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Quality Assurance Supervisor- Night Shift

Land O' Lakes

Land O' Lakes

People & HR, Operations, Quality Assurance
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Apr 16, 2024
Quality Assurance Supervisor- Night Shift

The Quality Supervisor is a quality champion for the plant. You'll be responsible for: ensuring testing results are timely, accurate, and meet all regulatory requirements as well as Land O'Lakes specifications prior to release of product.

Salary Range: $70K to $85K (Depending on Experience)

Hours: 6pm – 3am Monday - Friday; and occasional Saturdays as needed.

Essential Functions:

  • Coaching employees as needed to ensure compliance with plant quality programs, Enterprise Quality Management System, and SQF requirements.

  • Assist the QA Manager in measuring and monitoring key performance indicators as well as contributing data, background, and insight into those metrics.

  • Understand Regulatory requirements and work on any plant audit.

  • Assist the management team in the maintenance of the quality system.

  • Support Hicksville policies, procedures, specifications, HACCP, standards, and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance.

  • Conduct internal plant audits.

  • Developing and overseeing training of new department employees.

  • Testing and disposition of ingredients and products.

  • Monitoring and inspecting process equipment and in-process inspection and testing activities.

  • To improve the plant quality systems and provide service to help operations for continuous improvement and compliance.

  • The position is responsible for the supervision of QA technicians/QA Operators and the administration and monitoring of all laboratory testing equipment and procedures.

Required Experience/Education:

  • Bachelors degree in Food /Dairy Science or related field and 1+ years of progressive quality assurance experience in food manufacturing. OR HS/GED and 6+ years progressive Quality Assurance leadership experience in food manufacturing.

  • Strong knowledge of Quality Management principles

  • Computer skills in MS Office Suite, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Experience/Education:

  • Masters Degree in Food/Dairy Science or related field.

  • 2 + years of supervisory leadership experience

  • Strong knowledge of food regulation and food operations.

Job Duties Include:

  • Must be skilled in identification of root cause analysis to improve quality and productivity of plant operation; demonstrated ability to lead and drive change at all levels in the plant with manager, peers, supervisory staff as well as line employees.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to teach, coach and implement quality programs.

  • Must be able to effectively communicate and positively interact at the line and plant management level; and set and maintain high goals and standards of performance for self, peers, direct reports, and the plant.

  • Requires strong analytical problem-solving skills, working knowledge of statistics and process improvement, and a clear understanding of HACCP, sanitation, food safety and customer awareness to promote the plant competitive advantage in today’s business environment.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.


We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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