Quality Control Advisor
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Type Temporary (Fixed Term)
Invest in you, JOIN AGROPUR. We dairy you! Agropur is looking for a Quality Control Supervisor to join is Bedford team for a 6-month contract.
The Quality Control Supervisor is responsible for managing the daily quality control operations, ensuring that all products meet internal and regulatory quality standards. This role oversees the QC team, ensuring effective sampling, testing, and analysis, while driving continuous quality improvement initiatives. The QC Supervisor collaborates with production teams to resolve quality issues and plays a key role in audit readiness and compliance with food safety regulations.
How Agropur Invests In YOU
- Flexible group insurance plan, including telemedicine service.
- Employee assistance program.
- Opportunity to invest in you (Career Path, etc.).
- Salary range 004: 67 700$ to 84 600$ (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)
What’s Involved In This Role More specifically, the Quality Control Supervisor’s responsibilities will include:
- Supervise QC technicians, ensuring proper execution of testing and inspection of raw materials, in-process, and finished products.
- Oversee daily sampling and testing activities, ensuring alignment with the plant’s quality plan and adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)/Food Safety Plan Process Controls (PC’s).
- Manage quality control documentation, including Certificates of Analysis (COAs), testing reports, and calibration records and electronic system reports.
- Provide supporting analysis for root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions for non-conforming products or lab related processes.
- Ensure preventative maintenance and replacement program for lab equipment is maintained, and that laboratory safety standards are met.
- Lead internal audits and prepare the site for external audits, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
- Provide feedback regarding testing capabilities integrated with specification requirements and new product and process development.
- Collaborate with production teams to resolve quality-related issues and improve product consistency and food safety.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends related to quality control, including lab efficiency, product performance, and testing accuracy.
- Act as the main point of contact during customer, regulatory, and third-party audits for QC related responsibilities.
- Assist in the development and refinement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to quality control.
- Ensure continuous quality improvement by analyzing quality trends and implementing quality process improvements.
- Maintain communication with procurement to ensure inventory of lab supplies is adequate and necessary materials and equipment are available.
- Provide feedback and reports to management team regarding quality performance, technical efficiencies, and cost saving opportunities
- Oversee the cleaning and sanitation program. Collaborate with other departments to ensure cleaning and sanitation is conducted on schedule and effectively.
- Manage QC staff Schedule and task assignments, ensure QC department provides sufficient support for site operation.
- Train and mentor QC staff, ensuring they are proficient in testing protocols, quality procedures, and food safety standards.
What you need to join our team
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or a related field required.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in quality control in the food or manufacturing industry required.
- Supervisory experience strongly preferred.
- HACCP certification preferred.
- SQF Practitioner or PCQI certification (an asset).
- Intermediate computer skills with Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and field-specific software.
We dairy you! JOIN AGROPUR. Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.
About Agropur
À propos d’Agropur
Agropur fait partie du top 15 des transformateurs laitiers mondiaux, en plus d’être l’un des principaux fournisseurs de produits laitiers aux secteurs industriels, de la vente au détail et de la restauration.
Fondée en 1938, elle est la plus grande coopérative laitière du Canada et une source de fierté pour près de 3 000 membres et près de 7 500 employés. Agropur exploite 23 usines au Canada et sept aux États-Unis, où elle est structurée en société privée. Au total, Agropur a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de plus de 8,2 milliards de dollars canadiens en 2023 en transformant plus de 6,6 milliards de litres (15 milliards de livres) de lait.
Les membres et les employés de la Coopérative travaillent ensemble chaque jour à la réalisation d'une vision commune, « Meilleur lait. Meilleur monde », qui vise le développement économique et social de leurs communautés dans le respect de l'environnement et du bien-être des animaux.
About Agropur
Agropur is a top 15 global dairy processor and a leading supplier of dairy products to the industrial, retail and food service sectors.
Founded in 1938, it’s Canada’s largest dairy cooperative and a source of pride to nearly 3,000 members and close to 7,500 employees. Agropur operates 23 plants in Canada and seven in the United States, where it is organized as a private company. In total, Agropur generated more than CAN$8.2 billion in sales in 2023 while processing more than 6.6 billion litres (15 billion pounds) of milk.
