Quality Assurance Supervisor

Lakeside Foods Inc.; Owatonna (MN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance

Short and Long Term Disability

401(k) plan with company match

Profit Sharing

Profit Incentive

Job summary

Lakeside Foods Inc. is seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead the QA team, manage records, and support audits at our Owatonna facility. The role emphasizes accuracy, process discipline, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure safe, quality products.

You will train QA staff, review records, and coordinate with suppliers and the warehouse to ensure compliance with SQF and HACCP standards, while maintaining a strong focus on workplace safety and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required or completed, with related QA training preferred.
• SQF and HACCP training, plus knowledge of quality systems and audits.
• Experience with reviewing records and ensuring QA checks are properly completed.

Responsibilities

• Perform on-line QA functions to assist in training.
• Direct QA leads and ensure QA checks are completed correctly.
• Review daily process records and investigate customer complaints.
• Maintain Customer Complaint Investigation Register and assist in held product processes.
• Update QSMProcedures and Documentation Registers as procedures change.
• Collect supplier and ingredient documentation and maintain year-long registers.
• Assist in QSM and SQF audits and sanitation/food safety audits.
• Coordinate label documentation reviews with warehouse and operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

QA leadership

Attention to detail

Training & coaching

Record reviews

Education

High school diploma or GED

SQF training

HACCP training

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people’s lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together – valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there’s a seat at the table for you.

Become One Of Our Quality Assurance Team Members:

Here at Lakeside Foods, our Quality Assurance team works hard to ensure safe and quality foods. The Quality Assurance Supervisor is a respected team member. If you are a creative, positive, self-motivated individual with strong attention to detail, we want to talk with you.

Pay Range

• $22.93-$28.65
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• HSA/FSA
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Accident, Hospital, and Critical Illness
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness programs
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Profit Sharing
• Profit Incentive

Additional

• Stable work environment with a growing company
• Schedules to maintain work/life balance
• Prescription safety glasses & safety shoe reimbursement
• Paid onsite and offsite training
• Varied tasks from day-to day
• An Employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job
• Positive work environment with family spirit

What You’ll Do:

• Be able to perform all on-line QA functions to assist in training
• Give direction to QA leads and ensure completion of all QA checks are done correctly
• Be able to review daily process records
• Assist in conducting record reviews of customer complaints and maintaining a Customer Complaint Investigation Register
• Understand the process for putting product on hold and assist the plant and warehouse in the process when necessary
• Input Daily Product Grades after QA Record Review
• Work with the QA Manager to update the QSM Procedures and Documentation Registers as procedures are changed/issued by corporate QA and Plant QA Manager
• Collect required Supplier and Ingredient Documentation when updates are due. Maintain the register for suppliers and ingredients throughout the year
• Assist in the QSM and SQF audit
• Perform periodic inspections of the Glass and Brittle Plastic within the facility
• Occasionally perform sanitation audits and assist in food safety audit walkthroughs
• Work with the warehouse to perform label line documentation reviews
• Any other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring:

Knowledge:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Six or more months of related experience and/or training desired but not necessary. Have attended or be able to complete upon hire better process control school, preventative control qualified individual, HACCP, and SQF training

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write, speak English and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondence.
• Be fluent in Microsoft Word and Excel

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute ratios, and percentages.
• Must be able to understand employ the concepts of minimum, average, and maximum for to enter data onto simple control charts.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

Where You’ll Work:

WELCOME TO OWATONNA

Located one hour south of Minneapolis, Owatonna is rich in history. From Historic Downtown shops, restaurants and outdoor concerts, to over 700 acres of parklands and walkways, there is something for everyone in Owatonna

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities