Quality Assurance Supervisor

Job Description: QA Supervisor

Darigold is seeking a motivated Quality Assurance Supervisor to be a part of the Portland, Oregon team. As a member of the Portland team, the Quality Assurance Supervisor will be a partner in the Operations Division. The Quality Assurance Supervisor’s role is responsibility for the daily supervision of the plant quality and food safety programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):

• Monitors and reports plant sanitation efforts. Makes appropriate recommendations to management.
• Responsible for investigating and following-up on any reported food safety or quality concerns.
• Daily review of Appendix N documentation and reporting.
• Daily review of laboratory quality data to ensure products meet specification
• Conduct daily product evaluations with plant management and operators to ensure consistent quality
• Supervise and train laboratory staff
• Monitor and purchase of laboratory supplies and equipment
• Daily review of processing and quality data collected by operators
• Track, trend and report key quality measures
• Maintain plant Quality and Food Safety Scorecard
• Maintain calibration and verification of analytical instruments
• Complete and maintain vitamin fortification records
• Maintain plant Kosher program
• Monitor ingredient and packaging lot tracking data to ensure the information is complete and accurate.
• Maintain environmental swabbing program, track and report results
• Maintain Co-Pack sampling and reporting program
• Process and report Co-Pack quality summaries
• Review certificates of analysis for critical ingredients
• Maintain sampling and testing program for critical ingredients
• Customer complaint investigation, resolution and reporting
• Plant employee quality training
• Maintain third party product testing program
• Conduct plant employee food safety and quality training
• Conduct monthly GMP audit and report results to management
• Management of the plant HACCP program
• Management of the plant Allergen Control Program
• Third party audit preparation, review and response
• Trouble-shooting plant quality issues
• Special projects as needed
• Product development and equipment commissioning activities

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proficient in the use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to deal effectively with all plant employees.
• Good technical understanding of manufactured dairy products.
• Ability to troubleshoot quality issues in a manufacturing environment.

Education, Experience and Certifications:

• BS in Food Science, Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry
• 2-5 years of experience in the food industry preferred

Our vision at Darigold is to Lead Dairy Forward – achieving that vision requires cultivating and supporting a team with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to providing a workplace based on mutual respect where all employees feel included and can bring their best and authentic selves to work every day. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, creed, religion, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. As a condition of employment applicants offered a role will be required to successfully pass our pre-employment background screen, receive a negative drug screen result & confirm eligibility to work in the U.S. We participate in E-Verify – please follow the links for details, English / Spanish & view our Right to Work Statement, English / Spanish.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)