Quality Assurance Supervisor

Job Title

Quality Assurance Supervisor

The Quality Assurance Supervisor will provide leadership in quality and technical matters to the plant team to comply with Corporate Quality Policy.

• Hire and supervise quality staff, including scheduling, approving time records, conducting evaluations, counselling, and documenting performance.
• Conduct departmental and job-specific training.
• Perform laboratory analyses and investigations, and develop and apply new techniques.
• Notify key stakeholders of identified issues and ensure proper communication.
• Provide technical support for resolution of quality problems with operations.
• Maintain files of test results and product dispositions, and support ERP and lab data systems.
• Update product specifications, including customer and raw material specifications, to reflect changes or product use requirements.
• Ensure finished products and raw materials are tested per specification and monitor test results.
• Develop and adhere to Quality SOPs.
• Support the plant Food Safety & Quality System to produce safe quality food, acting as SQF Practitioner or equivalent GFSI manager.
• Prepare test schedules and procedures, solutions, and reagents for laboratory use, maintaining Good Laboratory Procedures (GLPs), including calibration.
• Order laboratory supplies.
• In conjunction with the Quality Manager, update and support food safety programs and systems, including HACCP, sanitation, and environmental monitoring.
• Participate in quality complaint investigations and verify corrective action completion.
• Perform and/or participate in internal and third-party audits, ensuring compliance to internal quality policies and applicable local regulations.
• Support facility during inspections, customer audits, communications, commercializations, inter-plant transfers, and other regulatory or customer interactions.
• Provide technical assistance to quality assurance and operations.

• Strong knowledge in quality assurance and food science.
• Supervisory skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or a similar science/engineering field.
• 1-2 years of quality experience.
• Experience with laboratory, quality, and/or food safety systems.
• Knowledge of relevant GFSI standards such as SQF, BRC, IFS, or FS.
• Understanding of Food Safety regulations, FSMA, HACCP, and industry trends.

• Experience in a plant environment preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with quality management systems, GFSI audit standards, SSOPs, and environmental hygiene programs.

The work environment is representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.

This is a Permanent position based out of Union City, CA.

The pay range for this position is $85000.00 - $120000.00/yr.

Benefits Packet available upon request.

This is a fully onsite position in Union City, CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jan 26, 2026.

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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