FSQA Supervisor

As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Food Safety Quality Manager, the QA Supervisor is primarily responsible for developing, implementing, communicating, and reviewing the Food Safety and Quality Assurance programs for the plant. The role ensures compliance with Corporate, Regulatory, and GFSI food safety and quality requirements. Under the direction of the Food Safety Quality Manager, the QA Supervisor oversees the Quality Department staff, ensuring compliance with company personnel and safety policies. This role provides leadership, mentoring, and guidance to Quality Technicians, assists in resolving work-related issues, trains the lab team on quality procedures and SOPs, and offers ongoing coaching and feedback.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Food Safety:
The QA Supervisor is responsible for monitoring the systems and controls necessary to ensure the safety of the products delivered to the consumer. This includes:
HACCP Program: Ensures consistent procedures and proper documentation are followed in regard to the plant CCPs, including prerequisites such as pest control, master cleaning and sanitation, vendor qualification, etc.
GMP Compliance: Conducts periodic GMP facility audits with corrective action follow-up.
Develops, implements, and conducts employee food safety and quality training.
Allergen Control: Ensures material segregation, equipment cleaning and product labeling to ensure undeclared allergens are not introduced into product distribution.
Accepts, holds, or rejects products, in-process samples and finished goods.
SQF: Assists in the development and implementation of supporting policies or programs.
Adheres to all environmental, health and safety requirements and procedures.
Responsible for food safety and quality.
Quality Systems:
The QA Supervisor is responsible for implementing and managing the systems that ensure delivered product meets or exceeds customer expectations. This includes:
CQPs and QPs: Monitors final QA acceptance of production and document results on the release spreadsheet. Ensures all process QPs are met.
Quality Hold: Ensures that -material (raw, in process, finished or packaging) suspect or determined to not meet specification shall be placed “On Hold” in inventory and physically quarantined.