Quality Assurance Supervisor/ SQF Practitioner

Utz Quality Foods is seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor/ SQF Practitioner to join our team in Grand Rapids, MI. This position will serve as the first line of supervision for the laboratory and is responsible for oversight of the quality and food safety programs throughout the facility. The individual will drive all aspects of food safety, quality systems, SQF certification, regulatory requirements, industry audits, product identity, disposition of non-conforming product, and standards adherence within the operation. Extensive experience in laboratory testing and HACCP/HARPC programs with demonstrated leadership skills and the desire and ability to interact with all levels of the enterprise is required. Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, strong critical thinking and math skills are essential in this position. This position reports directly to the QA Director.

Quality Assurance Supervisor/ SQF Practitioner:

• Responsible for the daily activities of the QA lab to ensure support of food safety and quality processes.
• Able to perform all the essential functions of a Quality Assurance (QA)
• Sets up, calibrates and maintains existing and new testing equipment in the
• Leads manufactured and purchased product testing including documentation and reporting of all inbound
• Reviews and approves daily QA data, ensuring accuracy and adherence to
• Identifies areas for quality improvement and leads team to achieve desired
• Trains and schedules all QA technicians and maintains a prospective talent
• Maintains compliance with FDA and other governing bodies (city/ state/ health department).
• Implements and works with department managers on continuous improvement
• Other duties as assigned to support over all departmental and corporate
• Serves as SQF Practitioner, HACCP coordinator, and FSMA expert for the facility; leads a cross-functional Food Safety Team.
• Preparing for and leading a team through third party food safety/ GMP
• Oversite of the SQF program including but not limited to adherence to SQF code requirements, document and record management, monthly leadership meetings, verification, and validation activities.
• Ensures coverage across all shifts, and replacement during absences.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

• Key Responsibilities
• Comprehensive in practices, procedures and techniques involved in food manufacturing
• Has interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
• Uses proper lifting techniques
• Comprehensive in general mathematic calculations
• Basic inventory practices and procedures
• Oral and written communication skills
• Comprehensive in record-keeping procedures
• Effective communication in English language
• Comprehensive Sensory Testing Requirements
• Must be able to lift 30 pounds and work on their feet, while using tools to perform repetitive actions
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling moderately heavy objects as assigned by position.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers for product testing
• Reaching overhead, above shoulders and horizontally.
• Bending at the waist, kneeling, sitting, or crouching
• Seeing to monitor food quality and quantity.
• The ability to stand and walk for an entirety of a shift.