Director of Quality Control

1 week ago

Thousand Oaks, United States AllSTEM Connections Full time

AllSTEM Connections is currently hiring for a Director of Quality Control for one of our clients in Food industries.

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Salary: $150K - $170K per annum.

The Role

Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) Director will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, guidance, and risk management for all food safety and quality programs with the overarching goal of ensuring companies Quality Systems meet food safety standards, Federal and State requirements and any other aspects to ensure the supply of safe product with consistent quality This team member will oversee all food safety and quality assurance programs, systems, personnel, activities, and operations. This position plays a critical role in regulatory submissions, strategy, and interactions with regulatory agencies. Our ideal candidate has extensive experience within food manufacturing, biotech FDA & USDA.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and risk management for food safety and quality programs and systems to include, but not limited to, HACCP and Preventative Controls.
  • Responsible for proper compliance and accuracy in the development, revision, and management of all quality programs, supporting programs, audits, and documentation.
  • Provide expertise and serve as a subject matter expert for programs and activities related to food safety/microbiology, regulations, and quality systems.
  • Lead, supervise, and coach FSQA management and direct-reporting personnel, ensuring continuing professional development, training, and overall employee wellbeing.
  • Maintain training and development systems for the team and company to be up to date.
  • Provide support and decision-making planning as needed to executive leadership, sales, marketing and R&D teams, while maintaining a food safety culture.
  • Provide oversight and technical support for import/export sales, production decisions, environmental programs, sanitation, and compliance.
  • Manage departmental budgets, track departmental expenditure, and ensure compliance with budgeting policies, working closely with the executive leadership team.
  • Ensure production team involvement with the regulations, updating compliances and Food Safety responsibilities.
  • Manage food quality concerns on the floor and within the plant.
  • Communicate regularly with upper management to ensure safe products are going out and documentation is maintained for all quality programs, including but not limited to pre-requisites and customer concerns.
  • Ensure sanitation procedures align with food safety standards and quality assurance protocols.
  • Engage in collaborative efforts aimed at problem-solving, involving interdepartmental cooperation and coordination, reaching out across departments to address and resolve issues collectively.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering or a related field.
  • Expertise in cGMP compliance, FDA & USDA regulations, and international guidelines dealing with bioprocessing, food manufacturing and Quality Assurance, quality standards, policies and procedures is required.
  • In-depth understanding of quality processes/systems (e.g., change control, event handling, CAPA), risk management and manufacturing control strategies is preferred with a good understanding of ISO regulations related to pharmaceutical and food manufacturing.
  • Must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing or assembly.
  • Demonstrated people and technical leadership and building and developing high performing technical functions and teams.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Additional Details

  • Food manufacturing work environment (steam, heat, and cold). Working in a cold sterile laboratory environment.
  • Minimal travel anticipated


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