Lead Operations/Quality Tech
On-siteJefferson Jackson County, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Guide and sustain EPA, FDA, and Food Safety Programs including SQF, HACCP, and SOPs while welcoming and managing third-party audits. Maintain customer compliance logs, investigate quality complaints, and implement corrective measures. Partner with all departments to update product specifications and facilitate GMP training, including conducting mock product recalls. Author procedures to address policy gaps and offer coaching to improve safety culture through root cause analysis of incidents. Support maintenance of instrumentation, electrical systems, and environmental compliance systems, ensuring accurate documentation of operational files and records.
Required Qualifications
- HS Diploma or GED
- Minimum of 3 years of experience within Quality Assurance in a processing environment
- Extremely organized with demonstrated skills administering quality and technical programs, including being able to establish and maintain a plant filing system and control of engineering documents
- Working knowledge of Food Safety Programs including SQF, HACCP
- Demonstrates advanced understanding of air separation, refrigeration, carbon dioxide and associated technologies
- Instrumentation and Electrical – Demonstrates an understanding of electrical principles in practical situations involving the operation and repair of complex electrical devices
- Mechanical aptitude - Demonstrates basic skills in mechanical systems maintenance
- Safety and Compliance – A fundamental understanding of all applicable regulations, laws, certifications and standards with a focus on how to achieve success in each discipline for a manufacturing environment
- Leadership – Candidate must have foundation to learn the leadership skills to effectively engage with a production staff
- Maintenance Programs - Familiar with modern maintenance programs, asset management systems and principles
- Moderate to advanced knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent's
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to write routine technical procedures and policies in English
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees and/or customers
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals using the English language
Desired Qualifications
- Technical Degree
- Industrial plant operations experience
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