Director, FSQR

Landover – Plant
1805 S Club Dr
Hyattsville, MD 20785, USA

Newport News – Plant
5500 Chestnut Avenue
Newport News, VA 23605, USA

• Built on over a century of dedication, Maola is always looking ahead—investing in our people, strengthening our communities, and securing fresh, local dairy for the future.
• Join a farmer‑owned cooperative rooted in integrity, sustainability, and a passion for providing fresh, high‑quality Maola dairy products.
• We prioritize your well‑being with competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, Life Insurance, paid time off, and more—available within your first month.
• Our employees are an integral part of who we are — what you do and what you think matters

The Director, FSQR--Food Safety Quality & Regulatory--is responsible to create, guide (grow and develop talent/skills), maintain/update and have oversight of Maola Local Dairies™ regulatory compliant Quality programs at all the consumer packaging (CP) plants. The primary function is to direct and coordinate all efforts through the respective Quality Departments at the facilities to support and enhance quality performance in line with overall Maola quality objectives and goals;

these include but are not limited to enterprise food safety and quality programs including FSMA, HACCP, SQF, GMP, 3rd party and internal audits. The Director will work with respective site quality managers directly via the responsible site managers and leadership teams to maintain, develop, improve, implement and enforce (hold accountable), best in class Total Quality Management Systems.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for the overall quality of the consumer plants operating division.
• Directly oversee the Quality Managers at the respective sites via the site managers.
• Maintain, improve and develop Food Safety Plans by conducting and documenting facility hazard evaluation/analysis, developing and implementing preventive controls, and verifying plan effectiveness per FSMA expectations.
• Maintain and have oversight of the enforcement and accountability of GMP requirements to current good manufacturing practices (cGMP’s).
• Remain current and serve as division SME on all mandated food safety regulations, laws, policies and procedures of the FDA & USDA as mandated by the PMO, CFR & FSMA.
• Ensure that the Consumer Package division is audit ready and serve as the co-host of regulatory inspections if needed.
• Serve as multi‑facility SQF Practitioner developing and validating SQF program procedures and policies (QA Managers are also required to be SQF practitioners).
• Drive simplification and standardization of audit process and execution across division to ensure compliance with new and emerging regulatory standards and requirements.
• Coordinate all regulatory, customer, and third‑party audits.
• Visit / confer with representatives of ingredient and packaging suppliers to obtain information related to vendor quality standards. Ensure vendor management program includes quality and food safety review for all materials.
• Confer with Senior Management and / or R&D in the development of new product formulations and label compliance review.
• Establish and maintain enterprise quality management systems (DSI / SAP systems), policies and procedures that enable the company to comply with regulatory requirements and current regulatory expectations.
• Develop and maintain FSQA training for the division. (Set annual training requirements and training frequencies with H.R. using the Alchemy platform).
• Develop and maintain division vendor management program and policies, including auditing, performance monitoring and inspection readiness programs. This would include review of third‑party audits or on site vendor evaluations.
• Interface directly…