FSQA Manager

Top Quality Recruitment (TQR); Missouri; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Quality Recruitment (TQR) seeks an FSQA Manager to lead food safety, quality assurance, sanitation, and regulatory programs across the site. You will develop, implement, and continuously improve HACCP and SQF systems; manage testing programs, environmental monitoring, and non-conformances; and serve as the site lead for regulatory and customer audits.

Collaborating with regulators, auditors, customers, and certification bodies, you will ensure USDA compliance and deliver consistent,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related discipline; minimum five years in a supervisory role.
• Strong knowledge of USDA regs and GFSI audit processes.
• Meat industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain site food safety and quality programs.
• Design, manage, and improve HACCP and SQF programs; ensure audit readiness.
• Oversee testing programs: environmental monitoring, finished product testing, chemical analysis.
• Lead regulatory, SQF, and customer audits; liaise with auditors and agencies.
• Manage non-conformances, deviations, CAPA, and corrective actions.
• Maintain packaging specs and manufacturing instructions.
• Build relationships with regulators, customers, and certification bodies.
• Ensure USDA regulations, GMPs, SSOPs compliance.

Skills

HACCP

Internal Auditor

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science

Job description

The FSQA Manager will be responsible for ensuring the consistent production of safe, high-quality products through the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of food safety, quality assurance, sanitation, and regulatory compliance programs.

Key Activities

• Develop, implement, and maintain site food safety and quality programs in accordance with regulatory requirements, customer expectations, industry best practices, and company standards.
• Design, manage, and continuously improve the site's HACCP and SQF programs, ensuring all plans remain current, effective, and audit-ready.
• Maintain the Redzone Compliance module, including creation, modification, verification, and ongoing management of quality control checks.
• Ensure testing programs are effectively designed, implemented, maintained, and continuously improved, including environmental monitoring, finished product testing, and chemical analysis.
• Conduct and oversee sensory evaluations of finished products to ensure products meet established quality, flavor, texture, appearance, and customer specifications.
• Assist with validation and verification activities to support food safety and quality system effectiveness.
• Maintain packaging specifications, manufacturing instructions, and related quality documentation as required.
• Assign ownership and ensure timely resolution of non-conformances, GMP violations, sanitation deficiencies, and corrective action requests.
• Manage the deviation approval process by reviewing and approving food safety, quality, and operational deviations, ensuring timely evaluation, risk assessment, and proper documentation.
• Serve as the site lead for regulatory, SQF, and customer audits.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with regulatory agencies, auditors, customers, and certification bodies.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with USDA regulations, HACCP requirements, SQF standards, GMPs, SSOPs, and all applicable food safety regulations.
• Conduct routine food safety, GMP, sanitation, and compliance audits throughout the facility.

Preferred Skills

• HACCP certification required; SQF and/or BRCGS or equivalent GFSI-recognized food safety systems certification preferred.
• Internal Auditor certification preferred.

Educations & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Food Science or a related discipline, with a minimum of five years of industry experience in a supervisory or leadership role (dry-cured meats experience preferred). Instead of a degree, 10+ years of progressive experience in the meat industry will be considered.
• Strong working knowledge of food safety and quality systems, USDA regulatory compliance, and regulatory and GFSI audit processes.

TQR is an equal-opportunity employer that encourages diversity. We will consider all applications.

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request.