• Develop and maintain Quality department including personnel.
• Oversee technical job training and documentation for Quality Technicians.
• Act as chairman of the Food Safety Committee.
• Conduct Monthly Food Safety Audits and compile, assign and verify Monthly Food Safety Audit Deficiencies.
• Participate in the Management Review Meetings.
• Oversee the 'Pest Management' program and communicate trends / issues to the management team as needed.
• Implement and maintain Prerequisite, Food Safety and Quality Programs.
• Oversee the 'Measuring Devices' program.
• Maintain the 'Formal Release' program.
• Establish and maintain product sampling matrices, product specifications and sight samples, communicate revisions to necessary personnel as needed.
• Responsible to oversee annual employee training program.
• Oversee environmental monitoring program and corrective action plan as needed.
• Composite appropriate samples for various testing at an outside laboratory.
• Responsibility to identify food safety and/or product integrity issues and to initiate and record actions for issues reported.
• Responsibility to communicate and review any information deemed necessary, including but not limited to, food safety, product integrity, formulas, specifications and/or changes, with customers.
• Authority to purchase necessary chemicals and lubricants.
• Responsibility to maintain overall plant sanitation.
• Responsible for verifying a preventive control measure, in this position's absence, refer to 'In Case of Absence' above.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma
• Bachelor's degree in food science or related field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in quality or manufacturing preferred.

• Annual Training
• HACCP Training
• PCQI Training
• GFSI Training
• Laboratory Equipment Training
• Food Safety and Sanitation Training

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