Quality Assurance Manager

TruRoots Company; Chico (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TruRoots Company in Chico, CA seeks a Quality Assurance Manager to lead day-to-day plant quality, build a strong QA team, and shape a food safety culture with the Senior Director of Quality. You will own product release, manage the hold/release program, and drive continuous improvement across GMPs and audits.

The role requires 5+ years in QA in food/beverage manufacturing, plus 3+ years of people leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• PCQI and Juice HACCP certifications are required; BPCS preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive QA experience in food/beverage manufacturing.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, including managing supervisors or leads.

Responsibilities

• Lead the plant's QA team and oversee day-to-day quality operations.
• Own finished product release and hold/release program with risk assessments.
• Administer and improve the Quality and Food Safety Management System (QMS) to stay audit-ready.
• Drive food safety across the plant through cross-functional leadership and program meetings.
• Lead investigations into complaints and deviations; drive CAPAs.
• Maintain audit readiness and participate in FDA, customer, and BRCGS audits.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology, or related field

PCQI certification

Juice HACCP certification

Better Process Control School

Tools

GFSI standards knowledge

FDA & BRCGS compliance

Job description

Quality Assurance Manager
Chico, CA | Full Time | Reports to: Senior Director of Quality
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Salary Range: [$95,000-$110,000] + 10% Bonus Eligibility

Own Quality at a Plant That's Building Something

TruRootsis a growing organic food and beverage company built on sustainability and doing things the right way.We'relooking for a QA leader who wants real ownership: someone ready to run day-to-day plant quality at our Chico facility, builda strong team, and shape a food safety culture that grows with us.

In this role,you'lllead the plant's quality team, including a Quality Supervisor (with two direct reports).You'llpartner closely with our Senior Director of Quality and serve as the site's go-to expert on food safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

If you want to move beyondmaintaininga system and start building one, this is your opportunity.

What You'll Do

Lead the team.Manage, coach, and develop the Quality team, includingsupervisoranddirectreports.

Own product release.Serve as the site's primary authority for finished product release and manage the hold and release program, including risk assessments and disposition of nonconforming materials.

Run the QMS.Own day-to-day administration and improvement of the site's Quality and Food Safety Management System, keeping documentation audit-ready and compliant with BRCGS, FDA, Juice HACCP, Organic, Kosher, customer, and corporate requirements.

Drive food safety across the plant.Lead cross-functional Food Safety, Food Defense, HACCP, and Change Management meetings, and provide technical leadership to Operations, Warehouse, Maintenance, and Production. Verify GMPs, process controls, and sanitation effectiveness through routine plant assessments.

Solve problems at the root.Lead investigations into complaints, deviations, environmental findings, and nonconformingproducts, and drive CAPAs.

Keep usaudit-ready.Maintain continuous audit readiness, lead internal audits, traceability exercises, and mock recalls, and play a key role during FDA, customer, BRCGS, Organic, and Kosher audits.

What You Bring

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology, ora relatedfield.

5+ years of progressive QA experience in food or beverage manufacturing.

3+ years ofpeopleleadership experience, ideally including managing supervisors or leads.

PCQI and Juice HACCP certifications (required). Better Process Control School preferred, or ability to obtain within one year.

Strong knowledge of 21 CFR Parts 117 and 120,cGMPs, GFSI standards (BRCGS preferred), Organic, Kosher, sanitation, environmental monitoring, and food defense.

Experience in a GFSI-certified facility preferred.

What Success Looks Like

You make sound,timely, risk-based decisions grounded in facts, even under pressure.You'resteady when things get urgent and confident enough to push back when food safety or quality is on the line. You build trust through transparency and consistency, and you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your work visibly moves the business forward.

Working Conditions

Regular presence in manufacturing, warehouse, lab, and sanitation areas. Ability to stand and walk for extended periods,lift upto 30 pounds, and wear required PPE.Minimal travel that consists of one trip a year to our Maryland facility.