Quality Assurance Manager - Taylor
Farms Florida, Inc. – Orlando, FL
Reports
To: Director of Food Safety
Educational
Background Requirements:
Bachelor Degree in science
related field, preferably Microbiology, Food Science,
Biology, Chemistry and
Agricultural Business and/or Crop Science Or minimum of 8 years
Work experience with Quality
Assurance in a food plant manufacturing environment.
Summary:
The primary role of the Quality Assurance Manager
position is to ensure compliance with all relevant
Regulatory Requirements and Guidelines, Ensure
compliance with all Customer Expectations and
Internal Quality and Food Safety Standards and
Policies. The nature of this position
requires flexibility
and the
ability to embrace Change. The Quality
Assurance Manager must be highly self-motivated and
exemplify the ability to work effectively as a
Team Player, with the ability to interact across
departmental and cross-functional boundaries,
minimizing conflict and maximizing continuous
Improvement and food safety attention to
detail. Significant weight is given to
this last qualification in assessing leadership capabilities. The Quality
Assurance Manager shall be able to assume duties of the Director of Food
Safety and in the absence of this position, the
Director of Food Safety will assume responsibilities.
Work
Experience Requirements:
- HACCP – Hazard Analysis
Critical Control Point certification / formalized training
- Experience developing and
implementing a functional HACCP program
- Working knowledge of HACCP,
Food Plant Sanitation, Pest Control and GMP
- Knowledge of GAP requirements
for farming operations desirable
- Specific Audit experience with
3rd party auditors; Primus, AIB, Silliker,
Yum! Brands
- Experience with Pest Management
Companies / Experience developing a Pest Management Program
- Experience developing and
implementing Raw, Finished and Environmental Microbiological Analysis
Programs
- Experience developing and
performing monthly Facility Audits
- Experience developing,
implementing and training Standard Operating Procedures
- Experience developing Raw and
Finished product specifications
- Experience developing
Prerequisite Programs
- Knowledge of Good Laboratory
Practices (GLP)
- Experience with Customer
Complaint database tracking and feedback program
- Experience in Sanitation
Procedures
- Experience working with
Regulatory Affairs (USDA & FDA)
- Enforce required PPE and OSHA
requirements
- Excellent oral and written
communications skills
- Word, Excel and Access
experience required
- Spanish preferred, but not
required
Job
Responsibilities:
- Manage 20+ QA Technicians and 2
salaried Supervisors
- Mentor and train QA hourly and
supervisory employees – which includes but is not limited to GMP, CCP,
Food Safety, Quality Specification, Employee Safety and Sexual
Harassment training.
- Work with customers to improve
relationships
- Manage all customer complaints
- Conduct Annual Mock Recalls per
customer specifications
- Back-Up HACCP Coordinator
- Manage all aspects of shelflife including documentation, trend analysis
and reports
- Write all customer and product
specifications; Raw and Finished
- Conduct all internal facility
audits
- Manage all aspects of the
Microbiological Sampling Program and Test & Hold Program
- Manage Pest Management Company
- Monitor all GMP and Food Safety
Programs
- On call 365/24/7 manage 2 shift
operation
- 40+ work week or as necessary
to complete job function
- QA Supervisor will assume role
responsibilities in case of absence
Condition of Employment:
- The successful candidate will be requires to
provide documentation demonstrating the right to work in the United
States upon hire.
- The successful candidate must submit to post
offer, pre-employment drug testing.
- The successful candidate will be subject to
employment history checks
Mission and Vision Statement: Understand, support and promote the
company mission and vision statements.
Print Name:
_________________________________________________________________________
I have read
and understand the above_______________________________ Date: __________________
Manager’s
Initials: ___________
Vanessa
Cranford, Director of Food Safety
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