Quality Assurance Engineering Supervisor jobs in Scranton, PA

Description

4135 Birney Avenue, Moosic, PA 18507 

Job Description: 

Quality Assurance and Food Safety Supervisor 

Quality Assurance 

Classification: 

Exempt 

Salary Grade Level 

Reports to: 

QAFS Director 

Summary: 

Ensures food safety and quality of all products produced in the plant. Responsible for ensuring specifications are defined and communicated. Performs inspections of processes, employee training, compliance with applicable food laws and regulations and maintains plant HACCP and Food Safety Plans to regulatory compliance. Provides guidance and adherence to quality policies. Actively participates in resolving customer complaints. Is an integral part of the plant leadership team. Provides support to R&D, Operations on customer issues, questions, and concerns. Oversees the facility’s QA, sanitation, and janitorial processes to ensure the effectiveness of the food safety program. 

All employees are responsible to follow all of Nutrition Corp. protocols of Food Safety. 

Essential Duties: 

• Ensure compliance with all regulatory standards including but not limited to: Good Manufacturing Processes, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Safe Quality Food (SQF), Gluten Free and Organic Certifications.  
• Aim of achieving high performance, build a positive, team-oriented work culture and environment where continuous improvement, innovative and positive thinking, teamwork, positive behaviors, safety, food safety, and security are natural outcomes. 
• Perform process checks throughout our facility including the kitchen, production, packaging, sanitation fulfillment and warehousing functions of the company, including pre-operational checks, sanitation verification, label checks, seal checks, net weight checks, etc. 
• Maintain a well-organized and sanitary workspace according to the company’s required Good Manufacturing Practices and Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures.  
• Coordinates with customers, vendors and regulatory authorities’ programs, policies and relationships.   
• Monitors daily quality of products, waste, and incoming material. 
• Manage product and customer complaints. 
• Maintains comprehensive understanding of all raw materials, packaging materials, and finished products’ requirements. 
• Assists Management in creating new policies, procedures, and products. 
• Performs facility audits, quality audits, food safety audits, and GMP audits. Verifies quality policies and procedures are being conducted. Prepares documentation and evaluation reports. 
• Helps to coordinate, prepare for, and conduct all third-party food safety, FDA, and USDA audits. 
• Oversees the HACCP and Food Safety program and conducts annual validations.  
• Performs plant inspections and monitors temperatures according to company policies, by use of calibrated thermometers and temperature logging devices. 
• Performs trace/market withdrawal exercises biannually with the participation of management. 
• Directs, delegates duties, and trains QA Technicians under the direction of the QAFS Director.  
• Conducts annual evaluations of department employees with the QAFS Director.  
• Performs plant wide environmental sampling, including air plates, water testing, and environmental swabbing.  Completes corresponding paperwork and prepares samples for send-out. Requests purchase of additional testing supplies as needed. Maintains the site’s environmental program, including all results. 
• Monitors and updates food safety documents as needed. 
• Maintain open communications with all departments. 
• Promote a safe, secure, and positive work environment for all Employees. 
• Generate and execute CAPAs and non-conformance paperwork for any ongoing non-conformances.  
• Updates management daily on status of on-hold material and keeps the hold log up to date, working to actively disposition hold material.  
• Works with Production and R&D teams to arrange for testing of any samples for concessions/extensions. 
• Other duties as appropriate or assigned. 

Competencies: 

1. To perform the job successfully, candidates must be able to perform all essential duties satisfactorily. 
2. 2 years of related Quality experience in the Food Manufacturing Industry. 
3. 1 years in a Supervisory role managing a team with direct reports. 
4. 1 years’ experience supervising a team of quality assurance technicians and quality assurance compliance for a USDA food production facility 
5. Experience in sanitation processes 
6. SQF and / or BRC experience 
7. Experience with USDA FSIS food production and regulation.  
8. Writing and implementing food safety and quality programs 
9. Generate and complete program validations.  
10. Excellent communication, presentation, and team building skills 
11. Strong attention to detail 
12. Ability to multi-task to simultaneously complete several projects 
13. Proficiency in Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint 
14. Knowledge and understanding of Lean System manufacturing 

Supervisor Responsibility:  

Yes 

Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The area that this job is performed in is a general office / open workstation environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. The employee will also work in a warehouse cold environment refrigerator temperature (35 - 40 degrees F) and occasionally a freezer (-5 degrees F). Follow all company policies and procedures; report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager. 

Physical Demands: 

While performing the duties of the job, the employee regularly stands and sits for a long period of time. The position requires use of hands, fingers, and ability to talk and hear.  Use of company communication devices, laptop, desktop, software/ app-based platforms.  Ability to stand, crawl, stoop, kneel, bend at the waist, and reach. ?Lift/push and pull up to 50 lbs. Work in cold/hot environment. 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: 

This is a full-time position. Standard days and schedules are usually Tuesday to Saturday. 

Days and hours are subject to change depending on Company needs. 

Travel 

No 

Education Required: 

• Minimum Educational Level: BS degree in Food Science, Microbiology or other related technical field of study 
• HACCP Certified 
• PCQI Certification 

Salary: 65K

Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable) 

Authorized to work in the USA 

AAP/EEO 

Operations/Office 

Other Duties: 

Please note this job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.