Position : Qualilty Assurance Supervisor

Location : Springfield, Missouri

Requisition ID: : 27360

At Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) we are proud to be a farmer-owned milk marketing cooperative. Our Retort Solutions Division finds innovative ways to use milk components to work with world class customers to develop, manufacture and package their products. We offer a culture of inclusion and engagement that empowers our employees through training, business understanding and growth opportunities. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of our products – come join us!

General Purpose:

This position is responsible to lend supervision, support and oversight to daily activities associated with the Quality Assurance and Laboratory Departments of the plant. This position is responsible to evaluate and to maintain the food safety, quality standards and systems as set forth by the customer and by the company, regarding the manufacturing of products.

Maintains training of employee’s, helps ensure adherence to company performance goals and objectives, organizes and assigns the daily work as needed. This position assists in the technical evaluation of all manufactured products.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directs, supervises, and coordinates testing procedures and operations requiring a broad knowledge of statistical process control factors, quality processes, product and material specifications, and production applications that meets quality, quantity, schedule, and cost requirements.

• Organizes and assigns work to utilize available skills, knowledge and experience, labor hours, lab and testing equipment to the best advantages to obtain most favorable inspection costs, consistent application, and production output.

• Provides regular training, instruction, and guidance and maintains close surveillance over testing and inspection procedures to ensure the success of technicians involved in the regular inspection of finished parts, products, or raw materials.

• Analyzes and diagnoses parts, processes, and equipment problems to expedite corrective action. Develops and implements action to prevent recurrences and interruption of production processes.

• Coordinates Quality Assurance inspection activities, as they may be related to work in progress. Integrates required revisions to testing procedures for products or processes as necessary.

• Must follow all DFA GMP's and work in a manner consistent with all Corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality and sanitation requirements along with other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• HS diploma required. Bachelor’s degree of Science in Food Science, Biology or a related field with a background in Microbiology and Chemistry preferred.

• 2 to 5 years supervisory experience in a food plant environment.

• 2 to 5 years of quality management related experience in a food plant environment.

• Previous compliance experience with outside regulatory agencies dealing with plant food, plant quality and plant environmental systems, along with customer audits

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Works collaboratively in a plant team environment

• Works collaboratively with regulatory agencies and customers

• Communicates well, both orally and written

• Understands issues related to and involving food manufacturing documents and records, both from a technical and legal perspective

• Provide supervision, guidance and counsel to others

• Effectively organize, coordinate and execute

• Understand food and environmental regulations and their impact on the organization and our customers

• Must follow all DFA GMP’S and work in a manner consistent with Corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality and sanitation requirements along with other duties as assigned

• Assist in developing and/or executing strategic plans to meet departmental and organizational goals while complying with regulatory and customer requirements

An Equal Opportunity Employer