Job Description

Job Title: Quality Services Team Leader - 1st Shift
Reports to: Quality Services Manager
Job Summary:
As a Quality Services Team Leader at Request Foods, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and ensuring the highest quality standards in our production processes. This position requires a detail-oriented individual with a strong background in food safety, quality control, and supervisory experience.
Essential Responsibilities:
Provide leadership to develop the Quality Team's food safety and quality knowledge as well as their overall skills and abilities. Assign and monitor team's work activities based on production schedules. Ensure a safe work environment for all employees. Instill a food safety culture of continuous improvement across departments. Identify food safety and/or quality deficiencies and take appropriate action. Communicate all issues, concerns, and exceptions to normal operating procedures to immediate supervisor. Monitor production work methods to ensure they meet customer, USDA, and FDA requirements. Regulatory point of contact. Submit required product/facility reports as needed. Maintain compliance with all product safety standards (HACCP, GMP'S, SSOP'S). Review and maintain food safety and quality documentation.

Key Qualifications:
Associates degree in a science discipline, or equivalent experience. Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in quality control or food safety within the food manufacturing industry. Proven leadership and team management skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Able to work independently with various software. Three plus years of food industry experience. Knowledge of USDA and FDA regulations and required documentation. * Exceptional attention to detail.