Quality Assurance Manager
Our client is a family-owned manufacturer of premium packaged meat and poultry products, serving several well-known retailers and companies throughout the food industry. They have built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality protein products while emphasizing sustainable and humane sourcing practices. The company takes great pride in its commitment to its customers and, most importantly, its employees. They are located on Chicago's near Southwest Side, conveniently just off I-55.
The role involves identifying and implementing training requirements for facility personnel to ensure employees have the competencies necessary to support product quality, legality, and food safety. Overseeing customer service activities, maintaining knowledge of SQF Code requirements, establishing and maintaining incoming material inspection criteria, developing packaging specifications, monitoring SQF programs, leading food safety and HACCP meetings, partnering with management to develop company policies, serving as the facility's Substitute SQF Practitioner and Substitute HACCP Coordinator, working with Sanitation to maintain sanitation procedures, overseeing the QA Microbiology Program, developing and maintaining workplace safety and quality assurance procedures, assisting the Regulatory Compliance Manager, tracking non-conformances and corrective action plans, establishing team and individual performance expectations, overseeing pest control activities, training employees on GMPs, HACCP, SDS/MSDS requirements, and allergen controls, supervising and providing leadership to QA personnel, reviewing and dispositioning product, and performing other duties as assigned or required by business needs.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The successful applicant will have 5+ years of experience in a similar USDA environment, with quality supervision or leadership. They should be able to interact and comply with USDA personnel, have an understanding of SQF and HACCP, possess SQF/HACCP Certifications, have experience in audits tied to food manufacturing, experience in a cold/wet room environment, understanding of Critical Control Points (CCP), ability to create and track quality KPIs and data to leadership, English/Spanish Bilingual a plus, relevant Bachelors degree preferred, and R&D or Food Science background preferred.
Salary range 85,000-105,000 depending on experience and interviews, some flexibility. Bonus structure. BCBS medical plans. Dental/Vision plans. 12+ days of PTO. 4% 401k match. More!