Quality Assurance Manager

A high-volume food manufacturer is hiring a QA / Technical Services Manager for its Oregon and Oxnard plant.

Confidential search — Talent ACQ is representing the client directly

.The role is open because the person who held it was promoted to Plant Manager. That's the honest version of the growth story, and it's worth knowing going in: the bar here is set by someone who ran this seat for over a decade

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What you'd o

• wnThe plant's Food Safety Plan and HACCP program, and readiness for SQF, customer, and regulatory audi
• tsTrace and recall, CAPA, risk assessment, and non-conforming product decisio
• nsSanitation and GMP verification, ingredient and packaging quality programs, calibrated senso
• ryA QA and lab team — salaried, non-exempt, and hour
• lyA company-wide project as champion. This role reaches past the single plant, which is unusual at this lev

elYou'd report to the Director of Food Safety & Quality, with a dotted line to the Plant Manage

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What they're actually looking

forThey said it plainly, so we will too: someone who takes a harder line on compliance than on operations, and who can hold that line without making it personal. Self-starter. Doesn't need to be told what to do. Confident without being arrogant. Genuinely collaborative with QA peers at other sites — this is not a lone-quality-manager j

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Requirem

• entsBachelor's in Microbiology, Food Science, Chemistry, or a related f
• ield5 years managing quality systems in food manufactu
• ringHACCP, PCQI, and SQF Practitioner certifica
• tionFDA-regulated manufacturing environ
• mentNice to have: thermal processing, acidified foods, Lean / continuous improvement, experience converting a plant from paper documentation to electr

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Compens

• ation$105,000 – $130,000
• base8% annual incentive t
• argetRelocation assistance avai
• lableBenefits effective day one, 401(k) with company match, three weeks PTO to start, tuition assis