Quality Assurance Supervisor

Quality Assurance Supervisor

The Quality Assurance Supervisor leads as a quality champion for the plant.

The successful candidate will be responsible for: Ensuring testing results are timely, accurate, and meet all regulatory requirements as well as Land O'Lakes specifications prior to release of product.

Assists in maintaining all required electronic and file documentation.

This role is at a Dairy Foods manufacturing facility for Land O'Lakes, creating dairy products that stand for real, simple goodness.We believe there's power in every drop of milk our farmers produce, and by improving production and finding innovative uses for that milk, we add a little good to people's lives.

Essential Functions:


* Coaching employees as needed to ensure compliance with plant quality programs, Enterprise Quality Management System, and SQF requirements.


* Assist the QA Manager in measuring and monitoring key performance indicators as well as contributing data, background, and insight into those metrics.


* Must be skilled in identification of root cause analysis to improve quality and productivity of plant operation; demonstrated ability to lead and drive change at all levels in the plant with manager, peers, supervisory staff as well as line employees.


* Understand Regulatory requirements and work on any plant audit.


* Assist the management team in the maintenance of the quality system.


* Support Hicksville policies, procedures, specifications, HACCP, standards, and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance.


* Conduct internal plant audits.


* Developing and overseeing training of new department employees.


* Testing and disposition of ingredients and products.


* Monitoring and inspecting process equipment and in-process inspection and testing activities.


* To improve the plant quality systems and provide service to help operations for continuous improvement and compliance.


* The position is responsible for the supervision of QA technicians/QA Operators and the administration and monitoring of all laboratory testing equipment and procedures.

Qualifications Required:


* Bachelor of Science in Food/Dairy Science or related field.


* 2+ years of quality assurance experience in food manufacturing.


* Strong knowledge of Quality Management principles, food regulation and food operations.


* Computer skills in MS Office Suite, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:


* 2 + years of supervisory leadership experience.

Shift & Working Hours:2nd Shift; 5:30 PM to 3:00 AM; Saturdays as needed.

Salary Range: $69,040 - $103,560

(In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges)

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