Quality Assurance Manager Food Manufacturing | Food Safety | SQF | HACCP 📍 Bohemia, NY | On-Site Are you a food safety and quality leader who knows how to build a strong quality culture while keeping a fast-paced manufacturing operation audit-ready? We are conducting a confidential search for a Quality Assurance Manager for an established and growing food manufacturer in Bohemia, NY. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for a QA professional with strong SQF/GFSI, HACCP, GMP, sanitation, and regulatory compliance expertise. Reporting to the Regulatory Compliance Manager, this individual will lead the facility’s day-to-day food safety and quality assurance programs, supervise the quality team, and partner closely with Production, Packaging, Logistics, Maintenance, HR, and plant leadership. What You’ll Be Doing • Lead and develop the plant’s Quality Assurance team • Manage and continuously improve food safety and quality systems, policies, SOPs, and procedures • Ensure compliance with SQF/GFSI, HACCP, GMP, sanitation, FDA, state, and applicable USDA requirements • Conduct plant inspections, audits, risk assessments, and quality reviews • Maintain an audit-ready environment and support certification requirements • Analyze quality data and identify trends, root causes, corrective actions, and opportunities for process improvement • Lead customer complaint investigations and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained • Develop sampling plans for ingredients, finished products, and other materials • Partner with Operations to resolve quality issues while supporting production needs • Train and mentor employees on food safety, quality standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices • Create and maintain detailed SOPs, documentation, and quality records • Drive a proactive food safety and quality culture throughout the facility • Ensure appropriate quality and sanitation staffing, training, and competency • Serve as a change leader, identifying opportunities to strengthen processes, controls, and plant performance What We’re Looking For The ideal candidate is a hands-on QA leader who can balance regulatory compliance, people leadership, process improvement, and the realities of a high-volume food manufacturing environment. Key qualifications include: • Minimum 2 years of Quality Systems Management experience • Minimum 2 years implementing and maintaining SQF or another GFSI-recognized standard • HACCP Certification • SQF Practitioner/Auditor certification • PCQI Certification • Food Defense Certification • Strong knowledge of FDA, state, and applicable USDA regulations • Strong working knowledge of SQF/GFSI, HACCP, GMP, sanitation, process controls, and continuous improvement • Demonstrated ability to write detailed SOPs • Proven experience training, mentoring, and developing teams • Strong leadership, organization, problem-solving, and communication skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving manufacturing environment • Fluency in Spanish required • Degree in Food Science, Food Safety, or a related discipline preferred Why Consider This Opportunity? This is an opportunity to have a direct impact on the quality, food safety, compliance, and operational performance of an established food manufacturing facility. You’ll have visibility across the organization and the ability to influence not only systems and processes, but the overall quality culture of the plant. JOB ID: 181626 #post Morgan Crawley