Quality Assurance Manager

AppleOne Employment Services; Monrovia (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Monrovia, CA. This role requires hands-on leadership in food safety and quality within a USDA-regulated manufacturing environment.

You will oversee QA/QC programs, audits, labeling, testing, and team development to strengthen quality systems and drive continuous improvement. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional collaboration, ensure regulatory compliance, and mentor QA/QC staff in

Qualifications

• Hands-on food safety leadership in a USDA-regulated setting.
• Experience leading QA/QC programs across audits, labeling, testing.
• Strong regulatory knowledge and audit experience.
• Ability to develop and coach a quality team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain SQF, HACCP, and quality programs.
• Coordinate regulatory audits with USDA, FDA, and third parties.
• Oversee GMPs/SSOPs, allergen controls, and training.
• Review microbiological data and drive corrective actions.
• Ensure labels and nutritional documents meet regulatory rules.
• Coach the SQF Practitioner and QC Technicians.

Skills

Food safety leadership

Audit experience

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Monrovia, CA with a food and beverage production organization. This role is ideal for a hands‑on food safety and quality leader with strong regulatory knowledge, audit experience, and a passion for continuous improvement in a USDA‑regulated manufacturing environment. The Quality Assurance Manager will lead QA and QC programs across food safety, product quality, sanitation, compliance, audits, labeling, testing, and team development. This is a high‑impact leadership role with visibility to executive leadership and the opportunity to help strengthen quality systems, improve processes, and support a collaborative production team. This position offers a stable, team‑oriented work environment where quality, food safety, accountability, and continuous improvement are valued. The right candidate will enjoy leading people, solving problems, and partnering across departments to maintain high standards in a fast‑paced food manufacturing operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain SQF, HACCP, food safety, quality assurance, and quality control programs.
• Manage regulatory compliance and serve as the primary contact for USDA, FDA, Organic, Halal, and third‑party audits.
• Oversee GMPs, SSOPs, allergen controls, supplier approvals, customer complaints, sanitation standards, calibrations, and training programs.
• Coordinate microbiological testing, review results, investigate trends, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure product labels, specifications, formulations, and nutritional documentation meet applicable regulatory requirements.
• Supervise, coach, train, and support the SQF Practitioner and Quality Control Technicians.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $120,000 to $130,000 per year.
• Job Type: Direct Hire.
• Location: Monrovia, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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