Job Purpose and Impact

The Quality Assurance Officer will complete a variety of monitoring and verification tasks to ensure that the plant operates in compliance with food safety programs, policies and certifications. In this role, you will influence people who are not direct reports to achieve overall quality standards and meet governmental agency quality standards.

Key Accountabilities Complete food safety, sanitation, operational, risk material and control room monitoring. Review daily material processing procedures and verify all applicable monitoring documents, taking immediate corrective actions when deviations are identified. Maintain food safety records, imputing and assigning deviation reports as required. Conduct daily inspections of the plant for each one of the critical control points and sanitation monitoring zones, ensuring all monitors are adhering to the written food safety programs. Perform unbiased audits throughout the facility to ensure adherence to sanitation procedures for critical job tasks. Communicate deviations to management and ensure they are documented, assigned correctly and completed in a timely manner and follow up on corrective actions and preventative measures to ensure they are effective. Provide and administer food safety certification training to plant employees including theoretical training related to quality programs. Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff. Other duties as assigned QualificationsMinimum QualificationsHigh school diploma, secondary education level or equivalentExperience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applicationsKnowledge of food safety concepts, including hazard management and governmental agency requirementsAble to represent the company during third party audits and governmental agency verificationsPreferred QualificationsBachelor's degree in a science related fieldMinimum of two years of experience in a food manufacturing facilityExperience or knowledge of chemical titrationsShould have one year of experience in HPLC equipment maintenance