You are viewing a preview of this job. Log in or register to view more details about this job.

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Dei Fratelli
Email

Description

Hirzel Canning Company feeds people.

Hirzel Canning Company & Farms is a 5th generation family company with a passion for serving the community. Our Dei Fratelli brand is your source for locally-grown tomato and sauerkraut products.  We seek individuals that share our core values, our commitment to future generations, and our passion for providing food that brings families together. 

A few of the benefits you’ll experience at Hirzel Canning Company are: 

  • Competitive Pay
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • Annual Pay Increases
  • Employer 401(k) Matching
  • Health Savings Account with Employer Contributions
  • Health and Wellness Program
  • Community Involvement
  • Family-Centric Environment

Candidates must be willing and able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

QUALITY ASSURANCE

  • Responsible for incoming and in-process inspections, sampling, and the final testing and inspection of finished products to meet specifications and quality assurance standards
  • Responsible for maintaining all lab supplies necessary for the performance of lab functions
  • Work with HR and  Quality Assurance Manager  to maintain and manage work schedules for seasonal quality assurance staff and make scheduling adjustments to ensure adequate staffing to meet production demands
  • Work closely with production and other internal managers to determine Quality Assurance needs and resolve quality problems.  Act as liaison with the  Quality Assurance Manager on all quality assurance matters
  • Promote consciousness of quality assurance within the workforce
  • Responsible for maintaining and testing lab equipment and operating procedures.  Assure that regular calibration of lab equipment is being conducted and documented.  Bring maintenance or functionality  issues with laboratory equipment to the attention of the Quality Assurance Manager
  • Responsible for implementation of product hold policy for the Ottawa plant.  This will include product segregation, maintaining documentation, and determining final disposition of product
  • Oversee and document voluntary destruction process for all products requiring disposal from the facility
  • Work with the shipping department to prepare customer samples and Certificate of Analysis requests in a timely manner to support customer requirements.
  • Work with Quality Assurance Manager to investigate, trend, and respond to customer, consumer, and internal complaints
  • Periodic travel to other facilities as needed. (Other local facilities, all located in Wood and Putnam Co,  Ohio)

FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY

  • Serve as Ottawa’s SQF Practitioner and PCQI
  • Assist  Quality Assurance Manager with external inspectors and auditors, such as customers,  FDA/ODA, and SQF, on food safety and other related issues as needed
  • Ensure internal audits are conducted, findings are reported to management, and items are closed out in a timely manner.
  • Serve as a member of the corporate food safety Committee & lead Ottawa’s food safety team
  • Assist with daily monitoring and enforcement of compliance to employee health and hygiene rules
  • Participate in the development,  implementation, and documentation of corporate quality assurance initiatives, including GMPs, SOPs, Forms, sSOPs, Environmental Monitoring Plan, HACCP, FSPs, FDPs, traceability, and allergen policy

RECORDKEEPING

  • Oversee maintenance of complete and accurate production and quality assurance records.  This will include preparing and supplying forms prior to production and reviewing completed forms after production
  • Maintain the plant’s Quality Control entries into the X3 database by reviewing accuracy of recent entries, working with the IT Department to resolve problems, and preparing reports as needed
  • Implement corporate FSP/HACCP programs and recordkeeping in accordance with FDA regulations

SANITATION

  • Review sanitation records for accuracy and compliance during season
  • Coordinate monitoring program for cleaning equipment such as scrub pads, brushes, and brooms.
  • Ensure sanitation process is documented accurately and completely
  • Validate cleaning/sanitation through ATP swabbing, and if needed,d allergen validation swabbing

EMPLOYEE TRAINING

  • Training of lab technicians to assist with the functions of incoming and in-process inspections, sampling, and the final testing and inspection of finished products to meet specifications and quality assurance standards.
  • Provide training to production staff, as needed, (examples: can quality awareness at palletizers, proper procedure for completing forms at fillers, proper operation of scales), and other functions relating to quality assurance
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining quality assurance and food safety training programs and ensuring all employees at the Ottawa facility are up-to-date with this training.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

  • Maintain a list of suggestions for recipe irregularity,  score sheets, product specs to be reviewed on a regular basis.
  • Research new trends in food safety and regulatory, and communicate findings with the Quality Assurance Manager.

LEADERSHIP

  • Demonstrate importance of compliance with all Company policies and procedures, state and federal regulations.
  • Take ownership of work to make sure it is completed accurately, efficiently, and on time. Will work with a sense of urgency, enthusiasm, and commitment and encourage others to do the same. Promote a positive attitude.
  • Responsible for establishing and maintaining constructive, positive working relationships that are built upon trust, mutual understanding, and respect.
  • Embrace Plant/Company change and support its implementation.   Support decisions made and work to promote a unified leadership team at all times.
  • Lead by example through understanding and daily practice of the core values of Hirzel Canning Company & Farms.  Our leaders possess the characteristics of competency, innovativeness, flexibility, dependability, integrity, respect for all, ambition, and honesty.
  • Have an understanding that as a leader of Hirzel Canning Company & Farms, you are a reflection and representative of the Company.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Reaching with hands and arms
  • Communication through speech and hearing, and in writing
  • Daily requirements:
    • Bending, twisting, turning, reaching below the knee, pushing, pulling, squatting, kneeling, standing, walking, sitting
  • Lifting requirements:
    • Will regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
    • Will occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 50 pounds

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, Food Engineering or related field, or 5+  years of experience working in a food manufacturing Quality Assurance Lab demonstrating core competencies and supervising a staff of lab technicians.
  • Strong verbal and written communication, analytical, statistical, and mathematical skills and abilities
  • Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals with varying educational levels and communication skills
  • Strong proficiency in MS Office products
  • Ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects at the same time

REPORTS TO THIS POSITION

  • Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician
  • Seasonal Quality Assurance Laboratory Technicians

NOTE: Attendance on the job each and every day is absolutely essential to the efficient operation of the Company 

The responsibilities and duties outlined in this document are not all-inclusive and are subject to change at the discretion of management based upon the needs of the company.

In the absence of key personnel the supervisor will assume responsibility to see the functions of this job are performed as required.  

Hirzel Canning Co & Farms provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace.