Quality Specialist - Project Lead

Quality Specialist - Project Lead Bridgewater, NJ Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing (FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years) Initial term: 2 years Schedule: M-F 8am - 5pm About This Role Guardian of Quality and Compliance by Design, ensuring quality requirements and deliverables for Idea to Launch (I2L) Innovation/Renovation projects. Qualified as the quality representative for CAT 1, 2, and 3 projects, responsible for creating pHACCP and rMMS for new products/technology development to ensure compliance with food safety, regulatory and quality standards. What You'll Do Be part of the Internal Audit Team and support additional initiatives. Act as a project team member on Innovation/Renovation projects, ensuring Quality function I2L deliverables throughout project stages. Perform food safety assessments and develop pHACCP and rMMS for new product or technology projects, supporting factories with implementation. Deliver quality and food safety technical knowledge transfer to operations through engagement, training, and handover of projects. Provide training to all functions that need to understand and implement quality and safety in their job deliverables. Ensure full compliance with standards and regulatory requirements. Promote compliance with system requirements and other applicable standards. Audit processes and areas according to the Internal Audit Plan. Support visits from regulatory bodies such as FDA or USDA, and external certification bodies. Assist in preparation efforts to obtain ISO and NMS certifications. Provide technical assistance to quality functions in factories and application groups. What You Bring Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemistry Engineering, Food Science, or equivalent. Experience in the food industry in quality, R&D, or manufacturing areas. Competence supporting business requirements: part of the quality department of a factory, PTC/R&D, Centre, NR, NQACs; HACCP team member. Preferred: ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 certification. Experience with ingredient specifications. Experience with quality by design. Business experience: leading part of a change effort, participating in audit teams and/or improvement projects, establishing networks of peers in markets or factories. Benefits $32.00 per hour + overtime Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) plan Disability insurance Eligibility: U.S.-based applicants only. #J-18808-Ljbffr FuseGlobal