Quality Assurance Coordinator

Job Summary:

The Quality Assurance Coordinator receives order assignments from warehouse dispatch and builds the routes that will be going out the next day. Responsible for avoiding shorts, miss-ships and damaged or outdated products going out to customers. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Monitoring the manufacturing processes to ensure adherence to procedures and requirements specified within SOPs and the HACCP program resulting in quick, strong decisions during operations.
• Responsible for pre-operative facility inspection.
• Inspecting and calibrating measuring instruments.
• Inspecting and evaluating raw materials, packaging materials, and finished products according to specifications and standards.
• Working collaboratively with production department to enforce food safety and quality assurance protocols for safe food manufacturing.
• Provide support to the production floor by enforcing and monitoring the GMPs to ensure quality.
• Conduct internal GMP and warehouse audits to assure product safety and quality.
• Continuously monitoring the critical control points to maintain their effectiveness against potential hazards.
• Verify adherence to procedures: monitor and verify process controls, sanitation and GMP practices.
• Assist Quality Manager/Supervisor in conducting food safety/ sanitation audits and communicate finding, recommendations, and corrective actions.
• Involved in preparation and execution of customer/ third party regulatory audits.
• Isolate and put on “HOLD” any material, product, ingredient, or packaging material which might pose a food safety risk or otherwise compromise product quality or integrity.
• Work closely with production, warehouse and sanitation departments.
• Conduct weekly Listeria swabbing in rotating areas of the facility to be sent to laboratory testing.
• Conduct sanitation verification program by the use of ATP luciferase unit for regular sanitation verification.
• Conduct micro lab test (APC, Coliform, E. coli, yeast, and mold)
• Check and report the inventory of all material needed for process check (A&B reagents, starch indicator, iodine, ATP and Listeria swabs), lab check (dilution bottles, petri film, pipette tips) production aids (PS10, AS5), all PPEs every week.
• Conduct any other related function as per instruction from the supervisor.

• Bachelor’s degree in quality management, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 3 or more years proven experience in a quality control role within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of FDA regulations, CGMP, HACCP, and other relevant industry standards.
• PCQI and HACCP Certifications
• Proficiency in using precision measuring instruments including micrometers, calipers, and vision inspection systems.
• Familiarity with Calypso software or similar quality management systems is a plus.
• Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across departments.

Salary : $25