Quality Assurance Lab Manager

4 days ago

Mount Olive, North Carolina, United States Butterball Full time
Job Title: Quality Assurance Lab Manager

Butterball, LLC is seeking a highly skilled Quality Assurance Lab Manager to join our team. As a Quality Assurance Lab Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of our products by overseeing laboratory functions, managing analytical testing, and providing leadership to plant and laboratory personnel.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop, implement, and maintain laboratory programs, including microbiological programs, chemical analysis, product testing, and environmental testing.
  • Develop new microbiological and chemical methods and procedures.
  • Work with vendors on pricing, equipment maintenance, repair, and diagnostics.
  • Assist with research and development work on continuous improvement efforts, such as antimicrobial interventions, implementing line extensions/product changes, and in-plant testing of new products prior to full-scale production.
  • Use company computer software to design sampling programs for PCS, environmental, and processing swabs.
  • Oversee and perform lethality and challenge studies.
  • Utilize laboratory data to prepare reports, graphs, and charts for members of management and initiate applicable corrective measures.
  • Provide data analysis and trending of data to inform troubleshooting and root cause analysis on issues related to finished product, ingredient, sanitation, and environmental issues.
  • Maintain laboratory proficiency testing standards and accreditation, laboratory standard procedures manual, and laboratory safety manual.
  • When QA manager is not available, serve as liaison with local, area, and Federal USDA and FDA personnel.
  • Perform necessary tasks within the production environment, such as troubleshooting processes, taking part in investigations, etc.
Requirements:
  • Generally, requires 5 or more years of work experience with 3 years of relative experience as a Microbiologist, Food Chemist, or similar function with a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Advanced degree (M.S., Ph.D.) can substitute for work experience.
  • Experience as a Microbiologist or similar function in the Food Manufacturing Industry.
  • In-depth knowledge of microbiology, food safety, laboratory process, production processes, sanitation, live operations, USDA, and state regulations.
  • Maintain current knowledge on food safety and scientific advancements.
  • Ability to prepare standard solutions and reagents for use in chemical testing and maintain stock of necessary lab materials.
  • Ability to work both independently managing multiple projects as well as with cross-functional team and provide the necessary Food Safety and microbial and chemical analysis expertise on products, processes, and procedures.
  • Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Communicates Effectively-Actively listens and checks for understanding; adjusts content and style to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders; articulates messages in a way that is broadly understandable; delivers messages in a clear, compelling, and concise manner; models and encourages expression of diverse ideas and opinions.
  • Decision Quality-Actively seeks input from pertinent sources to make timely and well-informed decisions; decisively makes high-quality decisions, even when based on incomplete information or in the face of uncertainty; is respected by others for displaying superior judgment; skillfully separates opinions from facts.

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