Quality Supervisor

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Quality Supervisor Department: Quality Administration

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Type: Full-time

Summary: The Quality Supervisor oversees QA inspectors and training functions needed to produce, inspect, and test products in the product fulfillment process according to FDA and other applicable regulatory standards while maintaining employee safety.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to:

• Oversee all quality inspector functions in the facility and ensure systems adhere to the Quality Manual;
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Critical Control Points (CCP’s), Food Safety Plan, and associated risks;
• Provide direction, support, and communication to all employees in the facility regarding quality systems, guidelines, and standards compliance;
• Support product incident problem-solving and resolution by identifying causes of product quality incidents and using direct staff and collaborating with operations peers to quickly understand the issue;
• Lead to control product and prevent further incidents by implementing effective solutions;
• Document and track incident reports, corrective actions, and material reviews;
• Ensure finished product formulations and specifications meet customer requirements;
• Support internal audits to ensure policies and regulations of FDA (cGMP), TDA, customer, third-party certifiers, and internal SOPs are followed;
• Maintain and monitor food safety plan and HARPC Plan to ensure regulatory requirements are met;
• Interface with outside governmental agencies, such as USDA, FDA, TDA, etc., and with consumers and customers through investigation and response to complaints;
• Interface with customers for their audit requirements of our production facilities through continuous monitoring of the Supplier Qualification Program;
• Maintain records of internal and external deviations, incident reports, corrective/preventative actions, and employee training;
• Monitor and track instrument calibrations;
• Ensure staff follow all safety procedures;
• Follow and enforce cGMP, food safety, and quality guidelines and processes as established in department SOPs;
• Monitor cGMP and address nonconformance;
• Responsible for releasing quality holds after investigations and testing are complete;
• Performs any other related duties assigned.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in a related discipline preferred;
• 4+ years’ experience in quality management;
• Manufacturing quality management experience;
• Food, cosmetic, or pharmaceutical quality systems experience strongly preferred.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills;
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office;
• Working knowledge of JD Edwards or other inventory tracking software;
• Ability to align with and influence management and functional partners;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• General knowledge of sanitation equipment used in manufacturing areas.

Work Conditions & Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand and sit for extended hours;
• Ability to view a computer screen and type for extended hours;
• Other physical requirements include occasional squatting, bending, twisting, and bi-lateral hand and wrist movement;
• Ability to wear any required PPE;
• Must be able to occasionally work in an environment that will occasionally contain a powdery substance in the air with or without a respirator;
• Ability to work around a variation of different smells and aromas;
• Ability to adjust work schedule as business needs require.

Quality/Safety Responsibilities: All Prinova employees are required to ensure compliance standards with food safety, food defense, and food quality (FDA, ILDPH, FSMA, and BRC).

It is the responsibility of each employee to comply with occupational safety and health standards issued under OSHA and to follow all rules, regulations, and procedures established by the Company to ensure that their actions do not impact the health and safety of themselves or others.

What’s in it for you? Competitive Pay – $62,000 - $64,000 annually

Experience, education, geographic location and shift all taken into consideration. Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Employer paid STD and LTD
• HSA and FSA
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• PTO
• Employer paid Basic Life Insurance
• 401(k) & Roth with employer match
• Eight Paid Holidays + 3 Floating Holidays
• Voluntary - Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident
• Personal growth including training and development opportunities

Disclaimer: Prinova is committed to providing equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, creed, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, medical leave, marital status, citizenship status, ancestry, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, Civil Air Patrol status, or any other characteristic or group status protected under applicable law.