Quality Specialist - Project Lead

Quality Specialist - Project Lead

Bridgewater, NJ

Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing (Fuse Global has worked with this company for 20 years)

Initial term: 2 years

Schedule:

M-F 8am - 5pm

Guardian of Quality and Compliance by Design, ensuring quality requirements and deliverables for Idea to Launch (I2L) Innovation/Renovation projects. Qualified as the quality representative for CAT 1, 2, and 3 projects, responsible for creating pHACCP and rMMS for new products/technology development to ensure compliance with food safety, regulatory and quality standards.

• Be part of the Internal Audit Team and support additional initiatives.
• Act as a project team member on Innovation/Renovation projects, ensuring Quality function I2L deliverables throughout project stages.
• Perform food safety assessments and develop pHACCP and rMMS for new product or technology projects, supporting factories with implementation.
• Deliver quality and food safety technical knowledge transfer to operations through engagement, training, and handover of projects.
• Provide training to all functions that need to understand and implement quality and safety in their job deliverables.
• Ensure full compliance with standards and regulatory requirements.
• Promote compliance with system requirements and other applicable standards.
• Audit processes and areas according to the Internal Audit Plan.
• Support visits from regulatory bodies such as FDA or USDA, and external certification bodies.
• Assist in preparation efforts to obtain ISO and NMS certifications.
• Provide technical assistance to quality functions in factories and application groups.

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemistry Engineering, Food Science, or equivalent.

• Experience in the food industry in quality, R&D, or manufacturing areas.
• Competence supporting business requirements: part of the quality department of a factory, PTC/R&D, Centre, , NQACs; HACCP team member.
• Preferred: ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 certification.
• Experience with ingredient specifications.
• Experience with quality by design.
• Business experience: leading part of a change effort, participating in audit teams and/or improvement projects, establishing networks of peers in markets or factories.

• $32.00 per hour + overtime
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Disability insurance

Eligibility: U.S.

-based applicants only.