Quality and Food Safety Manager

Quality & Food Safety Manager | Food Manufacturing

We are hiring an experienced FSQA Manager to lead food safety and quality operations at a large food manufacturing facility in Lincoln, NE. This is a senior leadership role managing a team of supervisors and quality technicians in a demanding, audit-intensive environment with real growth opportunity.

What You'll Own:

• Full ownership of SQF and quality programs across the facility
• Leading all site audits - SQF, USDA, FDA, state, and customer audits
• Managing and developing 2 FSQA Supervisors and approximately 9-10 QA technicians
• HACCP and HARPC program management
• Root cause analysis, CAPA, and corrective action programs
• Environmental monitoring and micro sampling programs
• Sanitation oversight including master cleaning schedule and sanitation reporting
• Cross-functional collaboration with production, engineering, warehouse, and sanitation
• Customer complaint investigation and resolution
• Food safety training across the plant

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of FSQA management experience in a food manufacturing environment
• Proven experience managing supervisors and developing team performance
• Led minimum 2 SQF or GFSI scheme audits - must have been the lead, not support
• HACCP or PCQI certification required
• USDA and/or FDA facility experience strongly preferred
• Strong background in food safety systems, risk assessment, root cause, and CAPA
• Environmental monitoring and sampling experience preferred
• Confident communicator who can influence operations and drive a food safety agenda
• Willing to support nights and weekends as plant needs require
• Approximately 10% travel to other company locations
• Relocation assistance available for strong candidates