The Judge Group is seeking a degreed Quality Assurance Manager for a large food manufacture in Colorado! The qualified candidate is responsible for emerging, recommending and applying a Plant Quality system to ensure process and product quality consistency with corporate objectives. The QA Manager leads the daily processes of the Technical Services function through guidance to demonstrate company specifications, policies, formulas and regulatory requirements. The candidate will be responsible to guarantee all products meet product quality as well as Safe Quality Food standards.
Responsibilities:
Grow and uphold plant quality system in compliance with the Corporate Quality Policy
If the Quality Assurance Manager is absent the first shift QA Supervisor will undertake responsibilities
Lead the technical services, sanitation, laboratory functions and food safety of all shifts
Maintain a safe working environment
Ensures compliance to state, federal, and local regulations
Assures efficient and accurate testing, reporting, and monitoring of product safety and quality
Develop and assist internal audits to determine and assess compliance to company policy and regulatory requirements
Maintain systems for verifying and checking process compliance to provide production departments with tools necessary for daily operations
Lead development and implementation of plant GMP, Hygiene and Sanitation programs
Ensures effective quality and food safety training for quality assurance and plant staff
Directs the Plant Management Team on quality trends within the process and recommends proper corrective action
Makes the annual budget for the QA department
Facilitates the development of logical methods and sampling procedures as required
Requirements:
BS degree required
5+ years of QA supervisory experience preferred
SQF & HACCP certified
Experience with FDA, USDA regulations
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work in a matrix organization
Creative/analytical problem solving skills and innovative approaches to resolve complex problems
Team building skills and experience
Microsoft office skills such as PowerPoint, Project Manager, Excel and Word
Demonstrated experience in managing plant sanitation programs