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Function: Provide
technical quality support to QA, Operations, Product Development with emphasis
on continuous improvement, consumer/customer requirements, and continuous
product quality. Act as official back-up for Plant Quality Manager and
Plant Quality Assurance Engineer. Support, implement, and maintain food
safety practices as required through SQF. Will be responsible for
completing job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food
safety, quality, and environmental practices.
Salaried, Exempt
Reports to: Quality Assurance
Manager
Shift: PM
Major Job Activities/Duties:
- Perform internal audit
activities of the manufacturing process which monitors quality and
food safety systems.
- Conduct consumer and customer
complaint investigations and report findings to consumer affairs
group.
- Work on continuous
improvement activities assigned by QA Manager or MOM Excellence.
Participate in Kaizan, Green Belt, and Black
Belt as a member or a resource.
- Develop and conduct Quality
and food safety training for all production staff.
- Develop and implement Gold
Standard, Quality/Food Safety initiatives at all Northfield
facilities.
- Direct product quality and
food safety surveillance of manufacturing areas and review HACCP
documentation for compliance.
- Coordinate pest prevention
activities with operations and assess all control methodologies.
- Support product test lot
activities to assure products meet Malt-O-Meal specifications.
- Provide reports on quality
data for plant quality, operations, corporate quality and other
Malt-O-Meal support groups.
- Provide leadership to Quality
staff. Schedule and assign work activities for QA Technicians.
- Write and/or assist in the
development of Standard Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions
for Malt-O-Meal quality and food safety initiatives.
- Back up Northfield facilities
Plant Quality Assurance Manager and Plant Quality Assurance Engineer
in their absence.
- Investigate, document,
provide corrective action opportunities for out of specification micro
data.
- Other duties as assigned by
Plant QA Manager.
Job
Requirements:
Education: 4 year BS
degree in Food Science, Biological and Chemical Science or Engineering
required.
Experience: 3-5 years
food product experience required preferably as a Quality Engineer, Food
Technologist or Quality Supervisor. Knowledge of manufacturing
processes, GMPs, food safety, GLPs, statistics and lab techniques required.
Skills: This
individual must possess excellent organizational and problem solving
skills, the ability to work with a PC and have demonstrated
math/statistical computation skills. Knowledge of SPC; the ability to
work safely with chemicals, as well as, in and around equipment; the
ability to compile, analyze and present collected data in summary form as
well as being capable of performing a variety of tests. Must be
able to communicate technical, scientific, and regulatory information, both
written and verbally. Must have strong communication and interpersonal
skills, including the ability to make presentations, facilitate meetings,
probe for root cause, and provide training to various groups with in the organization and have knowledge of quality
problem solving tools. Must be able to read, write and communicate in the
English language.
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