Food Safety QA Lead: Elevate Quality & Compliance

freshexpress; Morrow (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

FreshExpress Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for supervising on-line QA Techs and Raw Material Inspectors, ensuring compliance with GMP, HACCP, and company food safety policies in a cold, wet production environment.

The ideal candidate coaches performance, audits daily reports, enforces GMP rules, and coordinates hold/release of materials while collaborating with the Quality Management team.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year QA experience required.
• High School Diploma (or equivalent) required.

Responsibilities

• Coaches, trains, and drives performance improvement of QA personnel.
• Audits Quality daily reports and systems (Sanitation, housekeeping/GMP's, traceability, CQI, and HACCP) for compliance, and reports deviations to Quality Management team for review.
• Enforces GMP rules.
• Supervises Raw Material inspection team to ensure compliance to corporate specs and assists in identifying raw product deficiencies.
• Coordinates hold/release program for raw materials, packaging supplies and finished products.
• Acts as liaison for plant Kosher program.
• Coordinates completion and communication of periodic compliance data to the Corporate Quality Office.
• Ensures product specification book is up to date.
• Performs special assignments (e.g., CQI evaluation).
• Provides leadership during the absence of Quality Supervisors or Manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Outlook

Word

Communication skills

Quality systems knowledge

English proficiency

Cold environment work

Work schedule flexibility

Testing frequency adherence

Education

High School Diploma (or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

FreshExpress Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for supervising on-line QA Techs and Raw Material Inspectors, ensuring compliance with GMP, HACCP, and company food safety policies in a cold, wet production environment.

The ideal candidate coaches performance, audits daily reports, enforces GMP rules, and coordinates hold/release of materials while collaborating with the Quality Management team.