Quality Assurance Supervisor
Company: Land O'Lakes
Location: Hicksville
Posted on: June 28, 2025
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Job Description:
Quality Assurance Supervisor The Quality Assurance Supervisor
leads as a quality champion for the plant. The successful candidate
will be responsible for: Ensuring testing results are timely,
accurate, and meet all regulatory requirements as well as Land
O'Lakes specifications prior to release of product. Assists in
maintaining all required electronic and file documentation. This
role is at a Dairy Foods manufacturing facility for Land O’Lakes,
creating dairy products that stand for real, simple goodness. We
believe there’s power in every drop of milk our farmers produce,
and by improving production and finding innovative uses for that
milk, we add a little good to people’s lives. Essential Functions:
- Coaching employees as needed to ensure compliance with plant
quality programs, Enterprise Quality Management System, and SQF
requirements. - Assist the QA Manager in measuring and monitoring
key performance indicators as well as contributing data,
background, and insight into those metrics. - Must be skilled in
identification of root cause analysis to improve quality and
productivity of plant operation; demonstrated ability to lead and
drive change at all levels in the plant with manager, peers,
supervisory staff as well as line employees. - Understand
Regulatory requirements and work on any plant audit. - Assist the
management team in the maintenance of the quality system. - Support
Hicksville policies, procedures, specifications, HACCP, standards,
and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance. - Conduct
internal plant audits. - Developing and overseeing training of new
department employees. - Testing and disposition of ingredients and
products. - Monitoring and inspecting process equipment and
in-process inspection and testing activities. - To improve the
plant quality systems and provide service to help operations for
continuous improvement and compliance. - The position is
responsible for the supervision of QA technicians/QA Operators and
the administration and monitoring of all laboratory testing
equipment and procedures. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor of
Science in Food/Dairy Science or related field. - 2 years of
quality assurance experience in food manufacturing. - Strong
knowledge of Quality Management principles, food regulation and
food operations. - Computer skills in MS Office Suite, Excel, Word,
Outlook, and PowerPoint. Preferred Qualifications: - 2 years of
supervisory leadership experience. Shift & Working Hours: 2nd
Shift; 5:30 PM to 3:00 AM; Saturdays as needed. Salary Range:
$69,040 – $103,560 (In most cases, candidates offered employment
can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary
ranges) About Land O'Lakes, Inc. Join us and be part of a Fortune
250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the
business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and
LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision,
PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and
a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are
eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development
programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k). Land
O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce,
including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a
Drug and Alcohol Policy. Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search
firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information
over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like
this, please do not provide the information being requested.
Keywords: Land O'Lakes, Westport , Quality Assurance Supervisor, Manufacturing , Hicksville, Connecticut
