Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager

Bobak Sausage Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bobak Sausage Company seeks a Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager to lead the QA team and manage HACCP, SSOP, and SQF programs, ensuring compliance with government regulations and customer requirements. This role supervises QA staff and interfaces with operations to maintain product quality and safety.

The successful candidate will oversee lab operations, sanitation, safety, testing, and training, while developing data systems and cost-effective QC processes across the facility.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree with 5+ years in Quality Assurance or Quality Control.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business data, regulations, and write reports.
• Strong mathematical and statistical understanding for quality measurements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain HACCP and SSOP programs with documentation and reviews.
• Lead QA team, supervise inspectors and lab staff; ensure compliance.
• Manage QA labs: sanitation, safety, testing, and training.
• Develop data collection and analysis systems for quality metrics.
• Implement methods for inspection, testing, and evaluating products.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Education

B.S. degree in Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Job description

Job Title: Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager

Exemption Status: Exempt

Department Name: Quality Assurance

Reports: Director of Operations

SUMMARY

Summary: Ensures the food safety and product quality by monitoring the operational processes for compliance with the procedures to include, but not limited to SSOP, GMP, HACCP and SQF programs. To take charge of the HACCP Program and SQF Program including the development and modifications to the programs as need to abide with the government regulations and customer requirements. Supervise the Quality Assurance team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains plant HACCP and SSOP programs, plans, and documentation. Review daily paperwork; perform Pre-shipment reviews and any consequent investigations into root cause deviations
• Manage QA and lab including sanitation, safety, compliance, food chemistry, microbiological testing, training
• Designs and implements data collection, analysis systems
• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical equipment and facilities
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost and responsibility. Maintain the Material Review Area to ensure that all products are distributed in a timely manner.
• Measuring and testing products and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability
• Suggest and implement changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase safety and efficiency of department, or employees
• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments
• Interfaces with other Departments and to develop and implement training programs as required
• Liaison with customers#39; auditors and ensuring the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers#39; specifications
• Applying environmental and health/safety standards
• Proficient in maintaining/implementing GFSI standards (SQF)
• Familiar with USDA/FSI regulations and compliance and answering NR’S
• All other duties as assigned by the DOO

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manages and directs shift inspectors. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of their shift. Also directly supervises production and maintenance personnel in accordance with the organization#39;s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION

• B.S. degree and 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Control.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

HACCP certification

Food Sanitation Certification

SQF Practitioner

Disclaimer Statement

The information contained in this job description is intended to describe the essential job functions required of those assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all accountabilities, activities, skills, and knowledge needed to perform the job. Please note that job functions are reviewed periodically and are subject to change based upon company business need.

Bobak Sausage Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.