Quality Assurance Specialist Jobs in Mississauga, Canada at Stoakley-Stewart Consultants
Quality Assurance Specialist
Mississauga, ON Job
Company Description
Our client is widely recognized as Canada’s leading food ingredient supplier, known for taking a product from inception through to development, manufacturing, packaging and distribution. They are looking to fill a critical role on their Quality Assurance area.
Compensation
Competitive compensation with bonus.
Position Description
This role will be responsible for implementing and continuously improving Food Quality and Safety Programs, managing New Vendor/Manufacture Qualification and facilitating audits that support both customer requirement and facility certifications (example: organic, NHP, GL, Kosher).
Lead and manage the development, implementation, review, maintenance and continuous improvement of SQF Food Safety System, HACCP and GMP program.
Manage training programs that ensure employee awareness of and compliance to Food Quality and Safety system requirements.
Issue, control and maintain SOP’s, Quality Manual and Internal Audit Checklist.
Prepare for, schedule and facilitate customer and 3rd party audits, which include annual certification audits such as SQF, NNHP, Organic, Kosher, Halal and unscheduled audits such as CFIA and FDA.
Investigate and respond to customer complaints; review the investigation and resolution, prepare customer complaint summaries, assess deviation trends and recurrences for root cause and develop corrective actions to drive continuous improve improvement.
Monitor effectiveness of allergen and sanitation control.
Keep current on Candida and U.S. regulations pertaining to Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Experience
Minimum 5 years QA work experience in a food-manufacturing environment
Proven success in a high volume work environment
Working experience with regulatory and other certification bodies (example CFIA, FDA, Organic NHPD, Kosher)
Qualifications
Post Graduate degree in Food Science or related field
Strong working knowledge of GFSI and HACCP programs
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work hands on with operation employees to ensure compliance and comprehension of safety policies and programs
Education
Post Graduate degree in Food Science or related field
Title: Quality Assurance Specialist
Company: Stoakley-Stewart Consultants
Location: Mississauga, Canada
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