QA Compliance Supervisor

QA Compliance Supervisor

Does QA Compliance Supervisor sound like your next job title? Join the team at Oregon Freeze Dry, makers of Mountain House, and help shape the future of freeze-drying innovation! With six decades of expertise, we're a world-class, purpose-driven company creating solutions that improve lives around the globe. As we continue to grow across multiple markets, we're looking for passionate, driven talent to be part of our journey.

Step into a leadership role where your expertise in microbiological controls and regulatory compliance makes a real difference! As our Quality Assurance Compliance Supervisor, you'll lead a skilled team, drive QA initiatives, and oversee environmental monitoring and sanitation programs. You'll ensure we meetand exceedfederal, customer, and third-party standards through audits, risk assessments, and continuous improvement. This is your opportunity to grow as a leader, make a lasting impact, and help shape the future of quality at Oregon Freeze Dry.

Main aspects of the role include :

• Serve as the subject matter expert in microbiological controls, regulatory requirements, and customer compliance for food manufacturing.
• Lead and develop the Quality Compliance team by providing daily guidance, coaching, and engagement, supporting recruitment, onboarding, and training, and fostering an inclusive, safe, and respectful work environment.
• Lead and mentor QA staff in root cause analysis, corrective / preventive actions, and timely decision-making.
• Drive performance and alignment by ensuring compliance with OFD policies and procedures, championing company culture, and communicating organizational information effectively across the team.
• Oversee and ensure compliance with environmental monitoring, sanitation, allergen control, and testing programs, including KPI reporting.
• Apply regulatory knowledge (state, federal, SQF, USDA, customer standards) to evaluate, document, and communicate program compliance.
• Develop and review QA policies, procedures, and risk assessments for raw materials, suppliers, and biological hazards.
• Manage supplier approvals, vendor visits, and audits, and serve as the primary contact for USDA-FSIS.
• Oversee execution of regulatory, customer, and certification audits, managing action items from findings.
• Support commercialization and product development projects by ensuring QA involvement and on-time completion of compliance tasks.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for continuous improvement within the QA Department.
• Oversee QA-owned equipment and ensure readiness for audits and inspections.

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Environment of this position :

Oregon Freeze Dry wholeheartedly supports Equality and Diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Criminal background checks may be completed on all applicants. Oregon Freeze Dry is a drug free workplace.

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