The Food Safety & Quality Assurance Supervisor plans and directs activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for industrial processes, materials, and products in our Food Production Plant.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
- Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical equipment and facilities.
- Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost and responsibility. Maintain the Material Review Area to ensure that all products are distributed in a timely manner.
- Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability.
- Assist the FSQA manager in maintaining and distribution of all measuring equipment as well as calibration requirements.
- Suggests and implements changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase safety and efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
- Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
- Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
- Maintains time and production records.
- Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
- Interfaces with other Departments and the internal Trainer to develop and implement training programs as required.
Education/Qualification Requirements:
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Communication Proficiency
- Technical Capacity & Ethical Conduct
- Problem Solving/Analysis/Decision Making
Safety & Quality:
- Reports all safety incidents that occur in their area of responsibility
- Behaves and encourages others to behave safely
- Food Safety: Comply with BRC, HACCP and GMP policies and procedures, as well as FDA and USDA regulations.
- Continuous Improvement
Scope & Scale:
- Comply with all hygiene, environmental, health and safety requirements as laid down in policy and as trained.
- Responsible for maintaining good hygiene within the business unit line with regulatory, company and customer requirements.
