Quality Assurance Supervisor- PM Shift

at  Sunrise Farms

Grand River Foods is a leading food solutions company serving customers in the North American grocery and food service industry. As a member of the Sunrise Farm family, we remain as dedicated as ever to both providing a quality work environment for our employees, as well as producing only the highest quality products for our customers. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.

QUALIFICATIONS: SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, proficient with MS Suite products(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), statistical processing platforms as well as with label system software.
• Strong interpersonal and administrative skills to build, support and motivate team members.
• Proven ability to prioritize effectively, multitask and efficient time management.
• Sound leadership skills to supervise, train, coach and discipline team members.
• Excellent work ethic and accountability, must work with minimal supervision in a team environment.
• Proven analytical, systematical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly detail oriented and focused with excellent organizational and decision-making skills.
• Strong attendance/punctuality
• Ability to be adaptable, positive attitude and professional approach with the willingness to learn.Must be physically and mentally fit to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

EDUCATION:

• University degree or college diploma in Food science, Microbiology or in related discipline preferred.
• Certification on GMP, HACCP and/or BRC Global standard certification preferred.
• Certification/training on First aid preferred.
• Training on Lean Six sigma -as an asset

EXPERIENCES:

• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role with preferably 1 year as supervisor/team leader in a CFIA regulated meat further processing industry.
• In-depth knowledge of GMP, HACCP and BRC/GFSI systems and applicable regulatory agencies including local, provincial, and CFIA/federal agencies.
• Preferably 1 year experience conducting CAPA/investigation reporting, Internal audits, handling customer complaints and mock recall.

• Implement, maintain, and verify GMP, HACCP, Prerequisite Programs as per QA/HACCP policy and SQF/BRC systems.
• Directly supervise, train, coach and discipline QA technicians, Pre-op technicians and QA verifiers, assist QA technicians to supervise QA verifiers.
• Provide food safety and quality direction to Production, R&D, Purchasing, Shipping & Receiving, Maintenance, Planning, Sanitation, and other departments.
• Assist food safety teams with (onsite, CFIA, BRC, YUM, customer, 3rd party) audits, animal welfare audits and mock recalls.
• Participate in internal audits including maintenance, glass, allergen/gluten audits.
• Ensure appropriate risk assessment, root cause analysis and CAPA for non-conformance, deviation, product holds and timely dispositions.
• Advice departmental managers and supervisors of non-conformance, deviation and holds.
• Develop and maintain incoming specifications and online profiling spread sheets to track and trend quality parameters.
• Ensure maintaining the verification schedule and compliance including allergen management, record reviews, on-site observations, interviews, etc.
• Identify trends related to food safety (foreign material, Holds, deviations, etc.) and communicates findings to management.
• Ensure supplier score cards and non-conformity communications are issued, tracked, trended, and managed.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with CFIA, SQF and Customer requirements are met and maintained.
• Work with corporate team to develop and update SOP’s and policies for areas of responsibility to optimize quality, sanitation, operations &/or other relevant departments as required.
• Work closely with QA Manager, plant management/leadership team on special projects.
• Work as a backup HACCP coordinator in absence
• Other duties as assigned by QA manager.