PLEASE NOTE: We will not be able to reply to you if your resume does not meet the position requirements. There is NO closing date. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nQUALIFICATIONS:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n- BS Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or Chemistry\r\n- 3 to 5 Years of leadership of a Quality Department\r\n\r\nStrong Knowledge:\r\n- ISO Systems: ISO 9001, ISO 22000 (Quality, HACCP)\r\n- Current Good Laboratory Practices for food and pharmaceutical\r\n- General office software tools and data processing (Word, Excel)\r\n- Chemistry and Microbiology laboratory procedures\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJOB DESCRIPTION:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHansen Agri-PLACEMENT is representing an established Food Processing company who is searching for a Quality Supervisor for their day shift. This position will supervise and maintain a Quality Control Laboratory with staff capable of performing the analytical procedures required for the operation of a food processing plant, to verify the accuracy of results and the requirements to customer and company specifications, to maintain ISO and GLP documentation as required for all procedures and equipment.\r\n\r\nResponsibilities\r\n\r\n- Develop, document and maintain procedures as related but not limited to ISO laboratory procedures, GLP, QC, QA, Chemical, Physical and Microbiological Assay procedures.\r\n- Participate in the audit process for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, GMP and GLP.\r\n- Supervise and direct Quality Assurance Laboratory Technicians to ensure the accuracy, proficiency, and quality of the analytical tests conducted and to establish new technological processes.\r\n- Ensure Management is informed regarding test results, product status, and noncompliance issues via reports, memos, verbal reports, etc.\r\n- Provide technical assistance to the Plant Management as required and related to problems of chemical, physical, microbiological and applications.\r\n- Maintain quarantine/availability status of intermediate and finished products.\r\n- Evaluate develop, validate, document, and implement new procedures and technology for microbiological, physical, and chemical testing.\r\n- Generate and assist the logistics and customer service department with certificate of analysis and any other batch release documentation required for shipment.\r\n- Monitor laboratory equipment calibration, maintain calibration database in ISOQuest, assay results vs. known/accepted standards, laboratory supply inventories, and laboratory compliance with Good Laboratory Practices with assistance from the Laboratory Coordinator.\r\n- Monitor preventive controls and report noncompliance to appropriate management.\r\n- Monitor QC related programs related to plant quality such as environmental monitoring, water compliance, product result trending.\r\n- Compliance with GLP, and other lab requirements.\r\n- On time reporting of results and release of materials.\r\n- Manage laboratory suppliers to improve costs.\r\n\r\nALL INQUIRIES ARE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. NO FEES TO APPLICANTS.\r\n\r\nIf you feel that you are not a candidate for this position, but know someone who is, we do offer a Referral Bonus if we place your referral into this position.\r\n
