Quality Assurance Supervisor (4456)

Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Perricone Juices, in partnership with Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company, seeks a QA Supervisor to lead the QA team on the Fort Pierce production floor. You will oversee in-process testing, hold/release decisions, and sanitation verification while ensuring compliance with SQF, GMP, FDA regulations, and customer audit standards.

The role emphasizes leadership, documentation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to uphold product quality and safety in a fast-paced beverage facility.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; advanced degree or technical certification in food science, microbiology, chemistry, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 3–5 years of progressive QA experience in a food/beverage manufacturing environment; 1–2 years in a lead/supervisory role preferred.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, SQF, and FDA regulations; HACCP/PCQI certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, schedule, and direct daily QA staff across shifts.
• Review and approve hold/release decisions on non-conforming product; escalate deviations.
• Coordinate CCP monitoring and verification with HACCP team; ensure proper documentation.
• Maintain audit-ready QA records and calibration logs.
• Support QMS, CAPA, and corrective actions; assist with supplier quality efforts.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Bilingual

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Advanced degree or technical certification in food science

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

# Quality Assurance Supervisor (4456)Fort Pierce, FL 34982## OverviewLevelManagementPosition TypeFull TimeJob ShiftAnyEducation LevelHigh SchoolTravel PercentageNoneCategoryQA - Quality Control## Description**Perricone Juices** has joined forces with the esteemed **Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company**, combining two leaders in the premium citrus juice industry. This strategic acquisition forms a dynamic and growth-oriented company, blending Perricone’s expertise in craft citrus juices with Natalie’s reputation for fresh, high-quality products. Acquisition enhances the company’s market presence and strengthens its position within the industry, opening doors to exciting opportunities for innovation and expansion.**Perricone Juices** is currently seeking a **Sanitation Supervisor** for our **Fort Pierce** facility, to help lead and advance our operations. This position offers long-term stability and a comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision, dental, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.**Shift Available:** Day**Position Summary**:The Quality Assurance Supervisor leads the day-to-day activities of the QA department to ensure all products meet food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements. This role directs a team of QA technicians and inspectors, oversees in-process and finished product testing, sanitation verification, and hold/release decisions, and ensures compliance with SQF, GMP, FDA 21 CFR Parts 117 and 120, and applicable customer audit standards (including Costco COC/SCS). This role works in close coordination with the HACCP/Document Control Coordinator, who owns the facility's HACCP plan, CCP monitoring program, and document control system; the QA Supervisor ensures the QA team executes CCP monitoring, verification activities, and documentation practices on the production floor in accordance with that program. This is an exempt, supervisory role whose primary duty is the management of the QA department and its employees.**Essential Functions and Responsibilities:****The following duties are representative of the position; other duties may be assigned as business needs require.*** Supervise, schedule, and direct the daily work of QA technicians and inspectors across assigned shifts, ensuring adequate coverage for all production lines.* Interview, select, train, coach, and evaluate QA staff; recommend hiring, discipline, promotion, and termination decisions.* Oversee in-process quality checks, finished product testing, and pre-operational and sanitation verification (SSOP) activities.* Review and approve hold, release, and rework/disposition decisions on non-conforming product; escalate significant quality deviations to the QA Manager.* Ensure compliance with SQF, GMP, FDA 21 CFR Parts 117 and 120, and OSHA; lead or support internal and third-party audits and customer audits (including Costco COC/SCS).* Coordinate with the HACCP/Document Control Coordinator to ensure QA staff properly execute CCP monitoring, verification activities, and food safety plan requirements on the production floor; escalate CCP deviations per the food safety plan.* Investigate quality complaints, deviations, and non-conformances; lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) development and follow-up, looping in the HACCP/Document Control Coordinator on issues tied to CCPs or controlled documents.* Maintain accurate and audit-ready QA records, including batch/lot documentation, testing logs, and calibration logs, in accordance with the document control system maintained by the HACCP/Document Control Coordinator.* Partner with Production, Maintenance, and Food Safety leadership to resolve quality issues and minimize disruption to the production schedule.* Verify calibration and proper use of QA testing equipment and instrumentation; coordinate calibration schedules with outside vendors as needed.* Support new product trials, specification changes, and label/claim verification in coordination with R&D and regulatory.* Coach and reinforce GMP, allergen control, foreign material control, and food defense practices among production and QA staff.* Manage QA supply and testing material needs and coordinate with Purchasing as required.* Respond to and direct urgent quality holds or potential recall situations, including off-hours and on-call support as needed.* Review the quality of ingredient, COA, and compliance documents of incoming ingredient in coordination with purchasing Team. Sample the bulk ingredient for quality evaluation and USDA Release.* Perform daily/weekly shift walk-thru for GMP, Safety, and Sanitation Inspection and audit.* Perform other duties as assigned by the QA Manager**Supervisory Responsibility****:**This position has direct supervisory authority over QA technicians, inspectors, and related quality department staff. The QA Supervisor customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more full-time employees (or their equivalent) and has the authority to hire, fire, promote, and discipline, or whose recommendations on these actions are given particular weight, consistent with the FLSA executive exemption. The HACCP/Document Control Coordinator is a separate exempt position and does not report to the QA Supervisor; the two roles coordinate closely, with the QA Supervisor responsible for day-to-day QA staff supervision and the HACCP/Document Control Coordinator responsible for the food safety plan and document control system.## Qualifications* High school diploma or equivalent required; advanced degree or technical certification in food science, microbiology, chemistry, or a related field preferred.* Minimum 3–5 years of progressive quality assurance experience in a food/beverage manufacturing environment, including at least 1–2 years in a lead or supervisory capacity.* Working knowledge of HACCP principles, GMP, SQF, and FDA regulatory requirements; HACCP or PCQI certification preferred. This role supports and enforces the food safety plan on the floor but does not own HACCP plan authorship, which sits with the HACCP/Document Control Coordinator.* Experience supporting or leading SQF and customer audits (e.g., Costco COC/SCS) strongly preferred.* Familiarity with laboratory and in-line testing methods, sanitation verification, and CAPA/root cause processes.* Experience with quality management systems and Microsoft Office/Excel.* Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and hold firm on quality standards under production pressure.* Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Haitian Creole) a plus given plant floor workforce composition.**Physical Demands and Work Environment****:*** Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, and work in a plant environment for extended periods.* Exposure to varying temperatures, including refrigerated/cold storage areas, wet processing environments, and mechanical rooms.* Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and to safely use ladders, lifts, and maintenance tools/equipment.* Must be able to respond to maintenance emergencies outside of normal working hours as needed.* Use of required personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times in designated areas.*This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions as associated with a job.* *While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.*