Marathon Cheese Corporation ยท 2 days ago
QA Manager
Mountain Home, ID
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expMarathon Cheese Corporation is searching for a Quality Assurance Manager to lead the continuous improvement of food safety and quality performance at their plant. This role involves ensuring compliance with quality policies and managing the Quality Assurance team to meet quality goals and objectives.
Food ProcessingManufacturingPackaging ServicesService Industry
Responsibilities
Direct and supervise the Quality team in the plant and laboratory
Ensure plant compliance with all Quality policies, programs and procedures
Manage HACCP and Food Safety Plan development, assessments and validations for new products and processes, including records and file maintenance
Ensure compliance of the audit programs for internal and external audits, i.e. FDA, WDATCP, IDA, GFSI/SQF, USDA, NOP, and customers
In close cooperation with corporate Quality, liaise with Customer Services and Sales and Marketing on complaint investigation and communication, trending and sustaining resolution
Promote Quality awareness and ownership throughout plant operations
Drive improvements and monitor Quality metrics/KPIs at the facility
Evaluate and assist in developing processes, specifications and critical control points in manufacturing for ongoing Quality Assurance of all finished goods
Monitor and assess performance of the quality systems, report its effectiveness to management and implement actions for improvement
Develop and execute training programs that support Food Safety and Food Quality objectives
Apply administrative and record-keeping processes to support the Quality policies, programs and procedures
Manage QA related projects from inception to final reports and implementations
Member of Plant Crisis Management Team, e.g. Recall Team
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Masters Degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology or similar scientific discipline, and one to three years of relevant experience; or a Bachelors Degree in a discipline described above, with three to five years of relevant experience; or an Associate Degree and five to ten years of progressively responsible related experience
Strong knowledge and understanding of: Food Safety and Food Quality auditing, internal and external
Preventive controls, including allergen and foreign material controls
GMPs, sanitary design, pest control
Federal and state food regulations
Specifications, including ingredient and packaging, manufacturing and finished goods
Analytical equipment and methods in processing quality control, microbiology, chemistry, and organoleptic assessments and evaluations; relevant software applications
Relevant applications of food technologies
Strong leadership and mentoring skills
Ability to successfully interact with a wide variety of people, and provide excellent service to internal and external customers
Excellent problem solving skills including root cause, corrective action & preventive action
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Successful supervision of environmental and hygienic microbiological monitoring
Preferred
Dairy industry and RTE Packaging
Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
Quality Systems and principles in GFSI- SQF, as SQF Practitioner
Good Manufacturing Practices (FDA)
Quality Control, such as statistical process control (SPC) and lean six
Continuous Improvement, including measureable results from actionable information in process evaluation and trend analysis
Internal auditing, third party audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections
SAP, and PC proficiency in Windows-based applications
Company
Marathon Cheese Corporation
Who are we? We are a leader in cheese packaging. We set the bar high for innovation. We are a family of thousands across four locations.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase