Quality Assurance in Food Production; Bilingual

Are you a Quality Assurance professional passionate about maintaining top-tier food safety standards, driving process enhancements, and championing quality across multi-site operations? We are seeking a dynamic QA Corporate Coordinator to join our team and help shape the future of our food manufacturing quality systems!

• Drive Compliance & Safety:
  Oversee food safety systems in alignment with FDA, USDA, GFSI-BRC, and local regulatory guidelines.
• Lead Quality Audits & Training:
  Serve as Lead Auditor and Qualified Individual (FSMA). Assess team training needs and participate in internal/external audits.
• Enhance Processes:
  Analyze workflows, investigate shortfalls or complaints, and implement impactful process enhancement and corrective action strategies.
• Manage Supplier & Copacker Standards:
  Maintain document control systems, deploy supplier approval programs, and collaborate with co-packers and raw material vendors.
• Product Development & KPI Tracking:
  Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), maintain finished product databases, and partner with Marketing and R&D for seamless product rollouts.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Baking, or a related science field.
• Experience:
  
  5+ years in food manufacturing/operations with 2–3 years specifically in a tortilla, bakery, or food manufacturing plant.
• Regulatory Expertise: 2+ years of hands-on regulatory experience (FDA, USDA, PMO, Organic, Gluten-Free).
• Certifications & Systems:
  Background with GFSI/BRC standards, ISO concepts, and Genesis ESHA labeling software.
• Languages &
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to speak and read in English and Spanish; tech-savvy with excellent cross-functional communication skills.

In this key leadership role, you will have the visibility, autonomy, and cross-departmental impact to raise the bar for corporate food safety and manufacturing excellence.

Salary: $59,000 - $64,000 per year.

Shift: First.

Work hours:

8 AM - 5 PM.

Education:

High School.

• Ensures by keeping updates to compliance to Food Safety Regulatory Requirements
• a. Ensures highly disciplined compliance with all regulatory and Company.
• b. Defines and support food safety and sanitation standards, systems, procedures, and practices to guarantee product safety.
• 2. Must be familiar with the Quality Management System.
• 3. Reviews processing activities to ensure conformance to specifications.
• 4. Assures that products are being produced in conformance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s Part 110.0 & 117.0)
• 5. Must be familiar with Food Safety Plan/cHACCP.
• 6. Investigates and communicate to the Q.A manager all food safety issues.
• 7. Responsible for assessing the training needs of the QA team, making sure that training is adequately performed and documented.
• 8. Reviews and update work aids (instructions, charts, manuals, bulletins, code date calendars, etc.) essential for verification of product quality.
• 9. Participates in food safety and sanitation audits.
• 10. Conducts monthly team meetings to address employee issues.

• wearing steel toe shoes
• manual lifting up to 50lbs

• Operational improvement
• quality management systems
• process auditing
• root cause analysis
• data analysis and reporting
• documentation
• Microsoft Office

• Years of experience: 2 years
• Experience level:
  Experienced

Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

• medical
• prescription
• dental
• vision
• AD&D
• life insurance offerings
• short-term disability
• 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility)