PURPOSE OF ROLE:

Quality Assurance Lab Supervisor performs numerous essential functions to ensure the safety and quality of all incoming materials and finished products used and produced by the plant. The QA Lead answers to the QA Supervisor and must adhere to all company policies, standard operating procedures and customer regulations and specifications.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Enforce the company’s Good Manufacturing Practices Policy.
• Conducting pre-operational inspection of equipment and facilities as required.
• Perform ATP swabbing and environmental swabbing as needed.
• Monitor sanitation standard operating procedures and document SSOP’s in accordance with the companies. program.
• Monitor and document the quality of packaging, raw materials and finished products.
• Monitor metal detection and rejection.
• Monitor and record weights of finished products.
• Take raw and finished product temperatures.
• Monitor physical, chemical and sensory characteristics of raw and finished products.
• Generate and complete the required records and documentation daily for each product line in accordance to the customer’s specifications.
• Perform HACCP monitoring and verification for all critical control points of the company’s HACCP programs.
• Work alongside USDA and production employees.
• Monitor food security and safety.
• Training QA and plant personnel on food safety and quality policies and procedures.
• Assist QA Technicians in their daily functions and be able to answer their questions about the process and facility deviations.
• Assist in investigations on foreign material issues and customer complaints.
• Assist in internal facility inspections.
• Document daily shift information on the Daily Quality Report
• Place system lots on hold in the hold log for any product out of spec and physically tag the pallets affected.

JOB QUALIFICATION/ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• College level education preferred but not required
• 3 years’ experience in QA
• HACCP/FSMA Knowledge
• BRC Knowledge preferred
• Frequently stands, lifts 50 lbs., walks, reaches, stoops, bends, handles product, smells, listens, speaks and sees
• Basic computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Must be able to work in extreme temperature
• Must be a team player and be able to work cross-functionally
• Must be able to work unsupervised

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The temperature ranges from 0 degrees in freezers to 110 degrees in the cook rooms. There is exposure to equipment and machinery that are considered to be hazardous. Potential electrical, chemical, and heat hazards are also present. The level of noise is high and constant. Floors are damp and slick. There is forklift traffic present.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

Hard hats, ear plugs or muffs, frocks, non-porous steel toe boots, hair nets, and beard nets must be worn at all times within the plant. Cotton and Latex gloves must be worn when handling product or contacting sanitary surfaces at all times for personal safety and product quality.

EMERGENCY TASK AND JOB ASSIGNMENT:

In the event that the QA Lead is not available the QA Supervisor will be responsible for assigned tasks.

Surlean Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Surlean Foods provides equal employment opportunities without regards to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability unrelated to an individual’s ability to perform adequately, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.