Manager, Quality Assurance Ii

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Our team is looking for QA Manager for our site in Abbotsford, BC.
Join our family of diverse, talented, and dedicated people and become part of an industry-leading company as we strive to be the most successful food company in the world.

**Title**: Manager, Quality Assurance (12 months contract)

**Location**: Abbotsford

**Job Type**: Salary

**Main Duties**:

- Develop, implement, maintain, and reassess all of the Quality Assurance programs required to operate a federally licensed establishment:

- Validation programs (e.g. moisture, chilling, etc.)
- Regulatory (e.g. MPIP (Modernized Poultry Inspection Program), CVS (Compliance Verification System), etc.)
- Microbiology (e.g. Salmonella, E. Coli, Listeria, etc.) and
- HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) /FSEP (Food Safety Enhancement Program) programs with a goal to achieve compliance to regulations, operational efficiency and maintain best practices in the industry.
- Work with the Plant Operations, Product Management and Product Development Teams on new products launch and ensure new and existing products meet specifications
- Implement quality enhancement processes such as Quality by Process and resulting corrective actions from audits. Implement procedures at the plant level in conjunction with the Plant Operations (i.e. production, maintenance, sanitation, etc...) to achieve process improvements and cost savings.
- Ensure that product meets or exceeds customer quality expectations (product, packaging, labels, etc.). Liaises with the Corporate QA to handle customer complaints and appropriate correspondence at the plants.
- Facilitate and review all environmental sampling, compliance reports and report findings to Maintenance and Plant Managers and Corporate Risk and Environmental Manager to achieve compliance to regulations and maintain best practices in the industry
- Orient all employees on quality, regulatory and food safety principles and policies and ensure they remain current in their knowledge
- Accountable for the maximum performance, technical competence and healthy management succession through acquiring, organizing, developing and motivating personnel
- Accountable for preparation and participation in all third-party audits (i.e. CVS, Costco etc.). Maintain professional interaction with all third-party auditors. Assist in follow up corrective actions and preventative measures from audit findings. Recommend and implement approved improvements to production processes, etc., that increase food safety.
- Smaller size facilities might have Sanitation and Evisceration functions reported to the QA Manager. Back up supervisory support to the Kill functions can be provided by the QA Manager as well at such facilities (i.e. if Kill Supervisor position is vacant). Plant Manager ensures such organizational structure complies with the CFIA regulatory requirements.

**Requirements**:

- A Degree in Food Science or a related discipline and a minimum of three to five years of proven food safety experience in a Quality Assurance management capacity is required. Must be certified to manage/inspect Evisceration function (i.e. MPIP certification)
- Microbiology knowledge and understanding is an asset
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing food processes
- HACCP Certification and strong knowledge of Statistical Process Control, GMPs, Quality regulatory requirements and systems
- Strong leadership and communication skills

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- This position requires normal physical effort
- This position requires normal visual/sensory effort
- This position typically operates in a generally agreeable work environment
- Mental Stress: There is regular deadline pressure

**What we have to offer**:

- Full benefits (health, dental, vision, and disability)

**Hiring Range**: $61,594 - $88,079

Sofina Foods Inc.is a privately owned Canadian company headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada dedicated to providing great-tasting, high-quality food products for consumers.
Our workforce is exceptionally diverse with professional opportunities across many functional areas of our business.