Location: all cities,GA, USA
John Soules Foods, with locations in Tyler, Texas, Gainesville, Georgia, and Valley, Alabama, is steadfast in its mission to be the industry leader in fully cooked, center-of-the-plate protein products. Committed to delivering the highest quality and safest products in the industry. The Quality Assurance Supervisor will play a pivotal part in upholding John Soules Foods' rigorous company standards for food safety and quality. This presents an exciting opportunity for the QA Supervisor to make a significant impact on ensuring the food safety and quality of John Soules Foods products. The FSQA Supervisor will have the chance to lead the plant floor team to ensure programs and policies are implemented and followed to drive John Soules Foods' ongoing commitment to innovation in safety and quality. This position reports to the Facility QA manager or Superintendent. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Oversee the FSQA team for the assigned shift, working with the hourly FSQA team members. Verify, implementation, of food safety and quality training for plant team members and quality assurance staff. Monitor production process to ensure plant procedures are within written protocols by evaluating product processing, handling, packaging, and storage procedures to ensure the highest product safety and sanitation levels are maintained throughout production. Work in conjunction with plant management to communicate with FSIS/USDA personnel as needed. Implement and verify systems for checking, validating, and verifying process compliance, including but not limited to SPC, HACCP, Food Safety Plans, GMPs, and SSOPs, to provide production departments with the tools necessary for manufacturing safe, quality products. Responsible for managing compliance and education of FSQA staff for standards set forth by John Soules Foods for personnel safety, food safety, and quality assurance. Assist the plant management with food safety, food quality, process instruction, formulas, specifications, and protocol requirements as required to promote high product quality standards. Complete special projects, duties, and assignments, as appropriate, possibly across multiple shifts at times. Authorized to hold non-confirming product and determine product disposition. Must have the ability to make sound judgments and good decisions regarding quality and wholesomeness of product. Monitors QA technicians in their daily task for record keeping, data accuracy, task completeness. Verify that products are within the specification. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor s degree preferred or equivalent work experience. Experience: One plus years related experience and or training; or equivalent combination of experience and education. This position is an entry level management position but applicants with managerial, QA and/or Food Safety experience may be given preference. Computer Skills: Basic computer skills; for example, generating simple letters, spreadsheets, completing forms in Adobe, or creating simple queries. Communication Skills: Good written and verbal communication skills. Supervisory Skills: This position may be responsible for supervising a group of personnel who perform somewhat identical and related tasks or activities.