Quality Assurance Manager- Sanitation - Diamond Bar, United States - Niagara Bottling

Description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Quality Assurance Manager- SanitationThe Quality Assurance Manager- Sanitation is responsible for developing, publishing, and maintaining the Niagara Bottling Sanitation Manual and standards. The primary focus of the Corporate Quality Assurance Manager- Sanitation is to ensure the Niagara sanitation systems protect food safety and quality of all our beverages. The Corporate Quality Assurance Manager- Sanitation position reports into the Sr. Manager of Quality Assurance- Sanitation and supports the Regional Quality Assurance Managers, Plant Quality Managers, Plant Sanitation leadership and Plant Directors of all Niagara plants.

Essential Functions

• The Quality Assurance Manager- Sanitation will develop, publish, maintain, and/or approve all Niagara Bottling cleaning and sanitation procedures, policies, records and standards for our bottled water and beverage production with a focus on aseptic operations.
• Primary focus of this position is to oversee the cleaning and sanitation practices and processes at Niagara's aseptic beverage operations by supporting the aseptic plant's sanitation teams.
• Establish minimum cleaning and sanitation standards for all bottling facilities. Create and maintain a dashboard monitoring CIP effectiveness.
• Support CIP system commissioning, verification and validation activates for CIP systems for all beverages.
• Determine the metrics needed to establish cleaning/sanitation frequencies.
• Establish the minimum equipment design for each bottling facility to ensure adequate cleaning and sanitation. Support Engineering with sanitation equipment specifications, sanitary process design and/or upgrades for new and existing facilities.
• Assist in troubleshooting and problem solving food safety and quality issues. Provide direction to all plants with product and/or process microbiological issues.
• Lead the Niagara Aseptic Sanitation conference calls.
• Oversee the Sanitation/CIP assessments for Niagara Bottling facilities that will accurately document the current Sanitation/CIP capabilities of each bottling facility (beverage and water). The assessment inspects/assess the CIP system, inspects/reviews the external plant cleaning/sanitation, verifies the cleaning procedures, inspects the system for any potential sources of contamination and conducts a micro/swab assessment to verify sanitation effectiveness.
• Establish approved chemicals for the Sanitation program. Determine/approve the primary chemical suppliers for Niagara Bottling. Work with Procurement as needed to establish chemical pricing. Work with each bottling facilities to establish the appropriate concentration/usage for all sanitation/cleaning chemicals. Provide oversight/guidance to ensure the chemical inventory management and maintenance at the plant level.
• Develop an ongoing Sanitation Training Program for CIP, COP, and External Cleaning/Sanitation. This should include, but not be limited to chemical safety, CIP/COP basics, external cleaning, sanitary maintenance oversight, etc.
• Provide an environmental oversight to the sanitation processes at each bottling facility. Inform the Compliance Department of any potential wastewater or discharge issues.
• As needed, review/approve the sanitation SOPs used by our beverage and/or bottled water contract packers (co-packers) and spring water tanker wash station SOPs.
• Work with Supplier Quality to provide sanitation training to in-house Niagara auditors, which conduct co-packer and/or tanker wash station audits and approvals. When necessary assist with these audits.
• Maximize the use of Niagara's document control software Master Control as well as Presage for sanitation/cleaning documentation and record keeping.
• Oversee implementation of Niagara's Master Sanitation Work Order system in Oracle.
• Travel requirement is 75% - on average travels 3 weeks out of the month
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 6 Years – Experience in Quality Assurance for a beverage (aseptic preferred) and/or bottled water manufacturer required
  • 6 Years – Experience in Position
  • 6 Years – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 10+ Years – Experience working in Position
  • 10+ Years – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Demonstrated experience working and troubleshooting automated CIP systems.
• Experience in quality management systems.
• Experience in sanitation audits including equipment specifications and sanitary process design.
• Ability to make independent judgments on issues that impact sanitation/cleaning procedures, forms, policies, and standards.
• Capable of working with minimal amount of supervision.
• Effective at interaction with all levels of plant and corporate personnel.
• Willingness to embrace personal and professional development.
• Performs work under direct supervision.
• Handles basic issues and problems. Refers more complex issues or problems to higher-level staff.
• Strong verbal, writing, and presentation skills to communicate effectively with immediate team and peers.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work well in collaborative group environments.
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Intermediate knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
  • Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
  • Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
  • Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
  • Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
  • Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
  • Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
  • Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals
• InnovACT
  • Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
  • Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
  • Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change
• Find a Way
  • Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
  • Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
  • Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
  • Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways
• Empowered to be Great
  • Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise
  • Engages in long term talent planning
  • Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports
  • Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between teams

Education

• Minimum Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in (applied science field or engineering) or other related field
• Preferred:
  • Bachelor's Degree in applied science field or other related field

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: N/A

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: None Required

Typical Compensation Range

Pay Rate Type: Salary$100, $140,966.00 / YearlyBonus Target: 10% Annual

Benefits

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