QA & Food Safety Supervisor | Team Leader

Trilliant-Food-&-Nutritio; Little Chute (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Trilliant Food & Nutrition, headquartered in Little Chute, WI, seeks a Quality Assurance and Food Safety Supervisor to lead daily food safety and quality processes, ensuring compliance with USDA, FDA, SQF, and customer specifications. The role manages the lab team and oversees shift operations on a 2-2-3 schedule.

You will drive continuous improvement, coach the quality team, conduct incident investigations, and ensure product holds are managed promptly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, operations, business, management, or related area preferred.
• 3+ years of managerial experience including hiring, employee development, performance coaching, and day-to-day supervision of multiple lines in an operation environment.
• 5+ years hands-on plant quality assurance experience in a food industry or related manufacturing facility preferred.
• Knowledge of food packaging principles, food industry quality and food safety requirements, ingredient performance and interactions with equipment, statistical process control, critical control points and new product scale up dynamics.
• Experience development, implementation, training, and administration of quality lab processes, GMP, SQF, HACCP, FDA, Kosher or other regulatory or industry certification program development and administration.
• Understanding of sanitation systems, techniques, and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate well cross-functionally and work well at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical skills, troubleshooting and judgment skills.
• Solid computer skills including Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and related production and product information systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a visible, approachable leader and trusted resource for employees across the quality department and cross-functional teams.
• Foster a positive, inclusive team culture where employees feel heard, valued, and empowered.
• Lead regular team meetings, drive open communication, and encourage continuous improvement ideas.
• Model a positive, resilient, results-driven mindset and reinforce accountability at all levels.
• Set clear expectations and provide coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Recognize and reinforce strong performance to build engagement and motivation.
• Use data and performance metrics to guide decisions and improve team effectiveness.
• Identify skill gaps and support employee growth through targeted development plans.
• Oversee daily product hold reviews and ensure timely, accurate disposition.
• Accountable for quality performance on the assigned shift, ensuring processes and standards are followed.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to enhance product quality and efficiency.
• Maintain high standards for sanitation, housekeeping, and operational discipline.
• Drive problem resolution with strong follow-through and clear ownership.
• Champion safety and lead incident investigations with corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and company policies.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Food safety

GMP/HACCP knowledge

Statistical process control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Production systems

Job description

Trilliant Food & Nutrition, headquartered in Little Chute, WI, seeks a Quality Assurance and Food Safety Supervisor to lead daily food safety and quality processes, ensuring compliance with USDA, FDA, SQF, and customer specifications. The role manages the lab team and oversees shift operations on a 2-2-3 schedule.

You will drive continuous improvement, coach the quality team, conduct incident investigations, and ensure product holds are managed promptly.