FSQA Manager

Particle Control; Albertville (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Health insurance

Dental insurance

On-site chiropractic care

IRA with company match

Company events

Job summary

Particle Control invites a skilled FSQA Manager to lead and improve our food safety and quality systems. The role oversees a small FSQ team, mentors coordinators, and drives day-to-day activities for dry food & agricultural materials processing with a semi-automated system. The environment may be loud and dusty.

The ideal candidate will coordinate internal and external audits, advance program development, and ensure pathogen-free operations while guiding CAPA responses and HACCP documentation.

Qualifications

• Fluent English required.
• Identify areas for food safety/quality improvement.
• Strong arithmetic skills.
• Follow and enforce food safety procedures.
• Ability to lead, mentor, train employees.
• 2+ years post-secondary education in food science or equivalent.
• Assist customers with human and animal food product development.
• Proficient with computers, digital information, and quality management software.
• Deep understanding of GMPs, HACCP, and related systems.
• Strong aptitude for technology and organizing digital information.

Responsibilities

• Administer, refine, and execute the overall food safety system.
• Drive internal audits and manage 3rd party audits.
• Drive strategy, program development, and process improvement.
• Assist EMP monitoring to maintain a pathogen-free environment.
• Help refine and verify food safety and quality goals.
• Communicate challenges and needs of the quality dept.
• Analyze, create, audit HACCP documents and related programs.
• Conduct internal food safety & quality audits and CAPA responses.
• Perform HACCP analysis and QC verifications.
• Create and conduct sanitation validation studies.

Skills

Fluent English

Food safety improvement

Basic arithmetic

Integrity & discipline

Leadership

Customer development support

Computers & QA software

GMPs & HACCP knowledge

Tech-savvy

Training & mentoring

Education

Post-secondary education in food science

Job description

Qualifications & Skills

• Speak, read, and write fluent English
• Ability and skill to identify areas of improvement for food safety and quality
• Proficient in basic arithmetic & mathematics
• Integrity and discipline to follow and enforce procedures for food safety and quality
• Ability to lead, mentor, and train other employees
• Minimum of 2 years post-secondary education in food science or similar experience
• Aid in supporting customers with human and animal food product development
• Proficient with computers, digital information, and quality management software
• Deep understanding of GMPs, HACCP, and other food production related systems
• Strong aptitude for technology and organizing digital information

Description & Responsibilities

The FSQA Manager will own and drive improvement in our food safety and quality systems while working with a small, tight FSQ team. They will supervise and work alongside FSQ Coordinators who will assist with execution. They will also assist with day-to-day food safety and quality activities in a facility that processes a variety of dry food & agricultural materials with a semi-automated food processing system. The environment may be loud, dusty, warm, cold, or smelly. This includes the following responsibilities:

• Generally administering, refining, and executing on our overall food safety system
• Driving and assisting internal audits and managing 3rd party audits
• Drive strategy, program development, and process improvement
• Aid in conducting and refining EMP monitoring ensuring a pathogen free environment
• Help refine and verify food safety and quality goals are being met
• Communicate shortcomings, challenges, needs, solutions of the quality dept
• Analyzing, creating, refining, auditing various food safety documents including HACCP plans
• Conduct internal food safety & quality audits & implementing CAPA responses
• HAACP analysis & QC verifications
• Creating and conducting studies such as sanitation validation studies

Why Particle Control Rocks

Enjoy the comradery of a small, family-owned company. As a token of appreciation to our employees, we offer a bonus program, paid time off, paid holidays, health/dental insurance, routine on-site chiropractic care, IRA with company match, paid company events, and other exciting perks. We aim to make this position better than all the competitors. At our company, you will be able to have a relationship with everyone, including the owners. Particle Control, Inc is on a mission to be the most convenient toll processor of dry food materials in the US. Our employees are crucial to this mission, and we strive to craft a company that holds them in high regard. Help us grow an exceptional company!