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Food Safety & Quality Supervisor

Ocean Spray · Middleboro, MA

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Level
Supervisor
Team
Quality
Base pay
$66k–$90k
Degree
Required
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Food & beverage
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A supervisor quality role at Ocean Spray (food & beverage) in Middleboro, MA. Additionally, you will manage project budgets, coordinate audits, and enact continuous improvement initiatives.

They ask for
5+ years · degree required
Tools it names
FDA / GMP, Internal audits
Base pay
$66k–$90k
Day to day
some off-shift / weekend coverage

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How this role compares

Against 12 other live quality postings in Massachusetts.

Experience asked
More than usual (5+ vs 3+)

Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ FDA / GMP 38%
  • ✓ Team leadership 38%
  • ISO 9001 23%
  • Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 23%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Internal audits, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coveragePromotion path mentioned

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This plant: Ocean Spray in Middleboro

1 other open role at this site.

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requirements

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  • ✓Responsible for creating/managing assigned budgets.
  • ✓Perform other miscellaneous projects/duties as assigned.
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Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Food Safety & Quality Supervisor! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

The Food Safety & Quality Supervisor will be responsible for monitoring plant FSQA processes. You will manage process control and quality checks, evaluate quality reports, and implement corrective measures as needed. You will also lead Quality teams, providing training, leadership, and coaching to ensure operational excellence. Additionally, you will manage project budgets, coordinate audits, and enact continuous improvement initiatives.

A Day in the Life...

  • •Monitors process control, raw and packaging materials, quality checks, and GMP compliance.
  • •Analyzes and evaluates various quality reports and trends, developing corrective actions and pro-active plans as needed.
  • •Provides training and coaching to assigned Quality Technicians and employees as required.
  • •Provides leadership in an environment of continuous improvement to maximize operating efficiencies with adherence to all quality standards.
  • •Interacts with outside governmental agencies, USDA, FDA, and State Department of Agriculture, as directed or required. Coordinates internal audit

What We Are Looking For

  • •Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field required
  • •5+ years food/beverage quality systems experience
  • •Requires the ability to support a 24/7 operation
  • •Ability to influence others in daily interactions
  • •Successfully demonstrated interpersonal skills in dealing with employees at all levels
  • •Appropriate business management acumen
  • •Effective problem-solving skills
  • •Excellent communications skills are also required

Annual Salary

$65,700 - $90,310

Benefits

  • •Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs
  • •Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • •Health savings account
  • •Flexible spending account
  • •Life and accident insurance
  • •Employee assistance program
  • •Telehealth services
  • •1:1 health coaching
  • •Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life
  • •401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
  • •Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses
  • •Flexible scheduling options
  • •Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)
  • •Holiday pay for 12 holidays
  • •Career development and growth opportunities
  • •Tuition/Education assistance programs
  • •Access to LinkedIn Learning
  • •Scholarship programs for children of employees
  • •Parental leave
  • •Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
  • •Adoption assistance
  • •Bereavement leave
  • •Up to $300 fitness reimbursement
  • •Up to $300 massage reimbursement
  • •Employee appreciation events
  • •Employee discounts
  • •Charitable giving

Who We Are

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

  • •G rower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
  • •Sustainable R esults – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
  • •I ntegrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
  • •Inclusive T eamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

For MA Applicants – It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. Any employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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