Position Title: Quality Audit Coordinator

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: [[cust_locationName]]

Grade: [[cust_payGrade]]

Requisition ID: 20570

Join our team in making delicious, planet-friendly food, you and your family already enjoy!

The Rice Lake plant is looking for an Quality Audit Coordinator, to join our team on 1st shift. Pay is $25.76 per hour.

Hours: 7 am to 3 pm, some flexibility required.

About McCain:

McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

Why You Should Join Our Rice Lake Team:

McCain Food’s facility in Rice Lake, WI is a state-of-the-art food processing plant, employing approximately 275 employees. This site specializes in the production of onion rings. Fun Fact: The Red Robin tower of rings is made right here in Rice Lake, WI.

McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

• 10 days of Paid Time Off and 10 Paid Holidays
• Education Assistance
• Headphones to Listen to Music While you Work
• Dedicated Smoking area
• Recognition as Employee of the Month and Year
• Days off with Pay to Volunteer at Community Events and much, much more!

SUMMARY:

The basic purpose of this position is to: Serve as a technical expert on HACCP, Food Safety, Food Security and Quality tools and processes for plant personnel. Assist with development and implementation of Quality Assurance and Food Safety policies and programs in the manufacturing operation. Primarily work first shift Monday through Friday, but must have a flexible schedule to support activities on all shifts including occasional night and weekend coverage. Proactively support internal and external customers.

Assure compliance to food safety and quality standards for the manufacturing operation, keep lines of communication open with production, sanitation and maintenance personnel. Provide leadership to quality employees on all shifts in coordination with Quality Manager & Supervisor. Report directly to the Quality & Sanitation Manager.

*This position works all plant shutdown*

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following, but are not limited to the following. Please note, other duties may be assigned.

Training:

• -Review new and existing corporate quality policies and procedures. Update internal plant documents as necessary.
• -Support plant wide documentation control process to meet audit requirements.
• -Review all third party, customer and internal audit standards to ensure compliance.
• -Assist all plant departments with the coordination and preparation of audit information.
• -Communicate areas of non-compliance to individual departments.
• -Conduct internal quality systems evaluations.
• -Participate in or lead applicable portions of 3rd party and customer audits.
• -Conduct policy and procedural training for plant.
• -Facilitate root cause analysis for non-conforming quality incidents. Develop and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
• -Helps to build and promote a strong “Teamwork” environment in each individual work group, the factory, and the company.
• -Assist in training plant personnel on new plant SOP's or refresher training as needed
• -May be required to participate in a continuous improvement process.
• -Assist in annual allergen testing validations
• -Familiarity with software systems such as Infinity QS, SAP, Excel, Word, OneNote and WMS.
• -Back-up HACCP Coordinator for the facility. Maintains HACCP, Food Safety and Food Defense plan system documentation and conducts annual system reviews
• -Act as back-up to Quality Lead and Quality Tech as needed
• -Keeps area clean and orderly in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• -Promotes and adheres to company safety regulations.
• -Must complete certifications for Principles of Internal Auditing and PCQI in the first 6 months.
• -Other duties as assigned.

Documentation/Plant Programs:

• -Maintain and file all Quality records in a timely manner
• -Maintain audit binders in OneNote
• -Ensure plant quality specification limits match Corporate Manufacturing Specifications
• -Ensure maintenance of plant quality control sheets, specifications, sheets, process flows, packaging PDF’s and pallet sheets
• -Investigate, generate, and route FM reports as backup to quality leads
• -Maintain sample and calibration assignment schedules
• -Maintain assignment schedule of internal inspections and audits; verify completeness of all internal inspections and audits
• -Conducts bi-annual material allergen reviews and quarterly Food Defense Audits
• -Document pest control issues on plant Pest Control Service Request Log
• -Monitor and update the Quality Notification Action Register as needed and hold quarterly meetings with the maintenance department to review quality notifications
• -Upload audit findings into Intelex
• -Maintain the audit CAPA log
• -Develop and maintain plant Quality sheets
• -Act as lead coordinator for plant Environmental Monitoring Program

Other:

• -Assist in Traceability and Mock Recall exercises as primary back up for Quality Manager
• -Assist in preparing finished product sample shipments as requested by Sales/Marketing/Customers
• -Act as backup for taking weekly EMP samples, including working start-up shifts as needed
• -Assist with plant test runs as needed

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Associate Degree in a science or management discipline preferred (2 year Technical College degree).

2-5 years in a manufacturing or quality environment.

Strong organizational skills.

Proficient word processing and spreadsheet skills (MS Word, Excel).

Knowledge of HACCP and general QC/GMP practices and procedures.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy