Quality Control Coordinator

BakeMark is growing again! Join an experienced team delivering bakery mixes, flour, sugar, salt, shortening, oils fillings, icings, glazes, frozen products and supplies throughout BC. With 2 manufacturing locations in western Canada (including one in Richmond), 3 in the United States and 27 distribution centres across North America, our Richmond site is the main corporate centre in Canada!

Working at BakeMark Richmond means job security: full-time steady work with wages and benefits that provide for your family. Our employees get a sense of accomplishment every day, working as a team, supporting each other, sharing ideas, challenging themselves to do better and being part of a good group of people who are easy to work and communicate with.

Benefits include matching RRSP (up to 3.5% after three years), 80% medical/dental coverage, 3 weeks’ holidays after your first year, company-supplied uniforms, 2 floater days, premiums for afternoon shifts and a safety footwear allowance. The Richmond location is centrally located, just east of the Knight Street Bridge and located on bus routes #405 and #407.

Reports to: General Manager, BC, indirect report to Regional QA Manager, Canada

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Directs/supervises and coordinates the resources, specific tasks and related processes for the manufacturing department.

Ensures that internal customers are satisfied and fulfilled with outputs and responsiveness. Follows at all times BakeMark’s guiding principles of Best Practices as both process improvement and cultural attitude.

Continually reviews manufacturing processes in order to maximize productivity, increase profitability, increase efficiency and improve quality.

Ensures all BakeMark manufactured products meet Quality Assurance specifications by performing all pertinent Quality Control tests.

Works on special projects as assigned by the General Manager, Operations Manager, or Regional Quality Manager.

PRINCIPAL/ESSENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Manufacturing Administration

· Ensures all Best Practices - BRC, HACCP, GMP, Food Safe policies, etc are adhered to at all times

· Leads the preparation and hosting of facility audits, including BRC.

· Coordinates all production-related inventory cycle counts and reports inventory discrepancies with reasons and solutions to the General Manager.

· Reports all safety, repairs and maintenance requirements to the General Manager.

· Ensures the facility is maintained and facility internal audits are performed as to the set procedure, following up on shortcomings in coordination with the Production Supervisor and the General Manager.

· Investigates and reports batch variances to the General Manager and the Regional QA Manager. Takes corrective action where necessary working with the Production Supervisor to ensure follow through.

· In coordination with R&D, develops and understands the manufacturing process for each product.

Quality Control – Finished Products

• Performs all relevant Quality Control tests on a daily basis to ensure that the manufacturing products meet all finished product specifications.
• Ensures all processes for maintaining records for all QC testing are followed.
• Ensures all processes for maintaining daily production records are followed.
• Reviews and adjusts, all product processes that affect the specifications of the finished product, where required.
• Ensures that the ingredients used in the manufacturing operation conform to required standards.
• Maintains and revises the sampling size and technique for all manufactured products as required.
• Ensures that the labels of all new and existing manufactured products meet government regulations.
• Ensures that lot numbers of ingredients used in the manufacturing operation are recorded and traceable.
• Participates in the implementation of HACCP for the manufacturing plant and the external audit program for suppliers of private label products.
• Produces Certificates of Analysis for manufactured products.

Quality Control – Administration

• Ensures Finished Products are stored by date and by product number.
• Retains samples of all tested manufactured products for a period of three months or as regulated.
• Updates labels of existing manufactured products as required.
• Prepares and issues period-end reporting: summarizes the activities performed during the period. Identifies key issues with proposed action plans and/or any other reporting as may be required by Management.
• Orders Quality Control supplies as required.
• Works with R&D department as required.

Human Resources

· Assists in guiding and training all manufacturing staff to ensure adherence to all food safe and GMP policies.

Budgeting, Reporting and Communication

· Assists Management in preparation of the annual manufacturing budgets.

· Operates within budgeted expense parameters.

· Provides information as required to Management for inclusion in Period and Divisional reports.

· Provides copies of the facility audits and employee performance summary to Management upon completion of each reporting period or as required.

Education & Experience

· Must have a diploma in Food Science from a recognized institution and or worked within a manufacturing environment.

· Must have understanding of manufacturing processes.

· Must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in written format with all departments.

· Must be accurate with numbers.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $60,000.00-$68,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Application question(s):

• Have you hosted an external 3rd-party quality audit (BRC/ISO)?

Education:

• AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (required)

Experience:

• Food Science: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-03-04
Expected start date: 2024-03-11