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Quality Assurance Manager

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Are you a Quality Leader with a strong background in food production—particularly in dairy or cheese manufacturing? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established, premium cheese producer where you’ll play a critical role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness, quality, and compliance

 

The essential function is to provide leadership and direction to hourly personnel engaged in sanitizing the world class food production facility. Upon completion of and on the job period training, the position will supervise the sanitation staff to achieve sanitation compliance and company food safety cleanliness guidelines.

 

Main Responsibilities

  • Inspecting the manufacturing process to determine sanitation protocols
  • Implementing SQF sanitation policies and protocols
  • Must be familiar with all audits
  • Coordinating and monitoring cleaning schedules
  • Creating and distributing work schedules for the sanitation workers
  • Performing daily inspections of the manufacturing facility and reporting any irregularities
  • Implementing corrective actions to ensure compliance with regulatory authorities
  • Providing feedback to company managers and advising on manufacturing changes
  • Monitoring the preparation and use of cleaning chemicals
  • Training sanitation workers and organizing refresher workshops for existing staff (13 people to manage)
  • Coordinating the services of contractors and external cleaning crews
  • Food manufacturing (especially cheese making experience) a plus

 

Qualifications

  • 5+ years’ experience leading sanitation in a food facility
  • Proficient computer skills, including MS Office
  • Ability to work night 3rd shift and weekend overtime as required
  • Ability to adapt and quickly learn new processes
  • Ability to troubleshoot solutions
  • Ability to foster a positive working environment
  • Ability to work independently
  • Desire to promote a safe and healthy work atmosphere
  • Ability to think critically and influence business outcomes
  • Ability to model good time management and record keeping skills
  • Ability to work in a refrigerated/heating manufacturing environment

 

Benefits

  • Health, Vision and Dental Insurance
  • 401k Plan

 

How to be successful in the role

You will be part of innovative and ground-breaking initiatives. With an open mind, proactive approach and flexibility, you will be an invaluable resource. By focusing on targets and thriving in a dynamic and fast-moving environment, you will contribute towards your own as well as your team's goals. Employee contribution and engagement is individual, team and organizational based, so you should have the ability to work independently, as part of a team and build good relations with stakeholders at all levels.

Company DescriptionAt Quanta we dedicate all of our attention to the Human Capital. We’re a recruiting and HR consulting firm specializing in connecting employers nationwide with the most qualified talent across a variety of industries and business functions.

Our primary focus is on North American and Italian clients and we provide a complete suite of HR solutions, including Executive & Management Search, HR Consulting, and Flexible Staffing.

We are a team of people with international backgrounds, different expertise and seniority. We were brought together by our common passion in the key element that makes any organization possible: the human element.

We are passionate about what we do and enjoy and have fun doing it. Our approach is very personable and we obsess over one constant: uncompromising quality.Company DescriptionAt Quanta we dedicate all of our attention to the Human Capital. We’re a recruiting and HR consulting firm specializing in connecting employers nationwide with the most qualified talent across a variety of industries and business functions.\r\n\r\nOur primary focus is on North American and Italian clients and we provide a complete suite of HR solutions, including Executive & Management Search, HR Consulting, and Flexible Staffing.\r\n\r\nWe are a team of people with international backgrounds, different expertise and seniority. We were brought together by our common passion in the key element that makes any organization possible: the human element.\r\n\r\nWe are passionate about what we do and enjoy and have fun doing it. Our approach is very personable and we obsess over one constant: uncompromising quality.

Quality Assurance Manager

East Haven, CT
Full time

Published on 08/09/2025

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