Food Safety and Quality Manager

Company Overview

Matrix Bottling Group was founded by forward-thinking industry leaders with decades of combined experience in beverage manufacturing and managing world-class businesses. Built upon a foundation of innovation, quality, and collaboration, we are committed to delivering excellence in every bottle.

Summary

ensures the production of safe, high-quality beverage products by managing and maintaining a comprehensive quality control program. They oversee compliance with GMP, HACCP, SQF, and sanitation standards, while implementing continuous improvement plans to maximize product reliability and efficiency. This role serves as the primary contact for quality assurance initiatives, audits, certifications, and regulatory inspections. The supervisor leads and develops quality technicians and laboratory staff, ensuring proper training and staffing across all shifts. They also promote a culture of safety and maintain adherence to food safety and manufacturing standards in a clean and organized work environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the production of safe quality beverage products managing a quality control program designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established Company standards
• Develop continuous improvement plans, formulate and maintain quality control objectives and coordinate objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other plant and corporate quality control managers to maximize product reliability and minimize costs
• Ensure the success of the food safety program and subsequent regulatory reviews of GMP, HAACP, SQF, and sanitation programs, monitor microbiological program, design and implement procedures for process improvement, testing and inspection.
• Serve as primary contract for all quality assurance initiatives, customer audits, food production permitting/certifications, federal and local agency audits and inspections.
• Provide leadership and monitoring over quality division (quality technicians, laboratory), achieving performance goals, developing quality technicians, ensuring staffing of the quality division meets the needs of three shifts per day 7 days per week, plan, promote and organize training activities related to safe quality food production and reliability management.
• Maintaining and following procedures for good manufacturing practices and safe quality food production guidelines through a clean, organized, and safe work area.
• Promoting a culture of safety and reporting any unsafe conditions, equipment malfunctions or potential hazards immediately.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by performing housekeeping complying with GMPs SQF HAACP, LOTO and general workplace safety standards
• Must maintain accurate documentation that is legible, and organized
• Must follow good manufacturing practices
• Must ensure food safety and quality are maintained by following regulations and company guidelines
• Participate in ongoing training related to job duties, safety, equipment operation, and product handling.
• Perform other duties as directed by management
• These responsibilities are considered essential functions of the role and must be able to be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Required Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age or older
• 3 or more years of experience in the beverage manufacturing industry.
• 3 or more years of management in QC or similar department

Education / Certificates

· Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in food sciences, chemistry, microbiology or similar field

Physical Requirements

• Repetitive Tasks and motions
• Operation of pallet jacks

Location: 100 Ceramic Tile Drive, Morganton, North Carolina 28655

Travel: Travel tor industry events, visitation to facilities within company network may be required on occasion

Work Environment (Production):

• Work areas consist of both indoor and outdoor warehouse setting, concrete flooring, moderate noise levels, and led lighting
• Fast-paced Automated machinery and equipment for processing and production
• The warehouse is not climate controlled; temperatures very based on seasonal changes providing exposure to heat, cold, humidity and dust

Expected Hours: Variable shifts; production lines run 24 hours / 7 days a week and requires all employees to have open availability, including but not limited to working weekends, evenings, holidays.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• beverage manufacturing : 3 years (Required)
• SQF: 3 years (Required)
• QC or similar department managing: 3 years (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Morganton, NC 28655 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $90,000 - $125,000