Quality Assurance Manager - 1st Shift

Quality Assurance Manager - 1st Shift

Join as a Quality Assurance Manager at Lassonde Pappas & Company, Inc.

The QA Manager is responsible for the overall plant quality and food safety policies and program direction to ensure products meet regulatory, customer and consumer quality expectations. Cross training with a nearby sister facility will be part of this role to ensure redundancy and continuity at both sites.

• Ensure that existing food safety, quality programs and other third‑party certifications are maintained, including SQF, HACCP, Organic, and Kosher.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to food safety.
• Provide leadership in the continuous improvement of these programs.
• Ensure compliance with customer specific quality and food safety requirements.
• Meet with vendors, customers, quality representatives and company personnel to discuss and resolve quality problems as required.
• Maintain appropriate skills and technical training to act as the SQF practitioner and HACCP coordinator.
• Ensure satisfactory technical support is provided both to internal departments for quality and food safety issues.
• Provide hands‑on support to the production and other internal departments in troubleshooting and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide support, leadership and direction to the Quality department team members.
• Establish and maintain annual budgets for Quality.
• Remain current with new government rules, scientific procedures and chemical regulations.
• Coordinate training on HACCP & GMPs for all employees plant wide.

The role in food safety is as the SQF practitioner with responsibilities indicated above.

• Position that backs up this role during absence: In the event of an absence this position will be backed up by the QA Lead.
• Physical Requirements: This position normally requires the physical demands of standing, walking, bending, lifting or performing other work requiring medium physical exertion, talking and hearing and adequate vision on a regular basis to perform the job requirements. These physical demands are required up to 90% of the time.
• Non
  - Physical Requirements:
  
  
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology or comparable.
  • Experience: Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in consumer packaged goods industry preferably in the high speed food or beverage manufacturing/processing & packaging environment; three (3) or more years’ experience in QA.
  • Knowledge of food safety and quality program requirements.
  • Special
    
    Skills:
    
    Knowledge of statistical analysis, precision measurement and process capability studies;
    Ability to develop and implement programs and procedures for QA;
    Knowledge of and/or experience in SQF Code.
  • Licensure, Registration, Certification: Juice HACCP, SQF Practitioner, Internal Audit Training, PCQI Training.
  • External Relationships: Regulatory authorities, industry quality experts, academic resources, co‑packer quality representatives, vendors, customers and auditors.
  • Internal Relationships: Hourly employees, Manufacturing supervisors/managers, Purchasing. The Quality manager must work with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality programs are effectively implemented and to influence employees to ensure compliance with programs.
  • Direct & Indirect Reports: All QA Department employees.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Quality Assurance

Food & Beverages

Location:

Yakima, WA