Food Safety & Quality Assurance Lead

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

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