Quality Assurance Shift Supervisor - Food Manufacturing

Snack Innovations Inc.; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Job summary

Snack Innovations Inc. in Piscataway, NJ is looking for a Quality Assurance Shift Supervisor to lead a manufacturing shift, directing Quality Technicians and safeguarding product integrity.

Successful candidates bring hands-on HACCP knowledge, leadership experience, and strong problem-solving and recordkeeping skills to ensure compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of quality experience in food or beverage manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with HACCP or Food Safety Plans, CCPs, environmental monitoring, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and hold employees accountable.
• Experience handling out-of-spec results, product holds, deviations, and escalation decisions.
• Working knowledge of GMPs, preventive controls, allergen controls, sanitation verification, and quality practices.
• Ability to interpret product specifications, sampling plans, procedures, and quality records.
• Willingness to work assigned shift, including nights, weekends, overtime, or schedule changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily work of Quality Technicians, including assignments, coverage, priorities, coaching, and follow-up.
• Ensure start-up, in-process, changeover, and finished-product checks are completed per specifications.
• Monitor critical control points and respond to deviations, holds, and nonconforming materials.
• Support HACCP and facility Food Safety Plan requirements.
• Oversee environmental monitoring, sanitation verification, allergen controls, GMPs, and traceability.
• Lead investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, audits, recalls, and product trials.
• Review quality records for accuracy and timely escalation.
• Coordinate with Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Quality leadership on shift issues.

Skills

QA leadership

HACCP knowledge

Quality supervision

GMPs knowledge

Root-cause analysis

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree or technical coursework in related field

Job description

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Competitive salary
• Paid time off

ABOUT SNACK INNOVATIONS

Snack Innovations is a growing manufacturer of better-for-you salty snack foods in Piscataway, New Jersey. We produce snack chips, sticks, straws, curls, and popcorn.

QUALITY ASSURANCE SHIFT SUPERVISOR | $28–$36 PER HOUR | PISCATAWAY, NJ

Opportunities are available across first, second, and third shifts. Candidates may indicate their preferred shift; final assignments will reflect business needs.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Assurance Shift Supervisor leads food‑safety and quality activities on an assigned manufacturing shift. This is a hands‑on floor leadership role responsible for directing Quality Technicians, protecting product integrity, and responding decisively to food‑safety or quality risks.

Successful candidates will bring direct food‑manufacturing Quality experience and practical knowledge of HACCP or Food Safety Plans, critical control points, environmental monitoring programs, root‑cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions. They must also have demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and holding employees accountable.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead the daily work of Quality Technicians, including assignments, coverage, priorities, coaching, and follow-up.
• Ensure start-up, in-process, changeover, and finished‑product checks are completed at required frequencies and against approved specifications.
• Monitor critical control points and respond appropriately to deviations, product holds, and nonconforming materials.
• Support and maintain HACCP and facility Food Safety Plan requirements.
• Oversee environmental monitoring, sanitation verification, allergen controls, GMPs, traceability, and metal‑detector activities.
• Lead or support investigations, root‑cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, audits, mock recalls, and product trials.
• Review Quality records for accuracy, completeness, and timely escalation.
• Oversee product testing, including weight, moisture, sodium, nitrogen, bulk density, appearance, flavor, packaging integrity, and coding.
• Partner with Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Quality leadership to resolve shift‑level issues while protecting product integrity.
• Provide effective shift handoffs and communicate unresolved concerns to the appropriate leaders.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Three or more years of Quality experience in food or beverage manufacturing.
• Hands‑on experience with HACCP or Food Safety Plans, critical control points, environmental monitoring, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and hold employees accountable through formal supervision or meaningful lead responsibility.
• Experience handling out‑of‑specification results, product holds, deviations, and escalation decisions.
• Working knowledge of GMPs, preventive controls, allergen controls, sanitation verification, and food‑manufacturing Quality practices.
• Ability to interpret product specifications, sampling plans, written procedures, and Quality records.
• Strong judgment, problem‑solving, communication, organization, and recordkeeping skills.
• Ability to work an assigned shift, including nights, weekends, overtime, or schedule changes based on production needs.
• High school diploma or GED.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree or technical coursework in food science, biology, chemistry, or a related field.
• Experience supervising Quality Technicians in a high‑volume manufacturing environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Join a growing food manufacturer where Quality leadership directly affects consumer safety, product consistency, and operational success.