WH087 Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

Food safety/quality assurance managers are responsible for directing food safety, quality assurance and sanitation programs at food production facilities. They help to ensure that all products created at a manufacturing facility meet food safety, customer, federal and state compliance. Quality assurance managers provide training, support and supervise a team of quality assurance technicians.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Mange the execution of all food safety management systems and programs
• Ensure quality control of raw materials and finished products
• Assist in setting quality standards and ensure that production is maintained at such standards
• Maintain the long-term continuity of production and service quality
• Keep records of all tests conducted
• Oversee the daily workflow and schedules of the quality department
• Provide training and support to quality assurance and production teams on systems, policies, procedures and core processes
• Create training materials to support staff and lead in food safety demonstrations
• Identify and analyze non-conformance issues then recommend and facilitate solutions to these issues
• Analyze and investigate product complaints or reported quality issues
• Be authorized to release product, issue certificates of analysis, initiate recall procedure and recommend corrective actions
• Ensure all check sheets are correctly completed and all noncompliance situations that are found have the correct action taken and signed off
• Collaborate with manufacturing plan operation on new products
• Arrange, coordinate and participate in external quality audits