Quality Assurance Specialist

description : At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members' personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence-which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better. Summary:The Quality Assurance Specialist (known internally as Value Creation and Quality Specialist or VCQ) at Pacific Seafood is a key role supporting our Regional VCQ Manager in the management, implementation and continued improvement of Pacific Seafood's VCQ Programs. This role will plan, coordinate, and direct the Quality Assurance Program designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established standards. This individual will support designated locations on VCQ activities as needed. This position requires an extremely detail oriented person who will support the administrative tasks associated with VCQ and EHS daily business operations. key_responsibilities : Key ResponsibilitiesBe a role model in projecting and applying The Pacific Group Diamond Philosophy (Productivity, Quality, Excellence and Teamwork) and promote teamwork at all times.Maintain the distribution product production specification Library. Gather product information and develop specifications as new products are created or update older specifications so they are current.Perform administrative tasks working within the Trust Layer platform in support of Pacific Seafood's supplier approval program.Maintain a centralized file location for storing VCQ KPI tracking, Mock Recall results and Pathogen Prevention (PPP) test results.Collect, organize, store and report EHS data in accordance with the current reporting matrix.Offer and implement training, as needed.Remain current on all regulatory requirements and law changes.Interpret and implement FDA, State, USDA, USDC regulations ensuring HACCP, SSOP, Cleaning/Sanitation, Pathogen Prevention, FSMA, Sanitary Transportation, Mitigation of intentional Adulteration, COOL, Bioterrorism Act and Traceability standards are met.Establish and maintain GFSI/BRC/SQF/BAP/MSC/ASC/RFM standards to meet audit requirements.Interact with Regulatory Agencies and/or third-party auditors.Follow-up on customer complaints.Perform internal/external audits and inspections to ensure that all standards and requirements are met.Responsible for achievement of quality department goals and objectives.Identify, investigate and report on critical quality defects on production processes and products.Determine source of quality variance and specific steps to be taken in correcting the process and product.Ensure systems are in place to make certain that vendors are capable of meeting quality expectations.Prepare and submit reports as required.Perform other duties, as assigned. Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.