Quality Assurance Supervisor

A growing manufacturing company is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead day-to-day quality and food safety activities within a fast-paced production environment. This position will oversee a team of QA technicians and inspectors while ensuring products, processes, and documentation meet company, customer, and regulatory standards.

Schedule

• 12-hour shifts
• Must be flexible to work the assigned shift, including weekends as needed

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, schedule, and oversee a team of QA technicians and inspectors.
• Ensure adequate QA coverage throughout production operations.
• Oversee in-process inspections, finished-product testing, sanitation verification, and quality checks.
• Review and manage product holds, releases, rework, and non-conforming product.
• Investigate quality issues, customer complaints, deviations, and non-conformances.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action activities.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, SQF, FDA, and customer quality requirements.
• Support internal, regulatory, third-party, and customer audits.
• Partner with Production, Maintenance, Food Safety, and other departments to resolve quality issues.
• Coach, train, and develop QA team members while maintaining accountability and performance standards.
• Conduct routine production-floor inspections for GMP, sanitation, safety, and quality compliance.
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready QA records and documentation.
• Support new product trials, specification changes, and other quality initiatives.
• Help identify opportunities to improve quality, food safety, efficiency, and overall plant performance.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of quality assurance or quality control experience in a food or beverage manufacturing environment.
• 1–2 years of supervisory or lead experience managing a team.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, SQF, and FDA food safety requirements.
• Experience with quality inspections, testing, sanitation verification, CAPA, and root cause analysis.
• Experience supporting audits is highly preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions and maintain quality standards in a fast-paced production environment.