Quality Supervisor

Employment Type: Full-time

Available Positions: 1

Location: On-Site

Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2026

Summary

The Quality Supervisor will oversee quality assurance and control processes to ensure the highest product standards. Responsibilities include auditing QC activities and documentation, recommending and monitoring process improvements, and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations.

Key Activities

• Implement and maintain quality assurance protocols for cranberry processing (sauce and pressing), ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Monitor QA processes through plant audits, paperwork reviews, and process checks.
• Conduct monthly Glass and Brittle Plastic audits.
• Participate in internal and external audits to ensure adherence to industry standards and customer expectations.
• Investigate plant-wide quality issues and provide troubleshooting support.
• Oversee rework processes, including mod pallets, dump backs, and finished goods evaluations. Direct rework coordinators and assist with workflow improvements.
• Conduct analytical testing of raw materials, including cranberries and presscake, and finished products, and evaluate results against specifications.
• Retrieve and analyse warehouse samples for customer complaints, missed operator samples, and sales orders.
• Manage the hold process by entering items into the QAD system, attaching hold tags, and maintaining hold logs.
• Perform product taste testing as needed.
• Work closely with processing and production teams to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Collaborate with Production Supervisors to drive quality improvements.
• Develop and implement process improvements to enhance product quality and efficiency.
• Conduct bi-weekly facility walk-throughs, document housekeeping standards, and share results with management.
• Manage calibration and troubleshooting of analytical equipment.
• Serve on the Food Safety and Housekeeping Audit Team and the SQF Internal Audit Team.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment; and developing personal growth opportunities.
• Communicates job expectations; planning, monitoring, and assessing job results; coaching and counselling employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Establishes strategic goals; identifies and evaluates trends; chooses a course of action; defines objectives; and evaluates outcomes.
• Manage direct reports' schedules, timekeeping, and PTO approvals to ensure proper staffing and compliance with attendance policies.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Preferred Skills

• Strong knowledge of processing and canning operations.
• Proficiency in laboratory techniques and quality control methodologies.

Educations & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Agriculture, or a related field.
• 5 years of progressive leadership experience within Quality Assurance and Control within the food industry.

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Job ID: 8231