FSQA Lead

At Universal Pure, we’re dedicated to giving people everywhere safe, fresh, and delicious food to eat and drink. We provide high-pressure processing (HPP), value-added services and cold storage for our partners in the food industry. We are focused on safety and driven by service.

Join the Food Manufacturing Industry in a Quality Assurance role!

1st shift 6:30am - 3:30pm - Overtime may be required

Benefits offered at Universal Pure:

• Employer-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and EAP

• 401(k) with company match!

• Paid vacation and holidays that start accruing your first week!

• Multiple medical plans (PPO and HDHP)

• Voluntary disability plans, accident insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, AD&D, and Life insurance

• A culture of people development and internal career growth

• A culture of caring, collaboration, and respect

Quality Assurance Lead Position Summary:

Our Quality Assurance (QA) Lead will provide guidance, coach, and train our technicians to ensure that they deliver maximum quality in a profitable manner while upholding quality control standards. Your duties will include monitoring employees٫ organizing workflows, analyzing the efficiency of manufacturing processes, performing product testing, ensuring standards are maintained and product integrity is preserved, and ensuring our inbound and outbound products meet all quality control and safety standards. The Quality Assurance Lead must have, or achieve within a reasonable timeframe, certification in SQF, HAACP, and GMP programs.

Quality Assurance Lead Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists the Quality Assurance Manager in developing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Program instructions

• Work with Production Managers, Supervisors and Leads to monitor and document the food safety and food quality of raw and finished products; report any deviation from quality of service that may become a potential liability

• Supervises the time and production records as required

• Ensures product is processed to company HACCP/HARPC programs.

• Informs Quality Assurance Management of ANY food safety

• Implements and Manages food safety corrective actions

• Prioritizes and performs position responsibilities accurately and to deadline

• Provides assistance to local and corporate management in carrying out changes to the food safety system of the facility; giving assistance in creating, reviewing, authenticating, and maintaining food safety system documents, including standard operating procedures and programs working in collaboration with the Quality Assurance team; provides assistance in maintaining document registers and documentation.

• Provides daily monitoring of QA personnel to ensure compliance to food safety system of the facility; performs or directs those performing formal audit on GMP.

• Safely keeps records of all facility analytical results; immediately reporting results discovered to be out of specification to the QA Manager.

• Keeps documented reports of analytical results submitted to QA Manager, also responsible for tracking and reporting data trends.

• Responsible for QA Techs inspecting raw materials coming in; investigates non-conformance and complaints about product; and provides leadership for the facility team in performing self-audits.

• Responsible for hosting visitors to the facility with the Plant Manager, including regulatory agency representatives and customer representatives.

• Knows and understands the applicable FDA regulations and GMPs.

• Possesses an innovative, resourceful, and proactive disposition, committed to ensuring continuous improvement of capacity and quality service.

Quality Assurance Lead Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Minimum 2 years QA leadership experience required, preferably in the food manufacturing industry.

• Previous lead/supervisory experience in a USDA and/or FDA food manufacturing/processing environment is strongly desired.

• Quality Assurance Certification in SQF, HACCP, and GMP

• Good computer skills including Word and Excel

• Leadership: a demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others

• Planning: an ability to think ahead and plan over a 30-day time span and prepare action plans to achieve results

• Supervision, including employee hiring and retention, performance review and discipline

• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations

• Ability to manage time effectively including consistently be on time to work, meetings, and training sessions

• An ability to manage multiple priorities

• Ability to effectively communicate in English. Consistently communicate verbally or written, any pertinent information regarding food safety, food quality, or quality assurance matters to QA team, QA Manager, and operations and when appropriate customers

• Extreme detail orientation and thoroughness.

• Flexibility with work schedule to meet the needs of the operations.

• Excellent interpersonal skill with internal and external customers.

Quality Assurance Lead Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• This position will be performed both within our office environment and our production floor which is a wet/cold environment (around 35 degrees F) located within a manufacturing, warehousing, and production-type facility. Must be able to withstand cold temperatures

• This is largely a static role withstanding, however, the ability to perform repetitive bending and standing up is also required. This would require the ability to lift 10-35 lbs. repetitively and up to 45 lbs. occasionally. Depending on the area must also be able to push/pull up to 250 lbs on rollers occasionally.

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability"

"Upon offer of employment, candidates will be asked to complete a drug screening test. The offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of this test."