About LiDestri Food and Drink
LiDestri Food and Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food and beverage products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,200 people across five U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.
Excellent Pay and Benefits:
- Great career-pathing
- Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
- Health insurance with premium contributions
- Dental, vision, HSA
- 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability
- 401k – with employer match
- Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
- Company bonuses
- And many more….
Quality Assurance Manager
Position Summary:
Responsible is to oversee all aspects of quality assurance and to ensure compliance regulations under SQF, FDA, USDA, HACCP, GMP, and company quality policies
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develop and/or maintain Quality Improvement policies and procedures that meet legal requirements and standards;
- Provide leadership and support in establishing and directing the Quality Improvement Program for the plant;
- Facilitate, integrate and/or coordinate the development, design, implementation and evaluation of identified quality improvement activities;
- Supervise workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure conformity to GMP’s and maintain high productivity and technical integrity;
- Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products;
- Responsible for the implementation, verification and validation of the SQF program.
- Provide technical and statistical expertise to teams;
- Formulate, document, and maintain quality control standards and on-going quality control objectives including the Company’s quality inspection and product release programs for incoming, in-process and finished goods.
- Participate in various evaluations, audit, plant inspections and quality system audits;
- Coordinate objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other plant managers to maximize product reliability and minimize cost;
- Create, document and implement inspection criteria and procedures;
- Interpret quality control philosophy to key personnel within Company;
- Provide and oversee, inspection activity for product throughout production cycle;
- Interact with customers and vendors to ensure quality of all purchased & sold products;
- Design, develop, and implement Food Safety and quality control training programs for all plant personnel;
- Analyze non-conformities and quality problems to determine root cause and implement corrective action including addressing customer complaints;
- Develop robust KPI’s to track and report on quality incidents and to measure performance improvements;
- Actively organize and review process for continuous improvement;
- Manage QA budgetary;
- Ensure the maintenance and calibration of the laboratory equipment;
- Responsible for Food Safety and the reassessment for adequacy of the HACCP Plan (pre-requisites) at least annually and whenever any changes occur that could affect its hazard analysis or alter the HACCP Plan;
- Coach, mentor and develop staff, including preparing and conducting employee performance appraisal;
- Maintain employee work schedules including timecard approval, work assignments, job rotation, training, vacations and paid time off;
- May be responsible for directing and coordinating the sanitation personnel in the absence of the Sanitation Manager;
- Has the authority to initiate action on risks to food safety and quality problems.
Required Education, Skills, & Experience:
- High School diploma required, Associates or Bachelors degree preferred in Food Science/Technology or related scientific discipline;
- Minimum of 3 years of equivalent work experience in a similar capacity; preferably in a Food and Beverage manufacturing environment;
- SQF Practitioner with prior experience implementing, verifying, and validating SQF program;
- 2-5 years supervisory experience;
- Demonstrated experience developing quality policies and procedures; including quality measurements, root cause analysis and problem resolution;
- Must have strong analytical skills and knowledge of statistical tools;
- Prior experience utilizing equipment such as refractometer, salt titrator, acid titrator, PH meter, color meter and consistometer, various gauges, torque meters;
- Prior direct experience with FDA and other regulatory agencies strongly preferred
- Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; Oracle experience desirable;
- Must have high analytical aptitude and ability to work in a fast-paced environment;
- Strong interpersonal, communication (written and oral) and team-based skills are essential;
- Must be able to work across departments and build relationships with other departments to drive continuous improvement;
- Must keep up with fast-paced work environment and record data as required in timely manner.
Working Conditions:
- Time split between Plant (production floor) and Office environments;
- Required to wear personal protective equipment, as needed/required;
- Temperature in the work area varies;
- Environment/work areas can be very wet, slippery and they have continuous forklift traffic;
- Will handle and work around various moving equipment and chemicals;
- Frequent use of hot/cold water to perform checks and clean equipment and areas;
- Frequent lifting objects < 30 lbs. and pushing/pulling of objects less than 80 lbs. on carts;
- Long-term standing, constantly moving around on foot, frequent bending, and constant climbing of stairs;
- Must go to all areas where product is located and test where testing equipment is located;
DISCLAIMER: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed and is not an inclusive summary of job duties and responsibilities. The omission of specific statements of duties or responsibilities does not exclude them from the position. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.
Employee Value Proposition
Our purpose and our promise is to actively nourish at every touchpoint; this starts with nourishing our workforce and extends to nourishing our many communities. We provide a safe and respectful environment, meaningful careers, awesome benefits, a world class wellness program… all of which inspire unity and collaboration amongst our LiDestri “family”.
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