Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

📍 Escalon, CA | Full Time | On Site

💲$95,000 to $110,000 annually

Talent Group is partnering with a growing food manufacturing and agricultural processing organization in California’s Central Valley to identify an experienced Quality Assurance Manager

.This is a high impact leadership opportunity for a quality professional who thrives in fast paced production environments and enjoys building scalable systems, improving audit readiness, and driving operational excellence through data and technology

.The ideal candidate will bring deep food safety and FSQA experience, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to modernize quality systems, documentation, and traceability processes across the organization

.
Key Responsibiliti

esFood Safety & Quality Syste

ms• Lead and maintain all FSQA programs including HACCP, SQF, preventive controls, sanitation, and regulatory complian

ce• Serve as SQF Practitioner and oversee audit preparation, execution, corrective actions, and continuous audit readine

ss• Manage traceability programs, mock recalls, CCP monitoring, and preventive control verificati

on• Ensure compliance with FDA, USDA, FSMA, and customer quality requiremen

ts
Quality Analytics & Process Improvem

ent• Develop and standardize QA documentation, workflows, and reporting proces

ses• Build measurable quality metrics and dashboards to improve operational visibility and decision mak

ing• Drive modernization of manual QA systems through technology, automation, and structured data practi

ces• Reduce cycle times related to non-conformances, corrective actions, and documentation retrie

valProduct Specifications & Complia

nce• Maintain finished goods specifications, quality standards, and release crite

ria• Oversee laboratory testing and interpretation including moisture, microbiological, aflatoxin, pesticide residue, and related food safety analy

ses• Support customer and export compliance documentation requireme

nts• Manage hold and release programs for non-conforming prod

uct
Customer Documentation & Cross Functional Sup

port• Generate and maintain customer facing documentation including COAs, certifications, lab reports, and compliance rec

ords• Partner with Operations, Sales, Logistics, and Planning teams to ensure quality standards are embedded throughout production and fulfillment proce

sses• Help improve ERP and QA system integration to streamline documentation accuracy and effici

ency
Team Leade

rship• Supervise QA and sanitation team me

mbers• Lead GMP, food safety, and quality training programs across production depart

ments• Establish performance expectations tied to measurable quality outcomes and continuous improvement initia

tives
Qualific

ationsRe

quired• 5 years of quality assurance or food safety leadership experience within food manufacturing or agricultural proc

essing• Strong knowledge of HACCP, SQF, FSMA, preventive controls, sanitation programs, and audit mana

gement• Experience managing FDA and/or USDA audits and corrective action pr

ograms• Data driven mindset with strong process improvement and systems implementation expe

rience• HACCP certification re

quired• SQF Practitioner and PCQI certification preferred or ability to obtain shortly afte

r hire• Proven experience with traceability systems and quality documentation mana

gement
Pr

eferred• Experience within tree nut, walnut, or agricultural processing environments highly pr

eferred• Familiarity with ERP systems such as Microsoft Business

Central• Bilingual English/Spanish is

a plus• Lean or Six Sigma experience pr

eferred
Work Env

ironmentThis is a full-time, on-site leadership position based in Escalon, California. The role operates within both office and production environments and may require extended hours during peak production or audit

periods.
Compensation &

Benefits• Competitive base salary: $95,000 to $110,000

annually• Health

benefits• Paid

time off• Opportunity to make a significant operational impact within a growing org

anizationTalent Group LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and exp