Quality Assurance Supervisor - Yoakum, United States - Eddy Foods

Eddy Foods

Verified Company

Yoakum, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Position Summary:

Essential Functions

Expected to spend a minimum 50% of shift on the production floor.
Operate within SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) and GMP ( Good Manufacturing Practices)
Ensures corrective actions are being taken on issues related to food safety, GMP's, and quality
As directed, conduct periodic reviews of existing QA policies and procedures to ensure that they are effective and up to date
Ensure that the company food safety and quality guidelines are well implemented daily
Assume a leadership role to improve process repeatability on the production floor
Coordinate and carry out required environmental swabbing and trend analysis
Conducts training assessment and verification for product and/or process changes for production
Develop, coordinate, and direct all quality functions to reduce and/or eliminate product quality failures on the production floor
Reports all food safety related maintenance issues to Maintenance and QA Manager/Director Tech Services in a timely manner
Accompanies third party auditors, customers, regulatory agencies on plant visits and inspections
Enforce the cleanliness and operational sanitation of the processing plant
Support / Lead special QA projects as needed
Ensure production startups, shut downs and change overs meet the requirements of SOP's
Maintain the communication between the production team, and QA team

Customer Specific

Assist in the internal auditing program to ensure that deficiencies are corrected properly.
Completes and responds to customer audit questionnaires and requests for documentation
Enforce the quality specifications for each product through the quality technicians. These will then be entered and trended in the computer.
Perform product failure trend analysis and implement corrective actions.

Education / Skills / Experience

Prefer a Bachelor's Degree in a Food, Animal, or Life Sciences program.
A minimum of 5 years of food industry experience in the areas of Quality Assurance, and/or Technical Services. Experience in a USDA facility is preferred.
A minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience
Must have knowledge and functional training or experience with general manufacturing processes, SOP's, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP, BRC), Quality Control functions, basic HACCP/food safety requirements, Plant Sanitation processes, and Laboratory equipment and techniques
Strong communication, analytical, and statistical abilities
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft 0ffice

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