Quality Assurance Manager
1 week ago
Description:
Join PURIS and be a part of our aspiration to build a PLANT STRONG PLANET.
PURIS brings food growers, food makers, and food eaters together to feed the growing plant-based revolution. Here in the USA we manufacture organic and non-GMO, plant-based ingredients that form the basis of some of the fastest growing products on your grocer's shelves. We provide a safe and secure food supply that is made in the USA. Our model is grounded in 30 years of non-GMO natural breeding and sustained by an alliance of domestic growers and partners who share our high standards. Our process ensures a wholesome journey from seed to solution.
The Dawson site Quality Assurance (QA) Managers leads and oversees the comprehensive daily site food safety, quality assurance, 3rd party and regulatory compliance programs. This role embodies our commitment to "Safe People, Safe Food, and Safe Planet," ensuring all products produced at Dawson not only meet but exceed both internal and external quality standards, regulatory requirements, and our esteemed customer expectations. Central to maintaining and elevating our company's distinguished reputation for high-quality specialty pea proteins and starches, this position champions our core values of integrity, leadership, openness, adaptability, global vision and partnership, integrating them into every facet of our operations.
The QA Manager role provides direct supervision, direction and motivation to the site Quality Assurance team members. They provide operations with analytical support for process and product control. They are the site SQF practitioner and are PCQI certified. Through their leadership, they inspire a culture of excellence and accountability across the organization, aligning our operations with the mission to nourish the world with plant-based foods that benefit people's health and the health of our planet.
The Quality Assurance Manager must adhere to and embody the PURIS Core Values: Integrity, Leadership, Openness, Global Vision, Adaptability, and Partnership.
Summary of Essential Job Functions:
- SQF Practitioner: Manage the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the SQF QMS to meet GFSI standards. Maintain document control, including direct responsibility for updates and execution to all quality control and food safety policies and procedures (HACCP, GMP, Sanitation, EMP, Pest Control) and assistance in the evaluation of current and proposed system procedures. Set QA compliance objectives and ensure that targets are achieved.
- Regulatory Compliance: Serve as the site FDA PCQI. Manage and maintain the site HACCP and PC programs. Ensure all products and processes comply with local, national, and international food safety and quality regulations and standards. Ensure compliance to National Organic Program, Kosher, Halal, Non-GMO Project and other relevant certifications. Site point of contact for all food safety inspections. Site recall coordinator.
- Site Leadership: Directly manage site quality, analytical and sanitation personnel. Coordinate the daily quality operations of the site. Assign and coach employees on job tasks to ensure effective use of team member time. Ensure efficient operation of the plant and staff by striving to meet site objectives for safety, quality and output. Member of the Dawson leadership team working collaboratively to set direction and positively build the culture of the plant. Internal auditing, annual and GMP assessments per QMS requirements.
- Risk Management: Site Food Safety SME. Identify, assess, and mitigate food safety and quality risks throughout the supply chain. Actively participate in Management of Change process in regards site FSQR and ability to execute. Completion and follow up on Food Safety events and CAPA. (Dekra)
- Customer Engagement and Problem Solving: Act as the primary point of contact for external customers on site audit requests. Provide Quality Doc customer support as needed. Track and investigate product complaints within defined timeframes. Provide investigative report and response as needed.
- Product Management: Ensure the accuracy of Food Safety and Quality reporting, sanitation records, product release information, and PCQI daily batch record review.
- Team Development: Build, lead, and develop a team of food safety and quality professionals, promoting a culture of excellence and continuous learning. Responsible for training of all employees for FSQR items.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Degree in Food Science, Food Manufacturing, Quality Engineering or other related field.
- 5+ years Quality Management, Food Safety Management and Team Management experience.
- PCQI/HACCP certified
Required Skills and Capabilities:
- Team leadership, organization and time management skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and cooperative attitude
- Strong analytical, investigative and critical thinking skills
- Strong sense of integrity and goal setting
- Ability to lead and integrate FSQR into manufacturing activities
- Familiarity with commercial food processing
- Strong Microsoft Office experience
Additional Requirements:
- Capable of working at elevated heights
- Lift up to 50#
- Adapt to temperature and environmental extremes from hot to cold, noise, dust, dirt and chemicals
- Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time working on the computer
- Travel to off-site training as needed
Benefits:
Enjoy competitive wages, opportunities for overtime premium pay, and comprehensive benefits starting on the 1st of the month following hire date. Benefits include affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off (PTO), mental health support, 100% paid life and disability insurance and a 401K plan with company match.
Join the Plant-Based Revolution:
Join the MOST INNOVATIVE FOOD COMPANY OF 2021 named by Fast Company Magazine
Innovation is in the PURIS DNA. Since 1985, our company's focus has been feeding people, and as luck would have it, the path to nourishing people mirrors the path to nourishing the planet, itself. And what began as a mission to breed more resilient crops has blossomed into something much greater -- a company taking leaps forward in regenerative agriculture, state of the art manufacturing processes, food security, and global supply chain transparency.
Join Our Team:
To apply for the role, visit www.puris.com/careers. PURIS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are welcome, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The hiring process includes successfully completing a background check, and drug screen. We E-verify all new hires.
INTEGRITY | LEADERSHIP | OPENNESS | GLOBAL VISION | ADAPTABILITY | PARTNERSHIP
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