Quality Assurance Lead

Quality Assurance Lead

The Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety in our food manufacturing processes. This role involves performing daily calibrations, recording results, and addressing discrepancies to maintain accuracy. The Lead will document and report product holds, deviations, and quality issues, escalating critical concerns for immediate resolution. Maintaining detailed records for traceability and follow-up is crucial. The role also involves conducting environmental monitoring, ATP verifications, and allergen testing while troubleshooting to prevent quality failures.

Responsibilities :

• Perform daily calibrations of scales, thermometers, and other quality-related equipment.
• Record calibration results and address discrepancies or malfunctions immediately.
• Document and report all product holds, deviations, and quality issues encountered during shifts.
• Escalate critical concerns, such as CCP violations, for immediate resolution.
• Maintain detailed and accurate records in the shift report for traceability and follow-up.
• Perform or assist in environmental monitoring activities, including swabbing.
• Conduct ATP verifications and allergen testing, ensuring proper documentation.
• Troubleshoot and address issues identified during testing to prevent quality failures.
• Actively monitor the designated production line to ensure quality standards are met.
• Verify that all QA documentation, including line checks and production records, is completed accurately and on time.
• File and organize completed paperwork for compliance and auditing purposes.
• Conduct training and retraining of QA floor staff to reinforce food safety and quality standards.
• Identify skill gaps among team members and provide hands-on coaching to enhance performance.

Essential Skills :

Additional Skills & Qualifications :

Work Environment :

The role is on the 1st shift from 6 : 00 AM to 2 : 30 PM. The company promotes a transparent culture with an open-door policy, encouraging new ideas and providing opportunities for growth.

Job Type & Location :

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Manteno, Illinois.

Pay and Benefits :

The pay range for this position is $23.00 - $25.00 / hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following :

Workplace Type :

This is a fully onsite position in Manteno, IL.

Application Deadline :

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 29, 2025.

About Actalent :

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.