Quality Assurance Process Auditor

Description

The Quality Assurance Auditor will be responsible for scheduling and carrying out food safety Audits, to encompass all areas covered by the Safe Quality Food (SQF) code, and ensure compliance; will trend audit results and communicate to leadership, as appropriate, to determine necessary corrective and preventive measures based on audit findings; and coordinate continual improvement initiatives to promote compliance.

• Schedule and carry out routine internal audits to ensure continued plant-wide compliance with SQF certification and customer requirements.
• Trend results of food safety inspections to identify arising and continuing issues.
• Acts as internal verifier of CAPA program and reports effectiveness of implemented corrections.
• Reports and identifies trends or repeated problems of the CAPA program and re-opens investigations when necessary
• Audit the QA staff activities for consistency and compliance to procedures.
• Audits the QA staff pre-op and releasing equipment process to establish consistent standards for release.
• Audits in use documentation daily and completes follow up with corrective actions if applicable.
• Coordinates the follow up and meeting to review GMP results, pending items and trend analysis.
• Document verification and validation reports of CCPs, CQPs, CPs and QPs, including trending analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities and carry out initiatives for continual improvement of the auditing system.
• Coordinate and carry out mock recalls and corrective actions.
• Provide training for QA Incoming positions, QA Technicians, and QA Leads. Keep and maintain files, reports and training documents up to date.
• Provide reports and trends for quality metrics set by corporate initiatives.
• Conducts audits to the production process to ensure compliance.
  • Review of production quality documentation (Statistical Process Control and Inspection Sheets)
  • Compliance to good manufacturing practices
• Execute special projects as assigned by QA Supervisor or Manager (e.g. shelf life extension requests).

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors of Science in Food Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience: 1 year in quality, manufacturing, laboratory or auditing required.
• Ability to communicate in both English and Spanish preferred.

• Must be able to sit/stand for extended periods of time, lift upwards of 50 lbs. reach above shoulder height, bend, squat, and kneel. Must be able to conduct sensory evaluations.