Link Snacks is seeking a FSQ Supervisor to manage Food Safety and Quality staff, determine the overall direction of quality systems, and ensure corporate FSQ objectives are met. The successful candidate will have 3 years of Quality Assurance experience in the food industry and prior supervisory experience. They will be responsible for investigating issues, implementing corrective actions, and maintaining quality systems, including HACCP and SQF plans. They will also be responsible for enforcing safety rules, providing interpretation of company policies, and ensuring all state, local, and federal Food Safety regulatory issues are adhered to.
Requirements
- Monitor Return-to-Vendor (RTV) items, investigate issues, determine corrective actions and appropriate disposition, and follow up with, record keeping, and reporting.
- NR response/tracking/reporting.
- Consumer complaint investigation, corrective actions, record keeping, and reporting.
- Communicate with USDA/FSIS concerning regulatory issues
- Implement and/or maintain a Listeria environmental monitoring and control program including corrective actions, record keeping, and reporting
- Manage the USDA pathogen monitoring sampling program, product retention & release.
- Maintain HACCP support documentation file & prepare for USDA HACCP In-Depth-Verification (IDV) review.
- Manage the use of chemicals in the quality control department.
- Function as the liaison between the plant and the USDA.
- Maintain and reassess SQF, HACCP and SSOP Plans.
- SOP’s & SSOP’s – Program development, training, implementation, maintenance, validation, reassessment, corrective actions, record keeping, and verification in support of plant operations & quality systems or as defined in 9 CFR, Chapter III, Part 416 – Sanitation, Part 417 – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems.
- Review, monitor, and maintain all ingredient and process control systems.
- Conduct a mock recall bi-annually to verify the effectiveness and accuracy of data gathering and record keeping functions.
- Establish, monitor and control a Quality Systems Laboratory capable of conducting chemical testing of in-process and finished products as required by corporate FSQ objectives.
- Implement and monitor training for new hires & continuing training of current team members.
- Ensure all state, local, and federal Food Safety regulatory issues are adhered to, and implement changes.
- Enforce all safety rules and company policies; provide appropriate interpretation of company policies and safety policies for team members.
- Suggest improvements; continuously improve the quality of all support activities.
- Encourage team members’ initiative and innovation, and show recognition for effort & achievement.
- Create and cultivate positive work relationships at all levels of the plant/organization.
- Ensure proper staffing is maintained, including interviewing and hiring new team members.
- Maintain attendance records, counsel team members with poor attendance, & follow up with coaching/discipline as appropriate.
- Appraise work performance: conduct appropriate reviews for team members; give coaching/discipline as appropriate in a consistent and timely manner.
- Review, correct, and approve timekeeping tool to ensure team members are paid correctly each pay-period.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as necessary.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life and Disability Insurance
- 401k Participation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
