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Founded in 1919,
Malt-O-Meal Company is privately held and headquartered in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Malt-O-Meal, the nation’s fourth largest cereal manufacturer,
supplies a full line of branded cereals to all retail channels. The company
currently produces ready-to-eat cereals, hot wheat cereals, and a full line
of oatmeal products. The company operates production facilities in Minnesota,
Utah, North Carolina and Iowa. Various distribution centers supply the
customer base throughout the United States.
QUALITY FOOD SAFETY SUPERVISOR -
PM
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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