British Columbia Central Kitchens, located in Delta, BC, are looking for an onsite Quality Assurance Manager. This is an exciting opportunity that will be responsible for overseeing, assuring compliance to, and continuously improving Food Safety and Quality Management Systems for this federally licensed site. This will be achieved through direct management of the Food Safety/Quality team at the site, developing and improving process, revising, and developing Preventive Control Plans (PCP) and HACCP plans, conducting risk assessments, and verifying compliance to established metrics or customer requirements. This position will also facilitate customer complaint investigations, food safety investigations and the corrective/preventive action processes. Additionally, this position will lead the plant team to maintain certification to one of the Global Food Safety Initiative recognized scheme Here's where you'll be focusing: • Lead the site food safety programs, regulatory compliance and GFSI certification • Advance the organization's food safety and quality policy and procedures at the site to establish a compliant food safety culture • Proactively maintain and continue to improve plant quality and food safety systems such as PCPs, Health Canada Listeria Policy, GMPs and all other applicable programs • Maintain FSEP requirements for prerequisite programs and HACCP plans (verification, validation, logging of changes, and review of programs annually or as changes occur • Drive the implementation of a GFSI scheme at the facility and maintain certification • Understand CFIA and Health Canada's food safety investigation, risk assessment and recall processes and execute if required • Review and participate in the development of SOPs and SSOPs for all aspects of the business at the site • Train plant personnel in TQM philosophies, SPC, HACCP, GMP, and monitor compliance. • Develop, in conjunction with Corporate Food Safety, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reporting systems • Directly manage and perform proficiency testing/evaluation of a multi-level Quality Assurance team of employees • Identify and report to senior site and Corporate Food Safety management any and all concerns (perceived or otherwise) regarding food safety and quality • Develop, conduct and assist in training of manufacturing staff as required • Ensure quality, product safety, plant sanitation, pest control, and regulatory standards are met • All other duties as required #RS #BCCK #INDCKBC What you have to offer: • Bachelor level Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related degree • Minimum of 5 - 7 years experience in Quality Assurance/Food Safety discipline within the food manufacturing industry with the following: • Experience in a Ready-to-Eat (RTE) product processing/manufacturing facility • Experience troubleshooting potential food safety and quality problems at the plant level • Experience developing and managing food safety management systems • 3 years experience in a Quality Assurance or Food Safety Leadership role(s) • 3 years experience training and implementation of TQM, SPC, HACCP, structured Risk Assessment and Corrective Action/Root Cause Analysis processes, vendor qualification, and customer requirement auditing • Experience leading food safety programs at federally regulated establishments under the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations (SFCR) • Experience managing and implementing GFSI schemes and the successful oversight/implementation of a GFSI standard within a food manufacturing facility, ideally in ready to eat food categories • Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Demonstrated effective team development and leadership to create and support a high performing team. • Inquisitive and analytical abilities to solve production quality and food safety issue Hours of Operation • Work after hours or on off-shifts if needed • Available to work evenings, weekends and holidays as required Total Rewards We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation. Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the "I'm interested" or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided. 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