Position Title:

Food Quality Assurance Manager Department:

Quality Assurance Industry:

Food Manufacturing Location:

Sterling, Virginia Reports To:

FSQA Director Classification:

Full Time, Exempt Schedule Available :

3:00pm-11:30pm (Second Shift) Jones Networking is recruiting for a Food Quality Assurance Manager to join a growing QA Department within a premium food manufacturing facility in Sterling, VA. Our client offers the opportunity for a long term rewarding career with competitive salary, quarterly bonus opportunities, excellent benefits and growth potential. Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) + 2% company match, life and disability insurance, paid vacation & holidays, corporate discounts and much more!

Food QA Manager Position Summary:

• Participates in the preparation and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for all tasks related to Food Quality and Food Safety. Identify the need for improvement of current programs and implement the necessary changes while effectively communicating with the QA and Production Management.
• Performs general daily Quality Control tasks based on established procedures.
• Monitors food processing procedures by all plant personnel to ensure regulatory compliance while producing premium full-cooked products.
• Assists with food safety and quality audits performed by regulatory agencies (USDA, FDA, Health Department, Virginia Department of Agriculture, Military Veterinary Command), third-party certifying auditing companies, and customers' audits.
• Performs release inspections on incoming materials; in process and finished product to ensure that quality standards and process controls are being met.
• Supports calibration and preventative maintenance programs.
• Participates in writing nonconformance investigations and implementing corrective action plans.
• Makes quality related recommendations to FSQA Director to enhance all of the plants' ability to produce high quality cooked products.
• Investigates customer complaints and internal non-conformities while working with all operations departments, determine root cause analysis, implement corrective action, and follow up on the efficiency of the changes made.
• Reviews production and quality control record, ensure that corrective actions are taken as needed.
• Organize team resources based on workload, ensure that all tasks are always covered.
• Ensure that the plant is operating in accordance with federal regulations, customer requirements and BRC standard. Educate all departments to t hose standards and audit processes and procedures to identify and address gaps.
• Answer customer complaints after proper investigation has been performed.
• Prepare for and conduct customer and federal agency audits.
• Maintain written programs and policies as well as HACCP.
• Oversee some or all pre-requisite programs (maintenance, supplier approval, pest control,sanitation, environmental and product testing, allergen programs.)

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Supervise Quality Control Staff:

Train the staff, review their work and performance through document review and tasks audits, provide guidance for improvement and cover for them as needed.

Qualifications Summary:

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or a related field or 3 years or more managing quality and food safety operations, programs, and staff in a food manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 2 years of QA/QC staff management.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Experience working with GFSI standards.

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Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

$85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Employee discount Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Parental leave Professional development assistance Referral program Retirement plan Vision insurance Ability to

Commute:

Sterling, VA 20166 (Required)

Work Location:

In person