Quality Assurance Manager

**Job description**

Since 1956, Sunrise Soya Foods has been trusted by generations to produce healthy and delicious soy products. As Canada’s leading tofu manufacturer, we are dedicated in our commitment to putting Goodness First® behind everything that we do. From our products to our workplace, we adhere to our values of: Customer Focus, Honesty and Integrity, Respect, Teamwork and Corporate Citizenship.

We are looking for individuals who are focused on growing their careers with one of the leading companies in the food manufacturing industry. If this is you, you will love working with Sunrise Soya Foods.

**Job Summary**

QA Manager / SQF Practitioner, under the direction of the Quality Services Sr National Manager, will primarily be responsible to oversee the general quality function in the BC processing plants and supervise the Delta & Vancouver quality assurance teams. You will also collaborates across departments, as needed, to maintain high quality standards.

**Job Duties**
- Ensure personal and team compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards for people safety, food safety, quality, cost control, waste reduction and complete and on-time delivery
- Promote, follow and ensure team compliance for all company and regulatory standards for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Food Safety, Safe Operating Procedures (SOP's), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Ensure that all staff under your direction are equipped with and are using the proper personal protective equipment
- Report all safety concerns to a member of your Joint Health and Safety Committee and your Supervisor/Manager
- Provide leadership for employee relations through effective and consistent communications, coaching, training, and development and evaluation of employee performance for your team
- Develop and implement performance metrics for your team and targets that are consistent with company goals; Ensure your team has clear goals and are fully aware of expectations
- Oversee all departmental workmanship to ensure high standards and efficiency
- Oversee departmental outputs, ensuring they meet safety and quality standards, production schedules and customer needs, including participation in interdepartmental benchmarking
- Ensure the effectiveness of employees through strategic hiring, assignment of duties, discipline, and dismissal
- Oversee project management to ensure effective milestone planning and timely completion of deliverables to help accomplish company goals and mission
- Coordinate team activities through effective scheduling, assignment of work, setting of priorities, and delegating of work
- Reviews daily quality assurance documents to ensure that all products meet quality specifications
- Monitors the quality of all incoming ingredients and packaging; Reviews and files all relevant quality control documents
- Enforces quality standards and control parameters in all production departments
- Conducts sanitation and environmental checks on a schedule appropriate to the Quality Management System
- Provides technical assistance and supervision for the Organic program, Non-GMO Project Program and Kosher certification
- Partners with the Plant Manager to create and implement a cost-effective budget for laboratory and sanitation departments
- Responsible for purchasing laboratory equipment
- Validates the thermal process and shelf life of all plant products within the appropriate schedule
- Reviews and responds to all quality complaints/concerns within the plant/company and ensures thorough documentation
- Develops, monitors, maintains, implements and delivers training for Food Safety, Good Manufacturing Practice, HACCP and Allergen Prevention programs
- Establishes and implements employee training needs to ensure they have required competencies to carry out functions affecting product legality (federal, provincial and municipal regulations), safety and quality
- Commits to and motivates employees to go above and beyond minimum compliance to ensuring food quality and food safety, assume ownership and take appropriate action without direction
- Leads and manages team in building a Food Safety and Food Quality culture within the company in which all employees share in this responsibility
- Works effectively and collaboratively with all QA teams from other locations to maintain consistent specifications and high quality of products company-wide
- Participate in site and workplace inspections
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by Manager
- SQF Practitioner Responsibilities:

- Oversee the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the SQF System, including food safety fundamentals and the food safety plan
- Take appropriate action to ensure the integrity of the SQF System
- Communicate to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the SQF S