Job Description

Job Title: Quality & Technical Affairs Supervisor Marietta Department: Quality

Manager: Quality & Technical Affairs Manager

Direct Reports: QA Line Leaders, Technicians, Lab Technicians

Other key team/positions: HACCP Supervisor, Production and support teams

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure food safety, quality and legality.
• Prevent food safety and foreign material incidents by working with operations.
• Audit operations to verify written programs are being followed
• Verify finished products meet internal and customer specifications
• Maintain required documentation regarding daily operations
• Maintain liaison between company and USDA.
• Oversee in-plant facility audits and daily operations of in-house micro/chemistry laboratory

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently required to stand, talk, walk, and hear in a production environment; occasionally required to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust vision focus; work is performed in a production setting with moderate to intense noise levels; work is performed in a fluctuating temperature environment (typically 72 degrees to -10 degrees)

Skills and Knowledge:

• Food Safety prevention programs
• Communication skills (listening, feedback, presentation)
• Teambuilding and the ability to work through others to accomplish tasks
• In-depth knowledge of facility operations, people, products, and equipment
• Knowledge of federal guidelines necessary to operating a slaughter facility
• Scientific approach to problem finding and solving
• Basic Computer skills

Competencies:

Core Competencies

• Integrity
• Simplicity
• Discipline
• Teamwork
• Servant Leadership

Job Specific Competencies

• Self-Starting
• Time management
• Detail-oriented