Quality Assurance Lead

Quality Assurance Lead

Compensation: $34.00-$39.00 per hour

Available Shift: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Mon-Fri)

Position Summary:

The Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for the site's Quality Management System (QMS) and ensures compliance with customer requirements, regulatory standards, and GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) requirements. This position provides daily leadership for the Quality team, drives continuous improvement, oversees food packaging safety and quality systems, and partners with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure products consistently meet Novolex and customer specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise Quality Technicians and Quality Inspectors across all shifts.
• Maintain compliance with BRCGS Packaging Materials requirements and ensure ongoing audit readiness.
• Serve as the site BRCGS Coordinator and primary point of contact for third-party, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Manage the site's Quality Management System, including document control, SOPs, work instructions, and quality records.
• Conduct internal audits and verify that corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) are implemented effectively.
• Lead root cause investigations using methodologies such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, Pareto Analysis, and Corrective Action Reports.
• Review customer complaints, nonconforming products, supplier issues, and internal quality deviations to ensure timely resolution.
• Monitor key quality performance indicators, including customer complaints.

Ensure compliance with:

• GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative)
• GMPs
• HACCP/Quality Risk Assessments
• Foreign Material Control
• Traceability
• Product Release Procedures
• Approve product disposition decisions, including hold, release, rework, or rejection.
• Partner with Production Leads to improve process capability and reduce variation.
• Support new product launches, validation activities, and process qualifications.
• Lead quality-related training for hourly employees.
• Analyze quality trends and prepare reports for Plant Leadership.
• Participate in Management Review meetings and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Promote a strong quality culture in which product safety and customer satisfaction are organizational priorities.

Required Knowledge &

Skills:

• GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative)
• ISO-based Quality Systems
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Root Cause Analysis
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Internal Auditing
• Risk Assessment
• Experience in customer audits and supplier quality management.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and of continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP/QMS software.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Leadership Expectations:
This leader collaborates with departments to ensure that every product meets customer expectations while upholding regulatory compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or higher.
• At least 2 years of quality leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in packaging, plastics, extrusion, converting, or flexible packaging manufacturing is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with a GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) program.

Benefits With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work. Community Engagement At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important.

Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work. Training and Development We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through My Learning.

Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

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