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Quality Assurance Team Leader, Overnight, Bakery, Atlanta
Atlanta, GAPosted 2 weeks ago
remote
Job Description
In Quality Assurance (QA), Team Leaders serve as a critical resource to associates and managers within Publix manufacturing facilities by being on-the-floor work participants with associates and covering for vacations and unplanned absences. This includes performing tasks and assuming specific responsibilities of the Department Manager in his/her absence, and planning and conducting job skill training for all associates. Team Leaders report to the Quality Assurance Department Manager.
Additional Responsibilities include:
Additional Responsibilities include:
- HACCP Plan development, monitoring and data verification for all products and processes
- maintain Food Safety and Quality Programs including SQF, allergens, SSOPs and other prerequisite programs
- interaction with regulatory and external auditors (Georgia Department of Agriculture, GDA, USDA and 3rd party auditors) which can include accompanying the auditor and corrective action plan follow up
- interaction with plant management which includes assisting departments in researching quality-related issues
- act as QA department point of contact in the absence of the QA manager
- monitor and verify QA department responsibilities
- effectively communicate food safety and quality programs using job instruction training techniques to QA as well as other department associates as needed
- perform tasks in the work area (when necessary) which include:
- being an on the work floor participant with production associates (when necessary)
- cover for unplanned absences
- schedule associate labor needs
- promote and enforce associate quality and food safety standards
- verify the maintenance of equipment, preventive maintenance and work orders
- understand production and ability to execute department requirements
- maintain Good Manufacturing Practices within the facility
- be a role model for plant associates
- track customer complaints, investigation and correspondence
- lead and drive improvement of plant operations through continuous improvement projects
- study and analyze KPI’s and data and apply to departmental improvement
- plan and respond to out of the ordinary events
- other duties as assigned