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Fsqa Manager

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Foster Farms

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United States , Livingston

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Salary:

125300.00 - 156625.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

The FSQC manager works directly with processing plant operations shift manager and independently with limited oversight from FSQC manager to ensure compliance with Foster Farms, FSIS/USDA, and customer requirements on assigned shift. Directs, oversees, and implements the Food Safety and Product Quality (FSQC) programs for a specific Foster Farms food manufacturing site to ensure product safety, legality, and quality across multiple plant processes including first processing and second processing for both retail and food service operations. Responsible for the management and development of supervisory and/or hourly FSQC personnel to achieve departmental goals. This position is intended as developmental training for further FSQC Manager responsibilities. It involves tactical supervision of a large team of employees and FSQC programs, but also more strategic activities and independent decision-making than a Supervisor or Assistant Manager position. This position has the authority to release or retain product on hold for quality or regulatory concerns, thus sound judgment in rendering a product as wholesome or unwholesome is required.

Job Responsibility:

  • Ensure compliance with Foster Farms, FSIS/USDA, and customer requirements on assigned shift
  • Directs, oversees, and implements the Food Safety and Product Quality (FSQC) programs for a specific Foster Farms food manufacturing site to ensure product safety, legality, and quality across multiple plant processes including first processing and second processing for both retail and food service operations
  • Responsible for the management and development of supervisory and/or hourly FSQC personnel to achieve departmental goals
  • Implementation, verification, and validation of Food Safety programs such as HACCP plans, SSOP compliance, ensuring adherence with audit standards such as BRC and managing regulatory relationship with local USDA/FSIS
  • Ensure operations management team and hourly employees are compliant with food safety and quality procedures
  • Manage the implementation, maintenance, evaluation, and enforcement of FSIS/USDA regulations, as well as corporate programs (pest control, allergen, product quality)
  • Address processing, sanitation and maintenance-related issues in a timely manner via FSQC/Operations combined approach
  • Place non-conforming product on FSQC hold if it does not meet Foster Farms standards, customer expectations, or legal requirements
  • Render decisions regarding product disposition, including release or disposal of product
  • Hire and lead procedural, regulatory and food safety training for FSQC supervisors and hourly technicians
  • Manage employees’ schedules and timecards to ensure adequate coverage, while minimizing overtime
  • Execute disciplinary action for undesirable performance
  • Work in conjunction with plant management staff to maintain a positive working relationship with in-plant FSIS/USDA personnel
  • Manage and improve the FSQC data reporting systems, communicating trends and root-cause analysis to senior management for deficiency resolution and process improvement
  • Actively participate in projects (FSQC or operations) and activities to modify, retrofit and improve performance from a food safety and/or quality perspective

Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree from a 4-year, accredited college or university, preferably in the area of animal science, food science or biological sciences
  • Proficient use of Microsoft including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Requisite – 5 years of work experience in food processing environment with food safety/quality programs focus
  • Previous experience with HACCP, SSOP programs, and/or FSIS food safety regulations is preferred.
  • Detail oriented with analytical aptitude
  • exposure to Statistical Process Control is beneficial
  • Strong writing and presentation skills
  • Bilingual in Spanish is preferred, but not required
  • Ability to make decisions following hierarchical chain of command in regards to product disposition decisions
  • Ability to render sound judgment regarding food safety risks and/or product quality defects
  • Required – former supervisory experience or demonstrated potential to develop salaried supervisory employees
  • Ability to work flexible hours

Nice to have:

  • Bilingual in Spanish
  • Previous experience with HACCP, SSOP programs, and/or FSIS food safety regulations
  • exposure to Statistical Process Control

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 05, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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