Quality Assurance Lead

Description

Lyons Magnus leads the food industry with creativity and innovation, crafting top-quality products across all manufacturing phases, from raw materials to marketing. With over 2000 diverse items for industrial ingredient and food service sectors, Lyons caters to leading restaurant chains nationally and internationally.

At Lyons, our diverse and talented staff is the heart of our organization. We foster a thriving work environment where employees are engaged in shaping both the company's and their own future.

The Quality Assurance Lead is an entry level leadership role within the Lyons Magnus Quality Assurance Dept. It requires an in depth understanding of Lyons’ product/process quality and food safety systems. The successful candidate must have the ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic manufacturing environment. The Lead will advocate quality and food safety guidelines as defined by our SOPs to ensure a safe product is produced. The Lead must communicate any product or process out of specification in a timely manner to leadership. It is the responsibility of the lead to promote Lyon’s vison and mission statements. In the absence of the Quality Assurance Lead, the Quality Manager or Supervisor will assume the below responsibilities.

Pay: $24.00 - $26.00 per hour

Hours: 5:00 am - 1:30 pm

Schedule: Monday - Friday

(Schedule may rotate based on business needs)

Location: Fresno, CA

Travel Requirements: None

Work Environment: Laboratory

Core Responsibilities:

• Experienced at batch adjustments for all processing lines, processing line checks and verifications including brix, viscosity, pH, T.A and any other analytical analysis as required by a customer or formula.
• Ensure Training Matrix is updated and executed for all Quality Assurance and Laboratory Staff members and all records are audit ready.
• Ensure QA staffing is orchestrated daily to support production needs.
• Review all quality and food safety checks in Red Zone for completeness for final sign off. All deviations need to be resolved within 72 hours of checks being completed or documented and follow up accordingly with personnel or escalating.
• Ensure that process control checklists, as developed, are filled out completely by all operators (including, but not limited to, in-process data sheets, packaging checklists, filing and records are effectively stored etc.…)
• Support the investigation of deviations from operating parameters with production, technician staff and root cause effectively.
• Coordinate with QA Leadership to create training materials; SOPs, VWIs and OPLs for the successful implementation and adherence to company policies Ensure all standards are documented in per Doc. Control policies.
• Assist the ongoing implementation and development of employee skills, competency matrices, and their respective individual development plans.
• Ensure all laboratory equipment and supporting operations measuring devices are calibrated, verified as scheduled and functioning as designed. Troubleshoot and or escalate to vendors for effective repair or replacement.
• Manage customer and company retention samples program.
• Review and communicate label change announcements, new product announcements and trials to Quality Technicians.
• Oversees supply inventory of the lab.
• Perform water testing.
• Perform duties as provided by Quality Assurance Leadership.
• Escalate and communicates department, plant, and company safety initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge and experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint, MS Dynamics, RedZone, and Tableau software.
• A proven track record of exceptional organizational, planning and overall time management skills in addition to exceptional verbal and written communication.
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.
• A comprehensive understanding of the core competencies of manufacturing capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in manufacturing.
• A comprehensive understanding of the core competencies of Lyons’ manufacturing capabilities, food safety and quality plans.