Food Safety and Quality Assurance Supervisor

The QA Supervisor leads the implementation of plant-wide food safety and quality programs. They are responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance and protecting public health by preventing contamination. The QA Supervisor works closely with plant management and reports directly to the Quality Assurance Manager.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Regulatory Compliance: Maintains rigorous compliance with USDA/FSIS or FDA regulations (sauces/spices.) Acts as the primary on-site liaison during government inspections and audits.
• Program Oversight: Oversees food safety and quality systems, plans, programs, and policies including HACCP, GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), and SSOPs (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures).
• Team Leadership: Hires, trains, schedules, and mentors quality assurance technicians and operations floor inspectors.
• Quality Monitoring: Conducts daily facility walkthroughs, pre-operational inspections, and product evaluations to ensure correct product specifications, packaging, and labeling.
• Corrective Actions: Investigates customer complaints, identifies non-conformance issues, and initiates corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) or product holds when standards are not met.
• Documentation: Maintains accurate records of testing results, sanitation logs, production audits, and the hold program. Reviews Daily Production records created by the Operations Teams to ensure consistency and fidelity with all food safety and quality programs.
• Traceability: Ensures daily accuracy of input into the traceability system.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Microbiology, or a closely related field.
• Experience: 1 to 3 years of progressive quality control or QA experience in the food manufacturing or meat processing industry.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Deep understanding of USDA/FSIS guidelines, HACCP principles, and sanitation processes.
• Certifications: HACCP certification is mandatory.
• Skills: Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving, and strong written/verbal communication skills. Ability to analyze microbiological or testing data and manage digital quality systems.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to work in a plant environment with varying temperatures (including cold storage and freezers) and wet or humid conditions.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods, walk on wet or slick surfaces, and lift up to 50 lbs.

Full Time Benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement Program- up to 100% paid college tuition
• 25% Employee Discount on Restaurant food purchases, 10% Discount on Market and Merchandise items
• Shift meal discount of $8.75 per day
• 401K - Southside Market & Barbeque will match the team member contributions 100% (dollar-for-dollar) on your Salary Deferrals up to 3% of compensation; plus, a 50% matching contribution on any additional Salary Deferrals above 3% up to 5% of compensation.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Focused Leadership Development Program
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short- term and Long- term Disability
• 1 week Vacation pay/year - accrual starts on day 1
• 1 week Sick pay/year - accrual starts on day 1
• ALL COMPANY HOLIDAY Closures Paid - Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter - if normally scheduled for day it occurs on
• Full time set Schedules