Job Description
Salary: $90,000 – $100,000
Benefits: 401K, Medical, Dental, Vision & Life + more
Job Type: Direct Hire
Location: Camden NJ
Job Start date: ASAP
We’re supporting our client, a leading food manufacturer based in Camden, New Jersey who are looking for a FSQA Manager to join their growing team. The successful FSQA Manager will have knowledge of retail meat cuts and product specifications, food safety and quality training, Microsoft Office, basic computer literacy and strong written and verbal communication skills. Completion of a meat cutting apprenticeship with Journeymen experience is desired. Experience in quality assurance, and food safety management systems, meat and poultry HACCP and SQF Practitioner. This role will report to the QA Director. Backup for this role is the QA Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for overseeing implementation of the company’s food safety and quality management system to assure food product integrity and compliance with specifications, SQF, GMP’s, HACCP, USDA regulatory and customer standards.
- Liaison with the USDA, maintenance, production, plant management and contracted service providers.
- Mentors and coaches plant personnel as a form of training and continuous improvement.
- Will be directly involved with corrective action and preventive measure activities.
- Will play a significant role in new product development, validation and implementation.
- Complete projects for progression or as assigned by the QA Director with minimal supervision.
- Troubleshoot technical issues related to food safety and quality.
- Oversee pre-operational sanitation inspection.
- Complete and develop reports using Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point).
- Initiate USDA Sketch approvals involving animal production and product quality claims.
- Delegate tasks to QA Techs and follow-up to ensure that they have been properly completed.
- Manage QA Tech scheduling including personal time off and unscheduled absences.
About You:
- Knowledge of retail meat cuts and product specifications, food safety and quality training
- Supervisory experience (minimum 5 yrs.)
- Basic computer literacy
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in quality assurance, and food safety management systems, meat and poultry HACCP and SQF Practitioner certification is desired.
- High school diploma or GED required
- Basic Reading, Writing and Math skills
- Food Science degree preferred
- SQF Practitioner
- Minimum 5 yrs of experience in food safety and/or food science.
Job Application:
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