QA/QC Manager

corbion; Blair (NE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Corbion is seeking a QA/QC Manager to join the Blair, Nebraska site management team. You will develop and maintain QA/QC systems to ensure product quality in line with specifications, certifications, and relevant regulations; you will also oversee the annual QA Department budget and interact with Site Director on goals.

You will lead QA/QC staff, manage internal and external audits, and promote GMP/SOP/HACCP compliance across the plant to drive continuous quality improvement and safe operations.

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree in a Chemistry, Biochemistry or Quality Engineering discipline.
• Experience in food processing required.
• 6+ years progressively responsible experience in food facilities quality control/assurance.
• 5+ years leading teams.
• Expertise in investigation and root cause analysis.
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using an enterprise Quality Management Software.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for QA/QC team.
• Strategically plan quality department and align with site goals.
• Lead department and site goals set by the Site Director.
• Monitor QA to prevent product recalls and financial impact.
• Direct internal/external audits to meet standards.
• Coordinate communication on food safety and quality with stakeholders.
• Participate in global quality initiatives and implement globally.
• Ensure materials/tools availability per budget.
• Develop and maintain QMS and handle deviations/nonconformances.
• Manage supplier approvals to GMPs and quality standards.
• Promote GMPs, SOPs, HACCP, and safety guidelines across activities.
• Track and resolve product complaints with departments for lasting solutions.
• Maintain quality/food safety documentation and regulatory alignment.
• Lead corrective/preventive actions to avoid recurrences.
• Oversee audits: BRC, customer audits, GMP inspections.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Investigation & RCA

MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Education

BA/BS in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Quality Eng

Tools

Quality Management Software

Job description

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and feed production, health, and our planet.

As our next QA/QC Manager, you will be a member of the Blair management team, take part in the development of policy, within the framework of the Corbion strategy. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining an adequate system for quality assurance and quality control in order to ensure the quality of products in conformity with specifications, certifications, and other quality concerns as related to federal and state requirements for food safety. In addition, you will effectively manage the annual QA Department budget.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide employee development, leadership, and coaching on both a team and individual basis. Keep team members informed of conditions, trends, important information, as well as daily performance, safety, quality issues and business needs.
• Be able to plan strategically for the Quality department but also pivot tactically to changing business needs, metrics, and goals.
• Plan and accomplish department and company goals for Quality as set by the Site Director.
• Continuously review quality assurance of Corbion’s products to avoid high dollar impact to the business by potential product recall
• Guide internal and external quality audit processes for success to maintain Corbion’s and customers’ standards of our products
• Coordinate, with respect to food safety and quality, the communication with internal customers and contractors.
• Participate on the global quality team/platform. Communicate global topics with local site and coordinate local implementation of global requirements.
• Ensure availability of department materials in line with budget expectations.
• Develop and maintain the quality management system and ensure proper handling of deviations and nonconformances within the system.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of the quality control program.
• Assist procurement in the approval of Corbion’s selection of suppliers for production and to help assure that they adhere to appropriate and agreed upon GMPs and other defined quality standards.
• Promote quality, regulatory, environmental, safety and health guidelines in execution of all daily quality assurance and quality control activities to ensure a safe working environment and drive continuous improvement in quality and safety awareness and culture.
• Track, report, and solve internal and external complaints regarding products or deliveries alongside all departments in such a way that problems and complaints are being solved with a focus on long term internal and external client satisfaction.
• Maintain internal quality and food safety management system documentations and controls to ensure alignment with new and changing developments and regulations with respect to quality assurance and quality control in food and feed manufacturing.
• Ensure proper handling of and timely completion of corrective and preventative action plans to ensure quality and food safety failures do not re-occur.
• Manage all internal and external audit programs including BRC, customer audits and GMP inspection programs.
• Executes quality, environmental, safety, and health standards per defined roles and responsibilities to ensure personal and product safety and quality.
• Implements, executes and promotes food safety of our products using Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), performance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), Security Measures, Housekeeping, Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP), all quality, regulatory, environmental, safety and health guidelines and regulations. These standards are used in all daily activities to ensure product safety and quality are in compliance.
• Oversee definition and implementation of appropriate material specifications.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

BA or BS degree in a Chemistry, Biochemistry or Quality Engineering discipline. Experience in food processing required. Minimum 6+ years’ experience in increasing responsibility within food facilities in the quality control/quality assurance realm.

Minimum of 5+ years of prior experience in leading teams

Exceptional investigation and root cause analysis methodology knowledge.

Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Experience using an enterprise Quality Management Software

Results oriented

Process Management

General Working Environment

The Manager, QA/QC is required to work in an office setting and in the laboratory; with some tasks taking place inside and outside of the plant.

The Manager, QA/QC is subject to wear the appropriate PPE including but not limited to hard hats, safety glasses, safety boots, chemical suits, face-shields, rubber gloves and uniform clothing.

Temperature inside and outside the facility will range between -15°F and 120°F depending on location and the activities involved.

Occasional travel (including international travel) is required.

Usual Physical Activities

Through the course of a typical shift an individual in this position will perform the following activities;

Prolonged Standing, 20% of the time

Walks extensively, 20% of the time

Kneels, occasionally

Able to climb, occasionally

Bends, repetitively

Squatting, repetitively

Reaches above and below the shoulders

Traverses multiple plant levels via stairs, frequently Corrected vision, speaking ability, and hearing are usually involved in performing written and verbal job functions.

About Corbion

Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of € 1,267.4 million with a workforce of 2,408 FTEs. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.