Quality Assurance

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Working in conjunction with the Quality Assurance Manager, supervises the quality assurance activities for the plant, to include, sanitation, WIP and finished product analysis, package integrity testing, HACCPGMP and process control. Directly responsible for the quality assurance floor technicians.

2. Manage plant audits for GMPs, and other housekeeping programs and coordinate improvement activities with management

3. Overviewsupervise the HACCP plans/records, review HACCP and Quality Control documentation to ensure CCPs and QCPs have been met.

4. Assist technicians in resolving Quality Assurance issues

5. Review daily inprocess values for customer specification compliance

6. Provide a daily production Quality report to the management team.

7. Working in conjunction with the Quality Assurance Manager responsible for conducting and completing mock recall exercises

8. Immediately report all food safety and quality issues to Plant and QA management

9. Complete and provide updates on the hold log to upper management

10. Mange QC lab inventory

11. Should be on the floor 75 of the time

12. Manage sample submission to 3rd Party Laboratories

13. Investigate, report, and formulate corrective action plans on Plant and QA management

14. GMP, HACCP, Food Defense and Food Safety training for QC techs/contractors/temps

15. Supervise records for all the prerequisites program

16. Conduct routine and nonroutine analyses of inprocess materials, raw materials, environmental samples, finished goods, stability samples

17. Assists with audits as needed

18. Supervise Hold Release program to assure all policies, procedures are followed

19. Responsible for COA database

20. Have a working knowledge of the QT9, Quality Management System

21. Responsible for being the backup SQF Practitioner in the absence of the Quality Assurance Manager. Prepared By M. Neetz Supersedes 1042019 Page 2 Urban Farmer LLC Job Description QA Supervisor Reports to Quality Food Safety Manager 001 NonExempt Date 312022

22. All staff are responsible for Compliance with all GMP, Food Safety and Plant Safety rules while in the processing facility. Staff are encouraged to report Food Safety and Quality concerns immediately to their supervisors and Quality representatives on shift.

23. Other responsibilities as assigned by Management.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires a High School Diploma and years of quality experience. This individual must be selfmotivated, have strong leadership skills and work well in a team setting. Excellent oral and written communication skills are needed to document Quality programs and ensure team accomplishes tasks in a timely manner. Must have completed training in the SQF system.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. Ability to routinely lift and carry packaging weighing up to 20 lbs.

2. Be able to perform the above tasks in different working conditions, such as hot and cold environments

3. Medically fit to handle minor exposure to chemical cleaning solutions.

4. Must wear assigned PPE and follow sanitation procedures

5. At least 8 hours on feet standing or walking to work station WORK ENVIRONMENT This position works in a manufacturing environment with variable temperature and loud noises from machinery and equipment alarms. The incumbent will be exposed to loud noises and alarms from equipment and machinery.