Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager**Grainwell Puffed Grains**1 PositionsID: 54450Posted On 10/15/2024**Job Overview****Job purpose**The purpose of the Quality Assurance Manager is to ensure food safety and quality, of the facility and products being manufactured, meet and exceed all customer and regulatory requirements.**Duties and responsibilities**This position manages and implements quality assurance, quality control, and food safety processes for food ingredient production and facility operations.**Main Responsibilities:**+ Maintain a positive attitude at all times while nurturing a safe, kind, respectful, and competitive environment.+ Nurture a safe, kind, respectful, and competitive environment.+ Act as SQF practitioner to lead and maintain the SQF program and subsequent quality program compliances within the facility.+ Overseeing and implementing HACCP, SQF, GMP, and other food safety and quality programs for the plant.+ Create and implement Quality Systems and document Standard Operating Procedures and maintain compliance with quality assurance programs, policies, processes, and procedures relative to plant, customer, and governmental and auditing agencies.+ Directly responsible for implementation and maintenance of the food safety plan to ensure that all prerequisite programs, preventive controls, and critical control points perform within expected standards.+ Provide leadership, training, and support to all plant employees on Quality and GMP issues. Conduct food safety, SQF-required, and other necessary training annually and as needed.+ Conduct GMP and sanitation audits.+ Review quality trends, track root cause of quality failures, and coordinate corrective actions. Lead in all corrective and preventive actions necessary as related to the identification of food safety issues.+ Aid in conducting root cause analysis and utilizes other quality /problem solving techniques to resolve quality issues including product holds, customer complaints, and GMPs issues.+ Monitor for compliance to established SSOPs. Document infractions, corrective actions, and preventative action on SSOPs. Assure Corrective and Preventative action takes place in a timely manner.+ Performs all third party, customer audits and inspections. Seeks to establish constructive working relationships with inspectors and auditors.+ Direct supervision of the plant QA Department and the Sanitation Team.**Qualifications**+ Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as food science, chemistry, biology, or a related discipline.+ 5+ years of experience in quality assurance and control within the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or nutraceutical manufacturing industry.+ Proven ability to lead and manage a team effectively.+ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct root cause analysis.+ Knowledge of relevant industry regulations and quality standards.+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and effectively.+ Strong attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high levels of accuracy in quality control processes.+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.+ Relevant quality certifications such as HACCP, PCQI, SQF Practitioner, etc.**Working conditions**+ Indoor working conditions.+ May be exposed to loud sounds and distracting noise levels, such as from production equipment.+ Exposure to hot parts on equipment.+ May involve exposure to cleaning chemicals and allergens.**Physical requirements**+ Able to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.+ May be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.+ Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.**Direct reports**+ Laboratory Technician+ Sanitation TechnicianPrimary Contact1726076602667Kelsey BockenstedtHR Generalist & Business Admin,PhonePhonePhoneFaxkbockenstedt@grainwellfoods.comEmailFalseFalseFalse**Job Details**CategoriesEnvironmental/Quality Assurance/SafetyFood and BeverageManufacturingLocationDyersville, IAShiftFirst ShiftJob TypeEmployeeFull/PartFull TimePay/SalaryStarting at $80,000 per year.BenefitsHealth InsuranceDental InsuranceVision InsuranceLife InsuranceRetirement PlanPTO (Paid Time Off)Paid Holidays**Qualifications**EducationBachelorsExperience5-10 YearsCompany ID52732Job REQ ## Positions1Start Date20241015End Date20241130Featured JobTH Ad0TH Comments**Similar Jobs**Catering Sales ManagerGrand River CenterCatering Sales ManagerGrand River CenterCatering Sales ManagerGrand River CenterCatering Sales ManagerGrand River CenterCatering Sales ManagerGrand River CenterMaterials Movement Manager - Direct HireSedona Staffing ServicesSenior Quality EngineerSpecialized Recruiting GroupQuality EngineerSedona Staffing ServicesQuality Control Systems SupervisorSedona Staffing ServicesAssistant Production ManagerMonastery Candy, Inc.**Share this Job**Grainwell Puffed Grains**About the Company**Grainwell Puffed Grains, located in Dyersville, Iowa, fuels food innovation across North America by leveraging technology to craft superior puffed grains. Our versatile and nutritious products provide the building blocks for a wide variety of exciting new food offerings, enabling our partners to delight consumers with exceptional taste and quality.