Senior Specialist, Quality Assurance

POSITION TITLE

Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

LOCATION

Seattle, WA

Why Smucker is the Place for You

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment. One that allows you to deliver your best work and become your best professional self. That is exactly what you will find at Smucker. Inspired by our unique culture, we are determined to support every employee holistically by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs through:

Our Total Reward benefits program – includes competitive health and financial benefits that reflect your needs at different life stages, effective day one and a continued commitment to empower flexible work schedule when possible.
Continuous opportunities to learn, grow and develop – beyond functional job-based education, we promote well-rounded development and encourage a spirit of continuous learning as part of our commitment to help you realize your professional goals.
Our continued progress on the journey to become the inclusive and diverse organization we expect to be supporting equity across our communities. We firmly believe that an inclusive environment and diverse organization strengthens our Company and enables every employee to reach their full potential.

Your Opportunity

At Smucker, we view our manufacturing operations as the heart of our efforts to deliver food people and pets love. It is foundational to our commitment to provide safe, high-quality products our consumers count on for themselves and their families. With this, we believe passionately in promoting manufacturing as a career. That means ensuring continued growth and development opportunities to help you expand your skills while providing an enjoyable and supportive environment. In this role you will:

Work with production to manage and build upon existing Quality, HACCP, and allergen programs in the plant to assure regulatory compliance of facility, equipment, and plant practices

Drive continuous improvement in all plant Quality systems, food safety and sanitation
Lead or be a member of the Food Safety and Food Defense teams to ensure food safety and quality are identified and maintained
Manage the hold/release system for finished goods and raw materials (Sharepoint, Oracle & Plant DDS Hold Log)
Maintains records of finished goods testing results, procedures, and monitoring activities (QA Logs)
Is involved with the review and updating of the plants Food Safety Plan including, but not limited to Allergen Control Program, Pest Control Program, Environmental Program, Specifications, and Plant Self Audits
Reviews and audits Supply Base Quality System (TraceGains). Filing / follow up on supplier SCARS
Owns Food Safety (HACCP/Preventive Controls), and Food Quality (HACQP) systems and Proficy items related to Process Quality
Lead activities necessary for the cleaning and sanitizing of the entire plant

Provide coaching to plant operations on food safety, quality systems and day-to-day quality issues

Understands all quality tests performed by operators and how to analyze data
Train all full-time employees in Food Safety Plans, Allergen Control Program, Gluten Free Program, Food Defense, Sanitation, Statistical Process Control, Quality, and GMP’s
Review SSOP’s and maintain Master Sanitation Schedule compliance

Assist QA Manager in providing assistance and recommendations for Food Safety, Quality and Sanitation processes and improvements

Drive out defects in the process through collaboration with the production teams and leadership to prevent and correct food safety and quality issues
Provides support to ensure development and maintenance of our 19 Key Element System
Grow partnerships with chemical supply vendors and manage chemical supply inventory
Develop and maintain Quality documentation for the plant

Maintain audit readiness for Corporate, GMP, Government agencies, SQMS, BRC, or other third-party audits

Verify and validate cleaning effectiveness through sanitation audits and environmental data review.
Facilitate preventative and corrective actions as needed
Assisting in all internal and external quality and regulatory audits to ensure plant compliance
Recall and Traceability team member
Supports SQMS and is a Key Element Owner or recall and traceability member

The Right Role for You

Are you motivated by the chance to help provide quality products consumers count on every day? Are you interested in working with a collaborative team to get the job done while learning new skills? If so, you are exactly who we are looking for to join our Company. What we are looking for:

Bachelor’s degree required, Technical, Food Science, Microbiology, Bacteriology degree preferred
Minimum two years operations, food science or QC experience required
Previous food manufacturing experience is preferred
Prior audit experience is preferred
Strong chemistry, mathematics, and/or statistical background is preferred
Experience directing and managing vendors is preferred
Experience with microbial contamination, chemical safety, GMP’s, sanitation, HACCP, Quality Systems, and allergens
Strong computer skills – word, excel, power point, etc.
Effective communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills
Organizational, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Data analysis and technical skills
Comfortable working proactively and independently in a fast-paced environment that is subject to working evenings, holidays, and on-call status
Ability to coach, teach and lead others
Analytical Equipment experience/troubleshooting Well organized and detail oriented
Ability to maintain current knowledge of changes and developments in quality assurance, sanitation, food science and sensory areas
Highly adaptable and flexible to a dynamic environment
Salary range = $72K - $105K

Learn More About Working at Smucker

Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity

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By The J.M. Smucker Co.

We will own and market food brands that hold the #1 market position in their respective category, with an emphasis on North America, while maintaining a global perspective.

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INDUSTRY

Food & Beverage Manufacturing

TEAM SIZE

5001-10000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Orrville, OH

DATE POSTED

April 15, 2023