Senior Quality & Food Safety Leader - Manufacturing

VetJobs; Fairfield (IL); On-site; USD 102,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Annual bonus potential

Job summary

Ferrara’s Fairfield, IL facility is seeking a hands-on Quality and Food Safety Manager to own site quality and regulatory compliance from raw materials to finished product release. You will drive standards, coach teams on GMPs, and coordinate audits to protect consumer safety.

The role requires strong technical judgment, collaboration across production, maintenance, and CI teams, and a results-driven mindset to sustain corrective actions and prevent recurrence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing quality leadership experience; minimum 3 years in plant quality management.
• Strong GMP, HACCP, sanitation, environmental monitoring, SPC and process controls expertise.
• Experience with SAP and quality management/lab systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Fairfield quality and food safety agenda from raw materials through finished product release.
• Maintain daily presence on the production floor to verify standards, coach behaviors, and drive accountability.
• Set clear expectations for GMPs, food safety, sanitation, allergen control, foreign material prevention, and product quality.
• Lead site readiness for internal audits, regulatory inspections, customer audits, and corporate assessments.
• Drive RCCA and CAPA to eliminate repeat failures and strengthen controls.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain and CI to solve issues at source.

Skills

Operational acumen

Collaboration

Communication

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Quality management systems

Specification systems

Laboratory systems

Manufacturing data systems

Job description

Ferrara’s Fairfield, IL facility is seeking a hands-on Quality and Food Safety Manager to own site quality and regulatory compliance from raw materials to finished product release. You will drive standards, coach teams on GMPs, and coordinate audits to protect consumer safety.

The role requires strong technical judgment, collaboration across production, maintenance, and CI teams, and a results-driven mindset to sustain corrective actions and prevent recurrence.