Quality Assurance Manager

Job Summary
We are seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Monrovia, CA with a food and beverage production organization. This role is ideal for a hands-on food safety and quality leader with strong regulatory knowledge, audit experience, and a passion for continuous improvement in a USDA-regulated manufacturing environment.

The Quality Assurance Manager will lead QA and QC programs across food safety, product quality, sanitation, compliance, audits, labeling, testing, and team development. This is a high-impact leadership role with visibility to executive leadership and the opportunity to help strengthen quality systems, improve processes, and support a collaborative production team.

This position offers a stable, team-oriented work environment where quality, food safety, accountability, and continuous improvement are valued. The right candidate will enjoy leading people, solving problems, and partnering across departments to maintain high standards in a fast-paced food manufacturing operation.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead and maintain SQF, HACCP, food safety, quality assurance, and quality control programs.
- Manage regulatory compliance and serve as the primary contact for USDA, FDA, Organic, Halal, and third-party audits.
- Oversee GMPs, SSOPs, allergen controls, supplier approvals, customer complaints, sanitation standards, calibrations, and training programs.
- Coordinate microbiological testing, review results, investigate trends, and implement corrective actions.
- Ensure product labels, specifications, formulations, and nutritional documentation meet applicable regulatory requirements.
- Supervise, coach, train, and support the SQF Practitioner and Quality Control Technicians.

Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $120,000 to $130,000 per year.
- Job Type: Direct Hire.
- Location: Monrovia, CA.

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Additional Skills

Required Qualifications and Skills
- Lead QA, QC, SQF, HACCP, and food safety programs in a food manufacturing environment.
- Manage USDA, FDA, SQF, HACCP, Organic, Halal, and third-party audit readiness and compliance.
- Supervise quality team members, including the SQF Practitioner and Quality Control Technicians.
- Drive corrective actions, product quality improvements, sanitation standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or a related field.
- 5 to 10 years of Quality Assurance or Food Safety experience in food manufacturing.
- Experience working in a USDA-inspected facility is required.
- HACCP Certified Practitioner certification is required.
- SQF Practitioner qualification and hands-on SQF management experience are required.
- Strong knowledge of USDA, FDA, HACCP, GMP, SSOP, allergen control, and food safety regulations.
- Experience with audits, microbiological testing, food labeling, specifications, formulations, nutritional documentation, and corrective action programs.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
- Strong leadership, communication, training, documentation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the protein or meat industry.
- Bilingual English and Spanish skills.
- Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives in a food manufacturing or food processing environment.