Quality Department Manager

Quality Department Manager | Food & Regulated Manufacturing

$60,000–$65,000/year DOE | Direct Hire | Day Shift | Monday–Friday

Ready to take ownership of Quality and Food Safety and lead a team where your decisions make a real impact?

We’re hiring an experienced Quality Department Manager to lead QA/QC operations for a regulated manufacturing facility. This is a highly visible leadership role for someone who knows how to lead people, strengthen quality systems, manage audits, solve quality issues, and keep a facility inspection ready.

What You'll Own

• Lead, coach, and develop QA & QC teams across multiple shifts

• Manage HACCP, Food Safety Plans, cGMPs, SOPs, and quality systems

• Lead preparation for customer, regulatory, and third-party audits

• Drive investigations, root cause analysis, CAPA, and continuous improvement

• Maintain product quality, testing, specifications, and documentation

• Partner with Operations to improve processes without compromising quality or food safety

• Support compliance with FDA, USDA, GFSI, SQF, and applicable regulations

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in food science or related scientific field

• 5+ years of QA/QC experience in food, nutraceutical, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical, or another regulated manufacturing environment

• Previous quality leadership/supervisory experience

• Strong knowledge of food safety, audits, compliance, and quality systems

Big plus: SQF Practitioner, PCQI, BRC/GFSI experience, QMS/ERP systems, or bilingual English/Spanish.

Why Consider It?

Direct hire. Monday–Friday day shift. Leadership visibility. Real ownership.

If you're ready to move beyond simply maintaining quality systems and want the opportunity to lead, improve, and influence an entire operation, we'd like to hear from you.

Pay Details: $59,997.00 to $60,000.00 per year

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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