Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
James Durfee
Wells, Minnesota 56097
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Work experience
Singleteary Food Solutions, LLC. At present
Technical Services Director
• Renovation and start up of a USDA frozen meat plant
• Acted as Plant Manager during the initial stages of development
• Wrote all procedures and applications of food safety and operations
• Developed SOP’s for all existing jobs
• At present have 28 full time employees with a growth of 150 projected
• Groomed and coached managers to current regulations and guidelines
IFP, Inc. 2008-2009
Plant Manager-Packaging
• Participated in FDA and internal audits.
• Participated in weekly practice audits to bring the company up to SQF standards.
• Completed documentation and follow-up of the company’s HACCP plan.
• Restructured the packaging division.
• Added 128 employees and 4 Supervisors to the company and increased production to all time records.
• Managed 4 supervisors and was responsible for over 200 floor employees.
ASI Food Feb-08-April-08
Safety Consultants
• Inspect warehouses, meat plants, production facilities and any associated production facility that has needs for inspection on their food safety programs.
• Ensure companies regulations are in compliance with GMP's, HACCP, SSOP's, SOP's and all regulatory programs for USDA and FDA.
• Conducted audits at contract locations throughout Midwest region.
• Conducted follow-up inspections after the initials visit.
• Worked on a team with plant managers and quality assurance personnel to bring sites up to the required standards.
Durfee's Consulting 2004-present
Consultant ( This something that I did on a part time basis)
• Created HACCP plans and reassessment reviews for small to large plants.
• Work with several small State plants in set-up and compliance issues for equal-to inspection levels.
• Conduct audits, test their programs, compose records, train personnel, develop procedures, and educate employees on Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Conducted hands on training for specific products.
• Consulted over the last 3 years for other USDA and State meat plants.
• Wrote several HACCP plans for the USDA and implemented those plans in a variety of plants.
• Worked as the HACCP certification instructor for the University of Minnesota and a processing authority for the State of Minnesota.
• Taught Listeria Awareness and HACCP-2 Recordkeeping for the University.
Wells Co-Pack Foods 2005-2007
Plant Manager
• Remodeled the 109,000 square foot plant. Oversaw the plumbing, structural, floor repair, roof repair, interior renovation, parking lot improvement, overhaul of the boilers and installation of new ammonia cooling compressors and computer networking in order to make sure that everything met the USDA Ready-to-Eat regulations.
• Managed the Co-Pack foods operation. Human resources, plant management, plant maintenance, shipping-receiving, quality assurance, safety, OSHA, HACCP, sales and marketing are all part of my responsibilities.
• Developed their records, procedures, forms and systems. I wrote the GMP, SOP, SSOP programs and all the records associated with them.
Lakeside Foods, Inc. 1999-2005
Operations Manager
• Acted as the HACCP coordinator for the facility and dealt with all audits and USDA matters. I wrote the SOP, SSOP, PRE-OP Procedures, several Quality programs for the company.
• Responsible for the meat plant contract operations.
• Led a management team of 3 Superintendents and 5 Supervisors.
• Acted as the liaison between the company and Hormel and was responsible for all quality issues.
• At peak production I was responsible for 120 employees. This included responsibility for all facets of production from receiving to distribution.
Midwest Foods, llc. 1996-1999
Production Manager
• Wrote and implemented the HACCP plan.
• Wrote SOP's for Sanitation, FSIS Lock-Out / Tag -Out program, and several other USDA and OSHA required programs.
Education
South Dakota State University
Animal Science-Meat Option
* Minor- Economics
Continuing Education
HACCP Certification, University of Minnesota
A Practical Approach to HACCP Systems-University of Minnesota
Quality Management Skills (32 Hours)
Security Literacy and Basics-USDA
OSHA courses (Ergonomics, Electrical, Forklift )
Beginning Computers, Southeast Technical Institute
Supervisory Development Course-University of Sioux Falls
Thermal Processing, Purdue University
Silgan Container Evaluation Course
Environmental Training Course University of Wisconsin-
HACCP Processed and Prepared Meat Course
SQF Certification-Ecolab
Six Sigma-Green Belt University of Michigan
HAZMAT Certified-On-Scene Incident Commander
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