Quality Food Safety Manager #ESF7551 - #258758

Top reasons to work for our client:

• Great team environment!
• Manager is well respected by team!
• Inclusive Workplace
• Awesome career development opportunities!
• Competitive Rates

A leading, highly respected food and beverage manufacturer with iconic consumer brands is seeking an experienced and proactive Quality Manager to lead food safety and quality operations at a flagship production facility. This opportunity is ideal for a hands-on, energetic leader with 7+ years of quality assurance experience in food, beverage, or pharmaceutical manufacturing and a strong foundation in compliance, continuous improvement, and team development.

What you will be doing:

• Overseeing all plant Food Safety & Quality programs to ensure compliance with internal standards and external regulations (FDA, CFIA, FSMA).

• Leading HACCP, SQF, and other regulatory programs while serving as the main point of contact for audits and inspections.

• Managing and developing a large team (50+ employees), fostering a culture of quality ownership across departments.

• Delivering robust onboarding and recurring training in GMPs, quality, and food safety.

• Driving continuous improvement in quality metrics, audit readiness, and incident reduction as part of site-wide improvement initiatives.

• Partnering cross-functionally with Sales, R&D, Maintenance, and Operations on product quality, customer support, and launches.

• Ensuring sanitation, pest control, and environmental monitoring programs are effective and compliant.

• Maintaining all plant SOPs, managing the departmental budget, and coordinating with corporate QA on vendor performance and corrective actions.

Experience you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance within food, beverage, or pharmaceutical manufacturing.

• 5+ years of leadership experience, managing teams in a manufacturing environment.

• Deep knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, FSMA, SQF, allergen control, microbiology, and root cause analysis.

• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies and quality KPI tracking.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills to drive cross-functional success.