Title: FSQA Supervisor, 1st Shift Req ID: 7164
City, State: Mocksville, NC
Reports to: FSQA Manager
Classification: Exempt
JOB DESCRIPTION
Summary: The FSQA Supervisor ensures that the manufacturing facility produces safe and efficient food, follows HACCP and SSOP programs, and meets the high quality-assurance standards of our business partners.
Essential Functions:
- Supervises and leads a team of QA Techs to ensure accountability and compliance to all Food Safety & Quality programs and specifications.
- Guides the team through internal audits and guide management on all Food Safety & HACCP related programs, including new team member training.
- Helps investigate and close customer concerns and helps track and communicate supplier bones and foreign material internally and externally.
- Serves as a liaison to USDA communicating regularly on day-to-day functions and results of Supplier Foreign Material Supports.
Required Qualifications:
- Demonstrated three years supervisory or lead experience in a USDA regulated facility leading a Quality Assurance team OR a bachelor’s degree with a prior QA/Food Science (or closely related) internship.
- Strong interpersonal skills, to include professional oral and written communication, a team-focused approach, and the ability to model composure/make decisions in stressful situations.
- Able to organize and coordinate work within schedule constraints and handle emergent requirements in a timely manner.
- Attention to detail: excellent organizational skills, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Confident and experienced self-starter.
- Competent experience in Microsoft Office 365 with an emphasis in Word, Excel, SharePoint & Planner applications, and comfortable learning and using new software/applications, as necessary.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in poultry science, food science, biological sciences, or closely related field
- Prior experience working in an SQF Audited facility
- Experience working in the food industry
- Knowledge/work experience in poultry industry
- Prior SAP user experience
Supervisory Responsibility: This position will supervise the QA technicians at the Mocksville facility.
Work Environment: High noise, cold temperature, warm temperature, slippery floors, moving equipment and dust may be present. Employees will wear personal protective equipment as necessary or required.
Physical Demands: Position requires sitting and standing for up to 8 hours as well as occasionally lifting 50 pounds.
Position Type: This is a full-time exempt position. Some Saturday work required.
Travel: Minimal travel required.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed 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.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check are required.
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