Bringing our love of food to families for five generations! Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants. Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!
Shift: 1st Shift 1 PM -9 PM
Monday - Friday plus OT
Summary: Assists Quality Assurance Management in the maintenance and improvement of overall product quality and safety. Regularly assures the effective completion and documentation of Quality Assurance responsibilities. Provides leadership and daily direction department technicians for better reduction and resolution of quality and food safety metrics/root cause. In event of absence leadership responsibility will be filled by a FSQA Specialist or Supervisor, all daily task related items will be delegated by management to an adequately trained Tech II or I.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Oversees the daily review of HACCP, SSOP, and other QA related records to assure conformance to requirements.Takes action when non-conformances are noted, including by not limited to:Assisting management in making initial decision if a food safety risk is present and significant for non-conformances identified, placing affected product on hold or on hazardous holdAssists/conducts full investigationAssists management in make final disposition on product/equipment affected. Decision based on information gathered and reviewed against USDA and FDA regulations including the FDA’s Seafood Hazards and Control Guide or other scientific studies.Looks for continuous improvement opportunities in programs and tasks versus performing tasks.Responsible for overseeing document control and system updates; Coordinates all HACCP plan and plan related paperwork updates.Assists Quality Management with verification and validation by designing the studies, interpreting data and finalizing reports.Ensures trend analysis is completed for food safety and quality initiatives and communicates data to Management. Assists with implementing any action based on this analysisInitiates tests, analyzes results, and finds solutions to technical problems.Interacts with Operations Department to ensure continuous improvement.Provides leadership and daily direction for shift Quality Assurance Technicians. Coordinate the assignment and completion of daily and other than daily Quality Assurance tasks. Observes production activities to assure consistency and conformance to standards, as well as providing improvement suggestions.Work with QA management to resolve any issues that arise and reduction of defectsMust be able to interpret testing data in correlation with production specification and make decisions based off this information.Maintain finished product ON HOLD database and disposition product.Monitors and trends all customer/consumer complaints; orchestrates corrective actions/root cause analysis and trend analysis with communication with necessary internal departments. Final review on all customer surveys or finished product specification forms; required to communicate and obtain/necessary required information from R&D, QA and/or QC.Develop, update and maintain all finished product specifications within our internal system and any online customer databases as required.Oversees the Organic Program through formulation review, supplier spec review, and supplier certification review as well as to be the direct liaison with our organic certifying body.Carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include assisting in the interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.Other duties with similar skill, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.Act as liaison for regulatory (USDA /FDA) inspectors. Responsibilities for Food Safety Responsible for completing required paperwork accurately and honestly, where applicable.Must adhere to posted GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) when working within the production facility.Responsible for reporting suspicious packages, activities and individuals, where applicable.If monitoring CCPs (Critical Control Points), must be trained in HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and adhere to approved HACCP plan(s). Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.