Quality Assurance Lead: Orangeville, Illinois
Our client in Orangeville, Illinois is a production facility with a mission to produce higher quality food and beverage products for their customers. They are looking to hire a highly detailed and motivated Quality Assurance Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the production floor, inspecting materials, and reporting all quality related issues.
Responsibilities of the Quality Assurance Lead:
- Review daily quality paperwork.
- Assist with regulatory inspectors and third-party auditors to ensure compliance to standards.
- Ensure plant is “audit ready” through regular floor inspections.
- Run chemical, physical, organoleptic, bacteriological, and shelf-life analysis of finished product produced in the plant.
- Serve as a member of the HACCP team.
- Maintain Document Control program.
- Monitor, through auditing, inspection, sampling and testing, incoming ingredients, processing, packaging, and sanitation to ensure the safety and quality of all finished goods.
- Train and direct QA laboratory personnel to assure accurate and efficient laboratory practices and record keeping.
- Create COA’s for finished products.
- Investigate out-of-specification finished products.
- Assist in training of all plant personnel regarding good housekeeping, proper sanitations, and product handling.
- Work closely with operations personnel to prevent and resolve quality issues.
- Backs up the QA Manager and Production Supervisors in their absence for any quality related function.
- Other responsibilities and tasks added as needed.
Quality Assurance Lead Requirements and Qualifications:
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree preferred within Food Science, Safety, or Quality Management.
- 1+ years in quality role within manufacturing facility preferred.
- Minimum 1-year food production experience.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret quality assurance documents and compliance regulations.
- Ability to write reports, policies, and procedure modules.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions concerning quality issues from groups of managers, executives, and employees.
- Ability to read and interpret quality assurance and compliance regulations.
- Advanced mathematical skills including basic algebra and statistics.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Pay for Quality Lead: Starting at $23/hour depending on experience.
Quality Lead Benefits:
- Paid weekly.
- Direct deposit.
- Health insurance.
- Paid training.
- Shoe safety reimbursement program.
Type: 1st Shift, Full-time
Schedule: Monday – Friday from 9:00am – 6:00pm.
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