Food Safety and Quality Assurance Supervisor

Food Safety and Quality Assurance Supervisor $60000 - $75000 per year | Fredericksburg, PA | On-site | Permanent FSQA Supervisor – USDA Poultry Manufacturing | 1st Shift | Lead a Team of 8–10 A bit about us:

Founded nearly two decades ago and based in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, we are a leading producer of natural, certified organic, and antibiotic-free poultry serving retail, food service, and home-delivery markets. We are committed to producing high-quality poultry through responsible farming practices, strong food-safety programs, and transparent standards. Our chickens are raised on family farms, fed a vegetarian diet, and never given antibiotics, added hormones, or steroids.

• First-Shift Leadership Role:
  Typically 7:00 AM–5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Financial Benefits:
  
  401(k), retirement plan, and flexible spending account
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership Opportunity:
  Mentor and develop a team of 8–10 FSQA professionals
• Career Impact:
  Help lead USDA compliance, food-safety programs, laboratory testing, and audit readiness at a USDA-inspected poultry facility
• Established Organization:
  Join a growing food manufacturer with approximately 500–1,000 employees and operations based in Fredericksburg

• Supervise, mentor, train, and develop a team of 8–10 FSQA technicians.
• Develop, document, implement, and maintain programs ensuring compliance with customer, company, and regulatory requirements.
• Administer and oversee HACCP, SSOP, pre-operational and operational sanitation, animal-welfare, prerequisite, and quality-assurance programs.
• Maintain GFSI and QA procedural compliance.
• Review, compile, and maintain daily HACCP, SSOP, and pre-operational inspection documentation.
• Train employees before implementing new food-safety or quality processes and procedures.
• Ensure the FSQA department is appropriately staffed, trained, scheduled, and organized.
• Oversee laboratory testing performed by FSQA personnel, including:
• Salmonella, Campylobacter, and
  
  E. coli testing
• Fat analysis and equipment calibration
• Calcium and bone-percentage testing
• Avian influenza blood analysis
• Water sampling
• Pesticide-residue testing
• Antibiotic-free and organic testing
• Environmental swabbing and monitoring
• Monitor laboratory inventory and approve supply orders.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with USDA representatives and respond promptly to regulatory concerns.
• Communicate USDA concerns and corrective actions to plant managers and supervisors.
• Investigate customer and product-quality concerns and document corrective actions.
• Prepare the facility for third-party audits, including organic, antibiotic-free, animal-welfare, GFSI, and co-packer audits.
• Participate in hiring, training, performance reviews, development, and progressive discipline for FSQA technicians.
• Schedule department personnel while managing overtime and labor costs.
• Enforce GMP, HACCP, quality, food-safety, and employee-safety requirements.
• Manage staffing and attendance and facilitate team meetings and training.
• Serve as the backup to the QA Manager when the manager is unavailable.
• Work additional hours, weekends, second shift, or pre-operational inspection coverage when operational needs require it.

• Bachelor’s degree in Poultry Science, Animal Science, Food Science, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum 1–2 years of poultry-industry quality assurance experience.
• Previous supervisory experience within food or poultry manufacturing.
• Hands‑on experience working in a USDA‑regulated manufacturing or poultry‑processing facility is required.
• HACCP certification from an accredited…