About This Opportunity

Responsibilities

• Manage overall ingredients, product, and package quality to ensure all standards and specifications are met.
• Establishes operational procedures in co-operation with Quality Assurance, Production & Maintenance Team
• Ensures that all QA equipment are in good operating order
• Ensures that all corporate, franchise owners, and federal and provincial policies, standards and guidelines are maintained.
• Monitor production processes; make periodic checks and adjust equipment according to corporate requirements. Troubleshoot processes as required.
• Manage QA Technicians in QA lab and syrup room.
• Hire, train, evaluate, develop, and monitor QA employees.
• Review and maintain proper documentation for compliance; ensure all logs are properly and accurately recorded.
• Perform internal audits on quality, food safety, safety, and environmental standards as part of the management systems.
• Manage water treatment systems and Effluent treatment processes.
• Ensure all work activities meet the Environmental Health & Safety Standards
• Participate and support external audits for maintaining quality and food safety certification.
• Participate/lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement Projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, or related discipline
• 1+ years experience supervising in a unionized environment required
• Strong organization, planning, and decision-making abilities
• Experience working in an ISO/Food Safety environment
• Excellent communication skills; both oral and written
• Ability to solve problems with groups of people
• Knowledge & Experience in Water treatment systems in food and beverage industry
• HACCP & FSSC 22000 knowledge/experience
• Good manufacturing Practice (GMP) experience within the food and beverage industry preferred.
• 2+ years leadership experience preferred
• Basic computer and database application skills