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Charlie's Produce Quality Assurance Supervisor in Seattle, Washington
Job Locations US-WA-South Park Job ID 2024-5800 Overview Charlie's Produce - Who We Are Charlie's Produce is a privately owned wholesale produce company. We are the largest privately owned produce wholesaler on the West Coast, with distribution centers in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Anchorage, Boise, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The secret to our 40+ years of success in this industry is PEOPLE! We strive to hire the best and we reward them with a working environment that fosters loyalty, stability, innovation, and growth. Charlie's provides a healthy employee stock ownership program, competitive Medical/Dental/Vision and Life Insurance plans. And our newest benefit offers Pre-Paid Fully Funded College Tuition to our employees and the dependent children of our employees after 1 year! CP Fresh is a subsidiary of Charlie's Produce that opened in 2015 and is a food processing facility located in South Park. We expanded a new kitchen line of specialty items like ready to eat fruits and vegetables, dips and much more. What we offer: An amazing company culture! Medical/Dental/Vision on the first of the month following hire. ESOP (Profit Sharing) and 401(k). Paid vacations, paid holidays. Pre-tax commuter benefits, and onsite parking. Coverage under State Sick Leave. 100% Prepaid College Tuition for employees and their dependents. Employee assistance program (EAP). Additional Compensation Details: $28 to $30 per hour Dependent on Experience Potential 90-day performance-based raise Yearly review with possibility of increase based on performance and tenure Responsibilities Shift: 4am-12:30pm (or until job is complete). Sunday-Thursday *Will need to be flexible to working weekend/Sundays The Role: This position will report directly to the FSQA Manager and will primarily be responsible for: Developing, implementing, and enforcing food safety and security procedures for all of Charlie's Produce operations. Developing, implementing, and enforcing workplace safety programs to ensure Charlie's Produce is meeting company goals and regulatory requirements. Monitoring, documenting, and reporting on finished product specifications to measure compliance with company standards for growing, packing, and cooling operations. Reviewing and analyzing all business functions to create reports and recommendations for sustainability initiatives. Backup to FSQA Manager Other tasks/duties that may be assigned by direct supervisor. Essential Skills and Requirements: The Quality Assurance Supervisor will need to be able to work alone in core functions and work as a team member with the HACCP management team and production personnel. Strong skills in data collection, management, and organization are required. The candidate will need to be proficient with computers and analytical operations. The ideal candidate will also have a general understanding of food safety (SQF, GMP, HAACP and SOPs), worker safety (state labor laws and OSHA), and produce/farming practices. Assist in the development, training, and implementation of process control procedures. Ensure that established process control procedures are followed throughout the plant. Maintain plant compliance to the HACCP and quality systems programs. Conduct regular plant food safety and security audits. Provide training to production workers on process control, product evaluation, HACCP, Allergens, GMPs, security, and other procedures. Maintain daily product evaluation programs (scoring, key quality indicators, shelf life). Provide support to Technical Services in conducting plant trials for new products/processes. Qualifications Qualifications: 4-year c