Food Safety & Quality Assurance Lead

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.     Responsibilities: Plan Quality Assurance and food safety tasks to be followed on the floor by proper use of the Production Schedule. Print and review schedules ahead of time. Ensures that Quality Assurance techs, specifications, pictures, labels and any other Quality Assurance tools are properly issued on time to the floor based on production schedules. Make sure all Good Manufacturing Practices Audits, glass/plastic audits, et cetera are completed. Verifies documentation is accurate, complete and compliant. Compiles quantitative and qualitative data. Assist cross-functional teams in investigating non-conformities and documenting corrective actions. Assist FSQA Supervisors with overseeing daily workload for each technician on each shift. As needed, assist with covering the shift in the absence of a Quality Assurance technician. Responsible for training new Quality Assurance technicians and assist them in problem solving with Production personnel. Assist in continuous improvement projects including SOP creation, training implementation and regular verification activities. Organize and file all daily Critical Control Point documentation and reports by shift, making sure all paperwork is thorough and complete. Sign off daily on all preventive control records and make sure that they are filled out correctly. Coordinate communication of quality assurance and/or food safety issues with the production supervisory personnel and FSQA leadership. Generates the Non-conformance reports and follows-up on ingredients placed on hold. Works to maintain and improve on the quality, legality, and safety of each product and the processes used in their manufacture. Responsible for always keeping assigned work area clean and tidy and reporting any potential contamination and suspicious activity to a supervisor immediately. Maintain digital record keeping, including inventory holds, technical data, and tracking continuous improvement projects. Other duties as assigned.   Qualifications: High School diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) required. Minimum 2 years relevant food safety and quality assurance experience in an automated food processing plant.   Shift: 2nd (2p-10p) Hourly Rate: $21-$24         Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Apply Now