2nd Shift – QA Supervisor

Job Title

 2nd Shift – QA Supervisor 

Position Location

 Kentwood, Michigan 

 

Pay/hours for position

 40 hours/ Full Time

$65k to $75k depending on experience 

3% bonus

 

2nd Shift - 2:30PM to 11PM – Saturdays are included.

 

Requirements of position

 

 

Job Summary:

 

Responsible for leading and representing Quality on the plant floor and provide

direction to maintain the Quality Assurance systems in place. Aids in managing facility internal audits, compliance to GFSI-customer-regulatory requirements, coaching-teaching-mentoring QA staff, and supporting continuous improvement activities in the plant.

 

Job Duties:

 

• Lead GFSI initiatives and serve as back up the QA/Sr.QA Manager for all things Food

Safety & Quality

 

• Ensure preparation and compliance of all Quality Systems material and information often utilized in audits

 

• Participate and at times lead the audits with companies, agencies and auditors for the site team

 

• Perform & maintain risk assessments for new materials coming into the facility

 

• Execute and lead RCA-CAPAs in accordance with corporate and site policies

 

• Investigate consumer complaints and monitor corrective action effectiveness

 

• Maintain and monitor the Quality Notification (QN) or similar supplier incident system to close out

 

• Generate-Review-Close Incident Reports as related to FSQA

 

• Coach-Teach-Mentor QA Staff to help build contingency plan bench strength

 

• May be required to maintain staffing schedules and provide feedback for QA Staff

 

performance reviews

 

• Aid in management of commercialization projects from a quality perspective to assure specifications are met

 

• Advise commercialization and production teams on process specifications, process

 

capabilities, and customer requirements to include recipe and sensory

 

• Be able to perform Mock Recall / Trace exercises as required

 

• Oversee Document & Record Control programs as they pertain to FSQA

 

• Support QA Manager and commercialization teams in integrating customer and compliance requirements into internal specifications

 

• Actively participate in the Makers Pride Production System activities (Drumbeat, Weekly KPI, Tiered Auditing, etc.)

 

• Participate in sensory and/or product evaluation tests as required by site

 

• May serve as primary Quality liaison on test, proof of concept, and initial production runs

 

• May serve as primary resource to track action items developed via test runs through

 

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• Aid in monitoring Sanitation activities including, but not limited to verification of MSS, PEM and non-PEM swabbing, and pre-operational inspection

 

• Coordinate QA and Production training related to FSQA requirements and initiatives

 

• Off-shift training, performance verification, and plant-based meeting participation

 

 

 

Knowledge of:

 

• PCQI or HACCP Training Certificate

 

• Knowledge and experience with SAP preferred

 

• GFSI certification a plus

 

• Basic RCA and CAPA tools

 

Skilled in:

 

• Internal Auditing

 

• Influencing Quality Culture behaviors

 

• Procedure/Standard Work generation

 

Ability to:

 

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

 

• Recognize food safety & quality gaps and provide a plan to address

 

• Manage multiple projects at a time

 

• Investigate complaints and incidents with minimal oversight

 

• Influence Quality Culture behaviors

 

• Work collaboratively with all departments

 

• Must be accurate and detail-oriented

 

• Ability to work with minimal supervision and at times independently

 

Proficiency in:

 

• MS Office Suite, SAP a Plus

 

• High school level math

 

 

Minimum Qualifications:

 

• SQF or BRC certification a plus.

 

• 3-5 years of related work experience, including experience supervising and

leading a Quality and Food safety staff in a related food manufacturing environment (i.e. baked bar, granola manufacture, bread, cold form bar, cookies, crackers, sandwich assembly, kit assembly, etc.).

 

• Proficient in MS Office applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint