Quality Supervisor - Full-time

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Mars Hill, Maine. Pineland Farms is one of the largest food manufacturing organizations located in Aroostook County. Our Mars Hill facility has over 200 incredible team members who work together to provide our customers with the best possible potato product.
Responsibilities

Position Summary:

Assists in the planning, coordinating, and directing of the quality assurance program which is designed to ensure quality production of products consistent with established standards by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate line technicians.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Maintenance of laboratory systems to ensure production and shipment of products that meet the customer's requirements. Maintenance of product evaluation techniques, which includes physical, chemical and organoleptic methodologies that ensure compliance to product specifications.

1. Assist Quality Assurance Manager in coordinating efforts as they relate to customer audits including interaction with external agencies (government, external inspectors) to provide, where possible requested information or services

1. Become familiar and easily navigate our production systems such as Redzone, Intelex and SAP.

1. Coordination of efforts with corporate functions (technical services, research, process engineering, customer services) to provide necessary information or services to internal or external customers.

1. Training and coordination efforts as they relate to Continuous Process Improvement.

1. Oversight of sanitation leads, providing direction and guidance on sanitation required to adequately address plant concerns and issues.

1. Ensure compliance of operation with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), as described in the relevant food safety systems and programs. This is accomplished through sanitation inspections and GMP training.

1. Assist in special projects as assigned by the plant manager, technical services, purchasing, or corporate scheduling.

1. Must maintain the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

1. Proactively manage safety by ensuring compliance with all Federal and State regulations and internal Company policies. Regularly complete behavior based safety observation. Ensure unsafe conditions are corrected in a timely manner.

1. Follow all SQF principles pertinent to the position as specified by the SQF Practitioner.

1. All food safety and human safety concerns need to be reported to appropriate personnel such as Safety Manager, FSQ Manager, etc.

1. All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Knowledge:

• Excellent computer literacy (MS Office, Word, Excel)
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Excellent reasoning and mathematical Skills
• Strong leadership skills

Education/Experience:

Minimally an Associates Degree (A. S.) from two year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to understand and pass a Preventive Controls course, HACCP Certification course and SQF Fundamentals course.

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.

Supervisory skills:

Directly supervises employees in the Quality Assurance Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. In the absence of the QA Supervisor the Lab Tech II has been identified as the designated back up. In the absence of the FSQA manager the QA Supervisor becomes the Secondary SQF Practitioner.

Language Skills

He/She need to be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, have the ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and the ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. He/She needs to have the ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. He/She needs to have the ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations. Understanding of the 5 Whys of root cause analysis.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:

Examples of licenses, certificates, and registrations required within first year of employment

• HACCP Certification
• PCQI Certification
• SQF Practitioner
• Internal Audit Certification recommended

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Manufacturing software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Other Skills and Abilities

Must be able to develop solid interpersonal relationships with subordinates, peers, superiors, customers and suppliers in order to achieve required accountabilities.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.

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 individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all the duties associated with this position.

Michael Foods provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

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)