Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Food company – San Jose, CA
We have a great career
opportunity for an experienced Food Quality professional with a local
production company.
- Understand the production
processes, advocate procedures and strategies to ensure that proper
quality products are produced the first time.
- Implement
quality programs, systems, policies and procedures to ensure that
production colleagues have the quality information needed to produce
products that consistently meet each customer’s finished product
quality expectations.
- Ensure
that the enterprise is always in compliance with all federal, state
and customer regulatory requirements at all times.
- Ensure
that customer requests for product information are addressed promptly
and accurately.
- Direct
internal and external audits of quality systems, programs, and
manufacturing facilities.
- Review
new and existing customer specifications
- Coordinate
training, development, and performance review of seasonal quality
control colleagues.
- Review
and certify daily quality control records for conformance to thermal
process and finished product specifications.
- Participate
in QC, R & D, projects, product development, packaging revisions
and outside events and meetings.
- Design
and improve laboratory methods, maintain records, and equipment.
- Coordinate
nutritional and pesticide tests of products.
- Monitor
the effectiveness of the Pest Control program and assist in
coordinating services with the pest control operator to optimize the
program.
- Provide
sales and production colleagues with technical, safety/QA/QC/Food
Defense assistance as requested.
- Review
customer complaints and provide timely feedback to Sales/Customer
Service.
- Identify
resource requirements, e.g. operating budget for staff, equipment and
supplies.
- Satisfy
administrative requirements to accomplish responsibilities.
Required skills:
- Proven experience with GMA –
SAFE, AIB or comparable audits.
- 5-7
years QA experience in food processing plant.
- Bachelor
of Science in Food Technology, Food Science or related field
- Knowledge
of fresh tomato and vegetable processing operations including canning
and aseptic packaging
- Knowledge
of HACCP principles and procedures
- Must
be detail oriented and possess strong analytical skills
- Computer
literate in Microsoft WORD, EXCEL, and graphic programs and Internet
applications
- Strong
leadership and organizational skills
- Ability
to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed to achieve
objectives without supervision
- Ability
to coordinate tasks with others through personal initiative.
- Working
knowledge of statistics.
- Effective
problem solver and efficient budget manager.
- Proven
experience with pertinent QC lab methods for testing chemical,
physical, and microbiological properties of food.
- Excellent
organizing, writing, and English speaking skills; Spanish a plus.
Contact:
Amy Borchard, amy.borchard@onassignment.com
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Job Type:
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Employee
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Job Status:
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Full Time
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Locations:
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California-Silicon Valley/San Jose
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Categories:
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Food & Beverage
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or Apply Online
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