Quality Assurance Manager (Rexburg Plant)

Job Description

Job Description

JOB TITLE: ​Quality Assurance Manager​

DEPARTMENT : ​Supply Chain​

REPORTS TO: ​Director, Food Safety and Quality​

FLSA STATUS: ​Exempt​

SUPERVISORY ROLE (Y/N): ​Y​

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: ​Up to 20%​

Job Summary:

​​Ultimate responsibility for Safe, Quality, Food for manufacturing site. Is actively engaged to improve food and laboratory safety, quality, and efficiencies in the QA laboratories and in production in assigned BAF facility. Maintains an intimate knowledge of laboratory policies and test procedures. Fosters a high performance work culture in all Quality Assurance labs by insisting that Good Laboratory Practices are maintained and that Technicians are routinely trained and tested for accuracy to ensure consistent accurate results.​

Essential Job Duties/Key Accountabilities

1. Responsible for overseeing and securing all aspects of food safety and quality from raw material and ingredients received to the production and shipment of food from assigned BAF facilitiy. Leads their staff, and plant operational teams to ensure HACCP, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP's), and current Good Manufacturing Processes (cGMP's are followed, recorded and maintained.

1. Responsible for the development, training, and sustaining of Good Laboratory Practices. Ensure product safety and quality testing is maintained and recorded at facilities. Ensures laboratory training of all Technicians is completed and that test results are accurate and consistent among Technicians and across all labs. Responsible for the approval of the facility QA budget and capital projects. Must have intimate knowledge of laboratory and production processes and actively engaged in evaluating processes within the facility to remove waste and reduce cost. The expertise of the incumbent should be sought out by Operations to evaluate and resolve issues. Identify process locations and attributes that can be used to predict quality and use process attributes to maintain consistency and reduce the need for finished product testing. Finished product quality attributes with targets and ranges are to be identified and set while taking into account process capability. Supporting specification changes and test procedures are to be published in a timely manner.