Job Title:

Quality Assurance Manager Location:

Crete, NE Reports to: Crete Plant Manager About Grain Craft Corn Milling (Previously Bunge) :

• Grain Craftis a company that is committed to our team members. We offer generous benefits with a focus on three guiding pillars: Driven With Purpose
• (We Make Every Day Count), Relationships Are Everything (Meaningful Connections Fuel Our Success), and Right Always Wins (We Never Compromise on Safety, Quality, and Commitment).

These pillars are the bedrock of Grain Craft's high-performance culture. We champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and continuous learning and development opportunities for professional growth. Our pillars are real and lived out every day in action, and our mission has never changed. Grain Craft offers competitive pay and great benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, 401K, Employee and Family Assistance Programs, and several Supplemental Benefit offerings. The Quality Assurance Manager is ultimately responsible for managing all aspects of quality and product safety in conjunction with department superintendents and managers. This position is responsible for Quality Control, including all chemical analysis and quality control testing for products at the Crete production facility.

• Responsible for process control and quality control analysis of samples produced to assure maintenance of consistent quality standards.
• Will apply American Association of Cereal Chemists or other nationally approved methods, such as all classical wet methodology as well as Near Infrared, to perform chemical analysis on representative product samples to ensure product integrity.
• Will oversee budgeting, record keeping and the activities of the laboratory technicians and other professionally trained personnel charged with gathering and preparing product samples for testing.
• This position requires good leadership skills, which will be, in large part, demonstrated by good organization, coordination, and communication skills. It cannot be stressed enough how important accurate, consistent and thorough communication is to this position and every position at Grain Craft.
• The Quality Assurance Manager must possess strong communication skills to foster and sustain excellent relations with subordinates, other shifts, peers, and co-workers. Promoting and sustaining an accident-free and productive work environment is paramount to the successful management of the day-to-day operations of the facility.
• This position reports directly to the Crete Plant Manager to keep appraised of quality issues but also to the St.

Louis Quality and Food Safety Department.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1.

Leadership:

Demonstrate the following core values and guiding behaviors which are expected of all managers and supervisors at

Grain Craft North America:

• Integrity, Openness and Trust, Teamwork, Commitment, Entrepreneurship and Farmer/ Customer Focus.

2.

Safety:

Develop, promote and enforce safety in the workplace by actively demanding employees to work safely by setting and personally demonstrating safe work habits. 3.

Customers:

Communicate with product customers as needed to develop products to meet their expectation.

• Lead customer inspection tours and address concerns if any.

4.

Security:

Responsible to continue to develop and improve security of facility property including access, food safety, seals and product safety.

• Develop and maintain system for tracking inbound/outbound products and raw materials.
• Maintain system for tracking inbound truck/rail to prevent Grain Craft product from being placed in trucks/railcars, which are unsanitary and not suitable for human food transport.
• Participate with others to develop and maintain initiative to protect Grain Craft products (for human and animal consumption) from contamination and terrorism. 5. Responsible for all aspects of quality analysis:
• Develop and improve quality control analysis of all products by utilizing industry accepted lab methods.
• Maintain product quality standards by constant analysis of raw product, which readily fluctuates.
• Provide input to Operating Managers for operational changes to adjust to the ever-fluctuating corn and masa product quality.
• Responsible for maintaining and improving documentation processes for quality control and procedures. 6. Employee training, development and discipline:
• Develop and maintain an open line of communication with employees by demonstrating credibility, willingness to listen, by taking action when appropriate and responding to all concerns.
• Conduct individual safety training, new technician orientation, employee training and lab procedures, reviews and updates.
• Conduct and direct group training as well as individual employee training on procedures, safety, and quality analysis.
• Work effectively through others to achieve positive, consistent and continually improving results in each area.
• Lead by example and willing to step in and perform analysis in times of need.

7.

Overall operations knowledge:

By working to understand all aspects of production at this facility (corn handling and masa production) the Quality Assurance Manager will demonstrate the requirement for cooperation and teamwork. 8. Develop and maintain the HACCP/Food Safety and Food Defense programs in accordance with the FSMA regulations and Grain Craft standards:

• Proactively approach housekeeping and maintenance issues with haste to meet and exceed HACCP and SQF standards.
• Lead HACCP and SQF inspection certifications.
• Develop and maintain documentation standards.

9. Effective communication with department Managers, Superintendents, Facility Coordinators, Commercial Manager to ensure consistent and effective communication. 10. Demonstrate cost conscious and quality conscious decision making. 11. Manage lab staffing as needed to meet fluctuating demands and coverage needs. 12. Interface with Plant Manager, Maintenance Manager and plant scheduler daily to communicate and address quality fluctuations.

• The Quality Assurance Manager will also perform other duties as assigned and recognize that priorities can and will likely shift quickly to adjust to the demands of other departments for the overall benefit of the organization.

Skill/Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Biology/Chemistry or related scientific field preferred. 2-5 years of supervisory/management experience is required. 2-5 years of experience working in the grain processing industry required, corn masa or corn milling preferred: Knowledge of grain handling, storage and processing. Grain processing knowledge to include grain cleaning, grinding, sifting and packaging. Experience implementing and maintaining quality certifications such as SQF, HACCP and GMP's. High energy and positive attitude is a must. Proficiency with basic computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, word and other software applications This position is contingent upon successfully passing Grain Craft's background screening, drug-screening and physical (if applicable). Grain Craft maintains that we are a drug-free company on all levels.

EEO STATEMENT

Grain Craft provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. By applying for this job at Grain Craft, you acknowledge and agree to receive communications via text, email, and phone.

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

From $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Military leave Paid time off Parental leave Referral program Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person