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Newly Weds Foods · 7 hours ago

Quality Lab Supervisor

Dyersburg, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Newly Weds Foods is seeking a Quality Lab Supervisor to manage the company’s laboratory testing operations. The role involves overseeing day-to-day activities in analytical and microbiological laboratories, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and supervising lab personnel.

Food and BeverageManufacturing

Responsibilities

Conduct and oversee laboratory testing, analyses and reporting in a food production facility specific to chemical, physical and microbiological sample prep, testing and reporting in agreement with the QA manager

Direct, manage and train lab personnel

Manage equipment operation, calibration and minor maintenance

Oversee reagent preparation – chemical and microbiological

Interpret and report results

Ensure that work is completed timely, efficiently, and that is meets quality standards

Anticipate, trouble shoot, and resolve problems and issues quickly

Conduct work in a safe manner and abide by all company safety policies

Ensure that all Lab employees are using safe practices

Performs weekly internal QA audits as assigned by QA Manager; leading IFS, HACCP and food safety requirements in the labs

Write, review and approve product related documents including:

Batch sheets/checklist for production

Recipe development

Specifications sheets

MSDS

Allergen sheets

Certificates of analysis

Performs other duties as assigned

Develops, documents, introduces and trains testing procedures and SOPs for the QC tasks under the guidance of the QA manager

Maintains the laboratory including the rooms, furniture, installations and equipment

Supervises all lab operations and testing procedures and assures compliance with safety requirements

Plans, conducts, reviews and supervises all testing and data acquisition outside the lab in accordance with production or site management and in agreement with the QA manager

Plans and organizes external testing with commercial labs, including evaluation and documentation/reporting of the results

Selects and orders laboratory material and instruments and follows up expenditures against the planned budget

Has knowledge and understands OSHA, HACCP, IFS, ISO and Safety requirements within a food manufacturing environment

Support continuous improvement with Allergen Management, Food Defense, Food Fraud, Food Safety Culture and other Food Safety and Quality initiatives

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Laboratory managementFood Safety knowledgeAnalytical methodologyMicrobiology testingQuality Management SystemsLeadership abilitiesMicrosoft OfficeERP system