Quality Assurance Supervisor

Overview:

WHO WE ARE: CALIFIA FARMS

Rooted in California, Califia Farms is on a mission to create a future where plants replace dairy, without compromise. The company creates a variety of great-tasting plant-based beverages that make the transition to eating plant-based dairy easy and delicious. Califia Farms is one of the fastest-growing, independently owned, natural beverage companies in the U.S., the UK and Australia, and is well-known for its iconic curvy bottle. Califia Farms was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District, with a manufacturing facility in Bakersfield, Calif. The company’s culture is built around four core values: passion for purpose, insights into action, fierce interdependence, and challenger spirit.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the implementation of directed quality efforts in the plant

Manages, follows and monitors GMP, HACCP, IIPP, Food Safety and SOPs guidelines

Audits and maintains production logs and other paperwork as needed for proper documentation

Authorized to approve HACCP documentation and perform internal audits

Manages all lab personnel via direct reporting structure

Manages all shift personnel via a dotted-line reporting structure

Works with management to discuss, diagnose problems and improve quality and efficiency

Communicates plant issue’s and operations with management

Responsible for upholding food safety standards in the plant including being HACCP certified

Assists in providing safe working conditions for all employees

Develops and maintains positive and professional relationships with all employees and management

Works with production department to improve quality of product

Monitors and maintains inventory and reorders if items need to be reordered

Optimizes plant efficiency and coordinates plant needs accordingly

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree or appropriate equivalent from an accredited university

Minimum 5 years’ experience in food manufacturing

Ability to speak, write, and read English is a must, some Spanish a plus

Ability to stand, kneel, bend over, climb stairs and ladders and lift/move up to 50 pounds

Must possess good mechanical, communication and people skills

Must be able to follow and communicate directions

Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure and compute rate, ratio and percentage

Proficient in Microsoft programs

Salary Range: $75,000-$90,000 Annually

Califia Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Califia Farms is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Permanent