Supervisor, Quality and Food Safety, Hain Celestial Group, York, PA
Hain Celestial Group -
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York, PA,
US
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Supervisor, Quality and Food Safety
Date Posted: 2024-06-19
Job description
Job Description
Location: Onsite in York, Pennsylvania (Lancaster)
Purpose
TheSupervisor, Quality and Food Safety assists the Quality Assurance department's efforts in the continuous improvement of systems and procedures. This position ensures that all food safety and regulatory requirements are met or exceeded.
Essential Duties Responsibilities:
Manage team of Quality Technicians, ensuring coverage across all shifts. Ensure all quality technicians are appropriately trained and resourced to execute tasks and support production.
Manage team of Sanitation/Janitors, ensuring coverage across all shifts. Ensure all Sanitation/Janitors are appropriately trained and resourced to execute tasks and support production.
Work with Quality, Sanitation, Production, Maintenance and other departments as required to create/publish a weekly cleaning plan/schedules to ensure proper coverage to facilitate required cleanings across the entire plant
Generate, follow up and maintain SOPs, all checklists, QA incidents 'hold' database, work orders, QA/Operation reference notice, permanent change notice, allergen program, HACCP/Food Safety software program, hold/release tracking in Prism, monthly trending report, ingredient/packaging database, equipment calibration
Daily monitoring of HACCP requirements and quality standards, including QA floor coverage, and analytical
Provide technical expertise on daily floor QA issues and for continuous improvement
Identify, develop, set and ensure internal safety/quality standards and specifications based on desired characteristics as well as regulatory compliance
Develop and conduct training programs (GMP, CCP, receiving, shipping, new project implementation, allergen etc.) for all employees
Execute assigned projects in a cost effective and timely manner
Projects involve implementation of safety/quality requirement, new products launch and continuous improvement process
Support and follow up during internal and external audits (Kosher, NGP, CFIA, FDA, SQF, Health Authorities, etc.)
Interact and follow up with chemical and pest control service providers
Communicate with outside warehouse regarding hold/release procedures
Acts as contact person and resolves issues
Provide support to the R D team as outlined:
Executing assigned R D projects in a cost effective and timely manner, providing testing assistance for floor implementation
QA support for smooth delivery of new finished product from test to production
Support operations in capital projects, drive formulation of cost reduction, and ingredient consolidation or replacement projects
Support process and yield improvements
Assist in day-to-day R D inquiries for existing SKU's manufactured in the plant including sensory for increased shelf-life products, ingredients replacements, production deviation related to formula, ingredient shortage etc.
Conduct daily new hire Food Safety orientations and trainings as required
All employees are responsible for food and safety quality
All employees are responsible to report food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action
Primary Interactions:
Internal: QA, R D, Production, Maintenance, Planning, Purchasing, Corporate QA
External: CFIA, NGP, Health Authorities, Kosher, Pest Control and Chemical Service Providers
Qualifications
Competencies: (Behavioral Technical Skills)
Strong knowledge of HACCP
Strong technical/common sense skills
Strong people management skills
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Ability to work shifts as needed (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm and Saturdays occasionally - once a month 7am-12pm)
Excellent writing and communication skills
Quality management, quality tools and problem solving techniques
Excellent team player as well as individual contributor
Ability to multi-task and prioritize, Organized and focused
Good computer skills - MS Office Suite
Ability to work under pressure
Bilingual preferred- English/Spanish
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a science related field or diploma in food science
3 - 5 years experience in a food manufacturing industry
HACCP Certificate
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Lab and office environment utilizing the lab equipment, phone and computer frequently. Requires minimal physical effort. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where problems occur, and volumes are heavy. Tasks do not expose employee to physically unpleasant or hazardous conditions.
All employees are responsible for food and safety quality. All employees are responsible to report food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action
Compensation and Benefits:
$56,000 - $70,000 / year (commensurate with experience and location).
Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Disability coverage
Life insurance
Critical illness and accident insurance
Legal and identity protection insurance
Pet insurance
Employee assistance program
Commuter benefits
Tuition assistance
Adoption and surrogacy assistance
401(k)
PTO
Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning
Hain Celestial is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. The Company does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, expression, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
If you need accommodations for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an e-mail to ...@hain.com or call 516-###-#### to let us know the nature of your request. EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disabled