The Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for all quality assurance and food safety related internal and external audits in adherence with regulatory standards. The position supervises the QA and food safety technicians. Additionally, the position develops, implements, and manages quality control and food safety systems designed to ensure continuous production of advanced composite materials and applications (consistent with established standards, customer specifications and production goals).
Responsibilities:
- Manage plant compliance of FDA, USDA, SQF and other regulatory programs.
- Manages QA department and engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure high productivity and high technical integrity.
- Ensure a high level of internal and external customer service. Investigate (and correct) customer issues and complaints relating to quality.
- Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products.
- Coordinate objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other plant managers to maximize product reliability and minimize costs.
- Create, document, and implement inspection criteria and procedures.
- Interpret quality control and food safety philosophy to key personnel within the company.
- Maintain an active role on internal continuous improvement teams.
- Design, develop and implement quality control training programs.
- Provide and oversee inspection activity for products throughout the production cycle.
- Interact with procurement to ensure quality of all purchases.
- Address nonconformities from previous internal and external audits.
- Conduct a management review of the quality and food safety systems.
- Follow-up on and closing pending preventive and corrective action requests.
- Ensure that organizational systems and training are in place.
- Ensure that documentation and design controls are appropriate for organization.
- Administer document control and configuration management system.
- Oversee established calibration and testing program.
- Assist the management team and provide QA support as necessary.
- Provide all employees with the necessary tools, proper training, and corrective direction.
Skills Needed:
- Leadership: train and develop a team of food safety employees
- SQF Practitioner and/or Production Quality Assurance leadership experience
- Performance Management: assist management for assigned production lines.
- Problem Solving/Analysis
- Results Driven
- Communication Proficiency: speak to employees with tact and diplomacy.
- Time Management: tracking/monitoring production and maintaining productivity.
- Technical Capacity: computer literacy to input information into the computer.
- Learning Orientation: able to take direction and relay information to employees.
Qualifications:
- B.S. in Food Science, Food Safety & Defense, or related field.
- Minimum of 5 or more years#39; experience in Food Safety & Quality Assurance Management in the food industry.
- Strong understanding of food safety regulations (FDA, USDA, etc.) and industry standards (SQF, HACCP, GMP, etc.).
- Experience in conducting audits, inspections, and implementing corrective actions.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.
- Detail-oriented mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- SQF practitioner/HACCP Certification required.
- PCQI preferred.
Bi-lingual in Spanish a Plus.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
Education:
Experience:
- Food Safety Leadership: 2 years (Required)
- Food safety: 5 years (Required)
- GFSI: 5 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Commerce City, CO 80022 (Required)
Work Location: In person
