Quality Assurance Manager
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: Fort Collins, CO
Salary: $80,000.00 USD Annually - $90,000.00 USD Annually
Description:
The Judge Group is seeking a degreed Quality Assurance Manager for a large food manufacture in Colorado! The qualified candidate is responsible for emerging, recommending and applying a Plant Quality system to ensure process and product quality consistency with corporate objectives. The QA Manager leads the daily processes of the Technical Services function through guidance to demonstrate company specifications, policies, formulas and regulatory requirements. The candidate will be responsible to guarantee all products meet product quality as well as Safe Quality Food standards.

Responsibilities:

• Grow and uphold plant quality system in compliance with the Corporate Quality Policy
• If the Quality Assurance Manager is absent the first shift QA Supervisor will undertake responsibilities
• Lead the technical services, sanitation, laboratory functions and food safety of all shifts
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Ensures compliance to state, federal, and local regulations
• Assures efficient and accurate testing, reporting, and monitoring of product safety and quality
• Develop and assist internal audits to determine and assess compliance to company policy and regulatory requirements
• Maintain systems for verifying and checking process compliance to provide production departments with tools necessary for daily operations
• Lead development and implementation of plant GMP, Hygiene and Sanitation programs
• Ensures effective quality and food safety training for quality assurance and plant staff
• Directs the Plant Management Team on quality trends within the process and recommends proper corrective action
• Makes the annual budget for the QA department
• Facilitates the development of logical methods and sampling procedures as required

Requirements:

• BS degree required
• 5+ years of QA supervisory experience preferred
• SQF & HACCP certified
• Experience with FDA, USDA regulations
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work in a matrix organization
• Creative/analytical problem solving skills and innovative approaches to resolve complex problems
• Team building skills and experience
• Microsoft office skills such as PowerPoint, Project Manager, Excel and Word
• Demonstrated experience in managing plant sanitation programs

Contact: jevans@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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