Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs daily press approvals and spot audits of quality.
- Directs daily activities and inspection/rejection decision-making.
- Direct and manages the daily activities for Quality Assurance Technicians.
- Directs Continuous Improvement Efforts
- Reporting on Manufacturing Metrics
- Identify Improvement Opportunities
- Lead Plant CI Projects by Establishing KPIs, Reporting on Results and Ensuring Success for CI Projects in Merced Plant
- Work with operations to champion a Lean culture by participating in and/or facilitating continuous improvement projects.
- Report Metrics to Leadership Team
- Produces and implements quality control / Food Safety procedures, audits internal, external, corrective actions, compliance to the standard.
- Company representative for IFS Pac Secure to direct compliance to the nine requirements defined as KO requirements.
- Responsibility of the senior management
- Personnel Hygiene
- Raw material specifications
- Product formula compliance
- Foreign material management
- Traceability system
- Internal audits
- Procedure for withdrawal and recall
- Corrective actions
- Responds to customer complaints and implements corrective action.
- Acts as company spokesperson on quality issues, including printing consistency, rejection percentages, and quality policies.
- Manages third party audits including customer or certification body. Works with management to ensure any audit findings are promptly addressed through corrective action.
- Lead and develop the plant’s internal audit team. Schedule frequent internal audits to ensure operations comply with all GMP/ SOP’s/ IFS requirements.
- Support food safety initiatives such as GMP, HACCP, Food Defense, IFS
- Conduct all mock recall exercises as required by company procedure.
- Produces monthly quality reports, including waste and rejection performance for Printing, Finishing, and Pouching.
- Produces yearly report of quality performance for Printing, Finishing, and Pouching operations and provides direction for performance improvement in each department.
- Responsible for compliance with all regulatory requirements for air quality, water treatment and food safety/allergen control.
- Direct Internal Sustainability Activities
- Achieve and maintain SGP certification requirements
Qualifications
The right person for this role will possess the following:
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a science curriculum preferred.
- 5 years’ experience in quality control in the packaging industry with strong logistics and mathematics skills.
- Valid driver’s license with acceptable clean motor vehicle record (MVR).
Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- ASQ-CQT or equivalent knowledge of statistical quality control techniques.
- Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma experience preferred.
- Persuasive and passionate in the spoken and written word.
- Experience in food safety, quality management, printing operations preferred.
- Must be able to relate to people at all levels of the organization.
- Assertive and solution focused.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Shift QA techs (3) and Food Safety Technician (1)
Training Requirements:
- Willing to attend required training courses or sessions related to the job as assigned.
Physical Demands:
- Walking or standing a maximum of 100%, minimum of 60%.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Must be willing to travel on a limited basis, up to approximately 10%
- Pass a pre-employment drug test and subject to random drug screening.
Work Environment:
- Regular exposure to dust and noise in the production environment.
- Pressroom environment contains aromatic solvents and UV-cure products, which require the use of PPE.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Safety shoes and eye protection are highly recommended in the production area.
- Food Safety environment required PPE usage must
Reasons you’ll love working with us:
Health and safety are a top priority at every location. We continue to take all CDC-recommended precautions in our buildings, to keep people healthy. This includes wearing masks, social distancing, limited visitation from outside vendors, enhanced cleaning protocol and daily wellness check-ins by all employees.
- Career development: Promoting leaders from within is a main objective with our client. Proven leaders are presented with opportunities to grow and advance into new, challenging roles, where they can continue to make an impact on the business.
- Benefits: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in company benefits after just 30 days of continuous employment. Our generous benefit offerings include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Short and Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- 401k with company match (90 day eligibility)
- Quarterly profit-sharing bonus (all non-management employees)
- Annual performance bonus (Management positions)
- Annual Holiday bonus (based on annual company performance metrics)
- Relocation assistance