Join a dynamic, lean manufacturing environment as a Quality Assurance Supervisor, where you'll lead quality and food safety initiatives, support new product launches, and drive continuous improvement. Be a hands-on leader, providing technical guidance, training, and helping shape a positive, high-performance culture.
Title: Quality Assurance Supervisor
Location: Mt Juliet, Tennessee
Salary: $65-75,000 + benefits
Swing and Overnight Shifts Available.
- 2nd 3:00pm-11:30pm
- 3rd 11:00pm-7:30am
Essential Functions:
- Manage sanitation operations in the plant including master sanitation and allergen cleaning
- Enforcement of chemical handling safety
- Responsible for waste-stream management
- Direct supervision of Quality Assurance Technicians in a production environment
- Provide leadership on ensuring facility is kept safe, clean, and well organized
- Partner cross-functionally to reduce risk within business and to strengthen people, programs, and processes
- Use Lean tools and Continuous improvement to develop Root Cause and Corrective Actions using RCAs, 5-Whys, Fishbone
- Assist in development, implementation and monitoring of a progressive, ongoing food safety program
- Provide technical support for projects, R&D, reformulations, commercialization, process and sanitary design
- Administer line audits process checks to ensure process control and product conformance to specification
- Participate in GFSI and external Food Safety & Quality Audits
- Conduct and review analytical analyses on incoming ingredients and finished products
- Measure and monitor environmental and plant conditions, including pre-operational startup
- Conduct plant food safety and security audits, continually look for food safety hazards
- Ensure compliance to equipment calibration and verification program
- Maintain Environmental Monitoring Program
- Ensure all Preventative Controls and FSMA compliance
- Conduct daily product evaluation along with cross functional R&D and Operations team
- Update, review and train on SOPs/SSOPs for food safety, Food Safety Plan, GMPs, et al
- Administer and train on BRC code and program requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- BS in Life Sciences or Engineering preferred, however, will consider experience in lieu of degree
- 2-5 years' experience in a food manufacturing facility
- Understanding of chemical safety, handling, and usage
- Understanding of Environmental Monitoring Programs for Pathogens
- Familiarity with enterprise ERP systems
- Understanding of HACCP/FSMA Regulations
- Prefer PCQI certification (not required, but preferred)
- Ability to work cross-functionally with maintenance and production teams
- Knowledge of continuous improvement programs
- Familiarity with food safety and environmental regulations related to food manufacturing
- Ability to communicate and understand work instructions in English
Working Conditions/Physical Factors:
- Able to conduct work in adherence to policies
- Able to work in environment containing nuts, peanuts, dairy, grains and other allergens
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to safely maneuver through a production and warehouse environment
- Ability to be flexible with work hours, shifts, and shifting priorities based on Production schedule