The plant's Quality systems need supervision and maintenance to ensure compliance with regulatory, federal, and local laws. The role focuses on identifying and achieving facility Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) KPIs through corrective/preventive actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven history of technical quality or production knowledge of policies & programs in Food or relevant manufacturing settings.
- Education or Operational/On the job knowledge of Food Science, Food Production, Manufacturing Quality/Operations, or other relevant environments.
- Knowledge of quality or production systems, procedures, & policies.
- Knowledge of statistical processes.
- Ability to complete or assist with validation studies for all CCPs, OPRPs and other significant controls in accordance with approved methodologies.
- Expertise and active participation in equipment commissioning and startup, ensuring standardization of all applicable quality and food safety procedures.
Responsibilities
- Actively engaged support in planning, defining, and directing the site auditing control program to ensure compliance to all procedures, and policies, GMP standards, Kraft Heinz requirements, and regulatory, federal and local laws.
- Ensures compliance to Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) principles through routine auditing, reporting and trending or process and regulatory controls appropriately.
- Support the Kraft Heinz Management System (KHMS) and operational standards as outlined in the plant accountability list.
- Adhere to approved change control procedures, to include reviewing partial HACCP plans and issuing Agile change requests, as needed.
- Monitors and maintains plant KHMS program by complying to current Kraft Heinz and International Audit (FSSC/ISO) standards.
- Ensure all FSQ/KPI/MBO action plans are maintained and progress made to target(s)
- Completes or assists with validation studies for all CCPs, OPRPs and other significant controls in accordance with approved methodologies.
Other
- Trains, mentors, and leads site QA and Production team to ensure program goals are met.
- Facilitate and co-lead site cross functional KHMS Team and participate with stakeholders to insure successful certification for site.
- Supports all internal and external inspections/regulatory visits.
- Support audit preparation activities, accompany inspector, and complete necessary reports and postings.
- Performs follow-ups to non-conformances found and provides responses as appropriate.
- Reviews and approves minor process change requests.
- Creates and tracks Hold/Release documentation and dispositioning of products.
- Supports 3rd shift sanitation activities and training.
- Strong leadership, technical, communication and interpersonal skills required along with attention to detail.
- Handle multiple assignments, develop work plans, & prioritize.
- Planning and organizing skills.
- Successful candidates possess a positive focus toward problem-solving solutions with emphasis on long-term preventative & proactive measures through individual or team driven actions.
- Must be able to work shifts, weekends, and all required overtime.
- Prompt and regular attendance.
- This position is considered a Manufacturing plant environment with heavy machinery and equipment
- This role will support 3rd shift operations typically Monday to Friday (10:30pm to 7am).
- Physical demands include but not limited to Frequent – activity or conditions sustained for 1/3 to2/3 of working hours; keyboard or text input, upright stance; Physical Strength Medium – Occasionally exerting 20-50lbs of force, frequently 10-25 lbs of any amount constantly.
- Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
- In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact NAZTAOps@kraftheinz.com for assistance.
