and other teams to drive Lean and Six Sigma improvements while

Qualifications

• Must have experience in quality management, QA, QC, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, CGMP, quality systems, and production compliance standards; strong analytical and cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality control, quality inspection, and quality audits; address findings and support corrective actions.
• Apply HACCP, GMP, CGMP, USDA and FDA regulations.
• Maintain quality standards in production and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance and other teams to improve processes using Lean and Six Sigma methods.
• Strengthen production quality systems and resolve issues to deliver safe, consistent food products.

Skills

Quality management

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/related field

Job description

As a Food Quality Manager, you’ll lead quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) across food manufacturing operations. You’ll strengthen quality systems, guide inspections and audits, and help teams meet food safety, product quality, and regulatory requirements. This role calls for clear cross-functional communication and practical leadership on the production floor.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality control, quality inspection, and quality audits; address findings and support corrective actions.
• Apply Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP), and applicable United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and regulations.
• Maintain quality standards in production and ensure regulatory and legal compliance.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance and other teams to improve processes using Lean management and Six Sigma manufacturing methods.
• Your impact: By strengthening production quality systems and resolving issues promptly, you help teams deliver safe, consistent food products to customers.

Skills

• Essential: Experience in quality management, quality assurance, quality control, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance; team leadership and project management skills.
• Essential: Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, CGMP, quality systems, and production compliance standards; strong analysis and cross-functional communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Biology, Quality Assurance, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive Food Safety and Quality experience within a food manufacturing environment.
• Previous leadership experience managing quality teams.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, SQF, GMP, FSMA, FDA regulations, environmental monitoring programs, and sanitation controls.
• Audit experience including customer, regulatory, and third-party certification audits.
• Experience leading root cause analysis and corrective action investigations.Working knowledge of statistical process control and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.