Quality Assurance Manager

Home Port Seafoods is a third-generation seafood processor based in Bellingham, Washington. Founded in 1992, the company specializes in filleting, vacuum packing, freezing, labeling, and packaging millions of pounds of seafood annually. Home Port Seafoods provides value-added and custom processing services, catering to the diverse needs of retail and food service industries. Committed to quality and customer satisfaction, the company has established itself as a trusted name in seafood processing.

We’re looking for an experienced QA Manager to manage our food safety and quality programs with a deep understanding of seafood operations, GFSI standards, and production environment.

The QA Manager oversees all food safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance programs at Home Port Seafoods. This role ensures that seafood processing operations meet or exceed federal, state, and customer requirements through strong leadership, structured systems, and continuous improvement. The QA Manager serves as the facility’s HACCP Coordinator, manages GFSI (SQF) program maintenance, leads audits, and partners closely with Production, Sanitation, and Supply Chain to uphold the highest standards of product integrity and operational excellence.

This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and respond quickly to operational issues. Seafood industry experience is highly preferred, but not required for highly qualified candidates with strong food manufacturing QA backgrounds.

• Serve as the facility’s HACCP Coordinator, maintaining and verifying all HACCP plans for seafood processing.
• Lead hazard analyses, CCP validation, monitoring, verification, and reassessment in accordance with FDA Seafood HACCP regulations (21 CFR Part 123).
• Ensure compliant receiving, storage, processing, fulfillment, and shipping controls for raw and value-added seafood.
• Oversee environmental monitoring, allergen controls, sanitation verification, and product testing programs.

• Serve as the facility’s SQF Practitioner, maintaining certification and ensuring compliance with the SQF Food Manufacturing Code.
• Lead annual SQF system reviews, risk assessments, and verification activities.
• Prepare and lead internal audits, verification of corrective actions, and continuous improvement of food safety and quality systems.
• Host customer, regulatory, and GFSI audits; ensure audit readiness at all times.

• Maintain compliance with FDA, USDC, WSDA, and environmental regulations.
• Ensure accurate product specifications, labels, lot coding, traceability, and documentation.
• Lead recall/trace exercises and maintain the facility’s crisis management and food defense programs.
• Adhere to all customer requirements and expectations for processing and finished product.

• Supervise and develop QA technicians, lab staff, and document control personnel.
• Train production and sanitation staff on GMPs, food safety programs, and operational quality controls.
• Investigate non-conformances, customer complaints, and vendor issues; implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Collaborate with Operations and Procurement to qualify suppliers, evaluate specifications, and verify incoming materials.
• Oversee product holds, disposition, and positive-release programs.
• Work with production staff on best practices to ensure product quality standards are met.

• Maintain all QA documentation, SOPs, monitoring records, and verification logs.
• Manage digital and/or manual recordkeeping systems; ensure strong version control and traceability.
• Ensure compliance with preventive controls, verification schedules, and regulatory record-retention requirements.

• HACCP Certification (Seafood HACCP strongly preferred).
• Hands‑on experience with GFSI programs (SQF, BRCGS, or FSSC 22000) and third‑party audits.
• SQF experience preferred — SQF Practitioner or ability to become certified within 60 days.
• Minimum 3–5 years QA or food safety experience in food,…