About Us
Foremost Farms USA is one of the largest, leading dairy cooperatives in the United States and major dairy food and ingredients manufacturing business. We represent hundreds of Midwest dairy farmer members located in seven Midwest states, and we produce about 500 million pounds of cheese and 50 million pounds of butter in plants across our network every year. "We Bring Dairy to Life" in eight manufacturing plants across Wisconsin and Michigan and in our headquarters in Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin; and we're looking for employees who are innovative and aim for excellence in our wide variety of production, field and business roles. Join us!
About This Opportunity
JOB TITLE: Quality Sanitation Supervisor
POSITION TYPE: Full time
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt
Position Overview
The Quality & Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of the plant sanitation programs and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate policies, regulatory, and customer requirements.
They will act as the contact for all location-specific sanitation operations and practices, ensuring compliance with corporate quality procedures. This position will provide support in the laboratory by covering open laboratory technician shifts.
Key Accountabilities
Ensure sanitation activities are performed and completed to effectively optimize manufacturing processes.
Develop and implement Sanitation Standard Operation Procedures (SSOPs) and ensure employee adherence.
Act as a technical resource to address and resolve sanitation inquiries and issues at the facility.
Collaborate with chemical suppliers and coordinate sanitary review.
Ensure all Clean in Place (CIP) changes are documented and communicated.
Lead, coordinate, and monitor the completion of sanitation validations.
Oversee the completion of all required production paperwork (records, inventory, inspection, sanitation reports, processing changes, work orders, etc.)
Participate in safety efforts including attending safety meetings, incident investigations, assisting in root cause analysis, and auditing.
Ensure compliance and administration of company policies and procedures.
Prepare, conduct, and document sanitation-related employee training.
Maintain supplies, tools, and equipment.
Provides support to the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager and plant management to ensure consistency and maintenance of high-quality products, proper food safety and quality performance.
Identifies and coordinates the resolution of production related quality issues. Investigates root cause and implements corrective actions for customer complaints and out of spec products including downgrades and reclassifications.
Acts as a technical resource to address and resolve inquiries and issues regarding production or quality and assists with problem solving process.
Participates in cross-functional teams to ensure the continuous, on-going improvement of processes, methods, productivity, GMPs, and quality while reducing costs.
Performs trace exercises/mock recalls on all materials (packaging, raw ingredients, finished products).
Serves as the backup to the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager.
Assists in developing and maintaining current FSQA programs to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal standards.
Performs pre-shipment reviews and release of finished product.
Oversees and coordinates activities of the environmental monitoring programs.
Serves as the backup to the laboratory technicians during routine time off from work and department openings.
Prioritizes and prepares lab samples for testing and shipment to other labs and customers.
Prepares necessary reagents, microbial culture media, and controls according to standard formulas.
Conducts sampling in the production environment including but not limited to environmental pathogen sponges, ATP swabs, clean equipment and operational swabs.
Performs analytical tests and completes required documentation for samples, incoming, and finished products.
Accurately enters test results into R12 and other utilized databases.
Participates in Proficiency Testing program and achieves satisfactory results for analytical and microbiological samples.
Cleans, sterilizes, and maintains laboratory equipment and waste.
Follows established guidelines and criteria when performing retests.
Complies with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)s.
Interprets lab results and escalates out of spec or suspect results to leadership staff.
Participates in laboratory investigations when needed.
Places product on hold if quality or food safety issue is identified
Provides support and participates as needed in internal, customer and regulatory agency visits and audits, including accompanying visitors and accommodating their requests.
Maintains the SQF certification and compliance of the plant, laboratory, testing equipment and laboratory technicians as needed.
Maintains SQF Practitioner, PCQI, and other certifications as needed with responsibility for food safety and quality at the plant.
Performs final review of FSMA and regulatory documents as the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI).
Performs internal food safety and quality audits in accordance with the SQF program to ensure compliance with company standards.
Manage environmental sanitation programs and assist with regulatory inspections and external audits.
This role is accountable for ensuring that monitoring and/or verifying of control points occurs and that the required documentation is completed. For example, Critical Control Points(CCP), Preventive Controls(PC), Critical Quality Points(CQP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points(HACCP), and Safe Quality Food(SQF) plans. This is not an... For full info follow application link.
Equal Opportuity Employer Minorities/Females/ Veterans/Disabled are encouraged to apply.
