The Plant Quality Manager is responsible for leading the Quality Assurance and Food Safety function at the Wheeling manufacturing facility, ensuring products and processes meet RFI standards, customer requirements, applicable regulatory requirements, and GFSI/SQF expectations.
Compensation
The expected compensation range for this role is $115,000 and $130,000.
Responsibilities
Lead the plant Quality Assurance and Food Safety function and establish clear expectations and accountability across all shifts.
Ensure products manufactured and handled at the facility meet internal quality and food safety standards, customer specifications, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Serve as the facility's designated SQF Practitioner/HACCP coordinator and lead implementation, verification, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the SQF and FS System.
Maintain plant readiness for SQF/GFSI, FDA, USDA, customer, and other applicable audits and inspections.
Lead and strengthen the facility's Food Safety Culture through communication, training, engagement, and accountability.
Responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously strengthening Quality Compliance programs, QA procedures, GMP and GLP compliance, regulatory inspection readiness, product testing support, quality planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain GXP required Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other required documents in line with industry and regulatory requirements.
Assist in / or perform periodic reviews of all established programs including Vendor qualification Management, Quality Agreements, Annual Quality Management Reviews, and in the performance of internal audits.
Management and preparation, review and /or approval of customer specifications and other related technical documents.
Management of product specifications, COAs, SDS, review of product label and supplement facts.
Review and/or approval of Food Safety Plan, Validation, Verification protocols, reports, and other quality related documents.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in science or related scientific disciplines
Ensure consistent quality of production and plant sanitation by developing and enforcing above-standard manufacturing practices, including managing GMP and HACCP compliance.
Responsibilities
Ensure consistent quality of production and plant sanitation
Responsible for GMP and HACCP consistency consistent with company policies and regulatory compliance
Perform as a HACCP leader to ensure HACCP program and pre-requisite programs are up-to-date and implemented
Provide leadership and direction in the plant QA team towards training, coaching and developing of QA technicians
Provide leadership during audits and assist the QA Manager
Requirements
Completion of a college diploma in Food Science, or a related field
Nice to have: Internal auditing skills
Nice to have: Experience in Food Processing facility
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