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empirical Foods · 1 day ago

QA Supervisor

Holcomb, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

1+ years exp

Empirical Foods is a company focused on maintaining high quality standards in food production. The QA Supervisor is responsible for ensuring compliance with company and USDA quality standards, supervising personnel, and conducting audits and inspections to maintain product quality and safety.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingNatural Resources

Comp. & Benefits

Hiring Manager

Robin Blumenfurth

Responsibilities

Will supervise 2 or more employees. Will provide input regarding administration of personnel functions including selection and hiring, performance evaluations, and salary adjustments. Communicate objectives, assign tasks, and train personnel in all related work and safety activities. Maintain accurate and timely personnel records. Position is required to make recommendations for hiring, firing, promotions, and salary increases

Responsible for an efficient and timely transition from production to sanitation process. Ensure efficient shift change and full communication of related items to supervisors. This includes accurate and timely data entry into logbooks, spreadsheets, and other recordkeeping mechanisms, along with effective verbal communication to appropriate personnel

Ensure equipment is assembled, disassembled, cleaned properly, and is ready for production. Responsible for maintaining high standards of safety and plant cleanliness, meeting or exceeding all Company and quality control program guidelines and requirements

Perform audits and inspections to ensure QA activities are being performed effectively, accurately, and in a timely manner, meeting or exceeding the Company’s compliance guidelines. Activities include sampling efforts, labeling compliance, inspection of equipment, facility audits, inventory audits, etc

Ensure raw material and equipment are prepared for inspection, meeting or exceeding all sanitation guidelines. May act as a liaison with USDA to maintain compliance with all quality control programs such as SOP, SSOP, HACCP, and grade labeling programs

Immediately report or correct any production problems during shift. Communicate to plant management any issues requiring special attention during shift. Communicate with both maintenance and production management to coordinate activities

Provide inspection of all plant conditions and report issues to Quality Assurance Superintendent for daily group discussion. This includes monitoring and inspecting equipment operations to ensure that safe operating standards are followed and that strict sanitation and cleanliness requirements are met

Supervise and may perform shipping, receiving, and inventory control functions. May perform backup coverage to other areas as needed

Audit paperwork and ensure proper communication to personnel has occurred. Responsible for the proper maintenance and retention of quality assurance documents

Ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Perform all other duties as assigned