Job description
about you
as a quality assurance specialist, you are a meticulous and diligent professional with a strong background in quality control within the food & beverage manufacturing industry. You possess excellent leadership skills and have experience leading teams of lab technicians during shifts to ensure that all quality standards and protocols are strictly adhered to. Your expertise in conducting thorougdetailedtions, analyzing data, and implementing corrective actions is crucial for maintaining the highest levels of product quality. In this role, you will also collaborate closely with operational teams to ensure they deliver and own quality throughout the production process. We seek an individual who can effectively connect with cross-functional teams, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and encourage excellence among team members. If you are passionate about upholding quality standards and have the ability to lead by example, we want to hear from you.
responsibilities and deliverables
* ensure that the quality team on shift performs all the required activities and checks
* ensure that the operational team on shift performs all the required activities and checks to produce good quality (semi)product – from raw material intake to finished product
* support the site quality manager to deliver quality improvement programs and projects and to promote quality improvement in their shift
* make on-shift quality decisions and escape any on-shift quality problems
* responsible to ensure compliance to specifications of raw materials, work in progress and semi-finished product (bulk) through the execution of microbiological and physicochemical analysis, reporting any type of deviation to the corresponding areas and participate in a collaborative manner in the resolution of deviations
* responsible to make decisions that impact the activities of the qa shop floor and client areas on a day to day basis
* responsible to be the voice of quality assurance with all client areas during a shift
* supervises physicochemical and microbiological laboratory analysis (of raw materials, utilities, semi-finished product and finished product) using high technology equipment ensuring the reliability of results based on local and international standards and methodologies. Examples of analyses are %art (total reducing sugars), %alc vol, %dry extract, gas chromatography and liquid chromatography
* support the production teams to adjust processes where necessary to ensure proper quality is achieved
* provides performance tracking and support on production metrics and related processes
* assure the quality of measurements through:
o assurance of accurate maintenance of equipment
o assurance that calibration of verification plan of all equipment (lab & autocontrol) are fully adhered to
o repeatability and reproducibility analysis
* provide training to lab technicians and operations from production areas
team
this role reports into the site operations qa coordinator. The role has no direct reports, but during the shift does have a supervisory role over the shift qa lab analysists
details
worker type: regular
primary location: la barca
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