The Cooperative’s members and employees work together every day to achieve a shared vision, “Better Dairy. Better World.”, aimed at developing their communities economically and socially while respecting the environment and animal welfare.
Quality Control Advisor
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Type Temporary (Fixed Term)
Invest in you, JOIN AGROPUR. We dairy you! Agropur is looking for a Quality Control Supervisor to join is Bedford team for a 6-month contract.
The Quality Control Supervisor is responsible for managing the daily quality control operations, ensuring that all products meet internal and regulatory quality standards. This role oversees the QC team, ensuring effective sampling, testing, and analysis, while driving continuous quality improvement initiatives. The QC Supervisor collaborates with production teams to resolve quality issues and plays a key role in audit readiness and compliance with food safety regulations.
How Agropur Invests In YOU
- Flexible group insurance plan, including telemedicine service.
- Employee assistance program.
- Opportunity to invest in you (Career Path, etc.).
- Salary range 004: 67 700$ to 84 600$ (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)
What’s Involved In This Role More specifically, the Quality Control Supervisor’s responsibilities will include:
- Supervise QC technicians, ensuring proper execution of testing and inspection of raw materials, in-process, and finished products.
- Oversee daily sampling and testing activities, ensuring alignment with the plant’s quality plan and adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)/Food Safety Plan Process Controls (PC’s).
- Manage quality control documentation, including Certificates of Analysis (COAs), testing reports, and calibration records and electronic system reports.
- Provide supporting analysis for root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions for non-conforming products or lab related processes.
- Ensure preventative maintenance and replacement program for lab equipment is maintained, and that laboratory safety standards are met.
- Lead internal audits and prepare the site for external audits, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
- Provide feedback regarding testing capabilities integrated with specification requirements and new product and process development.
- Collaborate with production teams to resolve quality-related issues and improve product consistency and food safety.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends related to quality control, including lab efficiency, product performance, and testing accuracy.
- Act as the main point of contact during customer, regulatory, and third-party audits for QC related responsibilities.
- Assist in the development and refinement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to quality control.
- Ensure continuous quality improvement by analyzing quality trends and implementing quality process improvements.
- Maintain communication with procurement to ensure inventory of lab supplies is adequate and necessary materials and equipment are available.
- Provide feedback and reports to management team regarding quality performance, technical efficiencies, and cost saving opportunities
- Oversee the cleaning and sanitation program. Collaborate with other departments to ensure cleaning and sanitation is conducted on schedule and effectively.
- Manage QC staff Schedule and task assignments, ensure QC department provides sufficient support for site operation.
- Train and mentor QC staff, ensuring they are proficient in testing protocols, quality procedures, and food safety standards.
What you need to join our team
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or a related field required.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in quality control in the food or manufacturing industry required.
- Supervisory experience strongly preferred.
- HACCP certification preferred.
- SQF Practitioner or PCQI certification (an asset).
- Intermediate computer skills with Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and field-specific software.
We dairy you! JOIN AGROPUR. Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.
About Agropur
À propos d’Agropur
Agropur fait partie du top 15 des transformateurs laitiers mondiaux, en plus d’être l’un des principaux fournisseurs de produits laitiers aux secteurs industriels, de la vente au détail et de la restauration.
Fondée en 1938, elle est la plus grande coopérative laitière du Canada et une source de fierté pour près de 3 000 membres et près de 7 500 employés. Agropur exploite 23 usines au Canada et sept aux États-Unis, où elle est structurée en société privée. Au total, Agropur a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de plus de 8,2 milliards de dollars canadiens en 2023 en transformant plus de 6,6 milliards de litres (15 milliards de livres) de lait.
Les membres et les employés de la Coopérative travaillent ensemble chaque jour à la réalisation d'une vision commune, « Meilleur lait. Meilleur monde », qui vise le développement économique et social de leurs communautés dans le respect de l'environnement et du bien-être des animaux.
About Agropur
Agropur is a top 15 global dairy processor and a leading supplier of dairy products to the industrial, retail and food service sectors.
Founded in 1938, it’s Canada’s largest dairy cooperative and a source of pride to nearly 3,000 members and close to 7,500 employees. Agropur operates 23 plants in Canada and seven in the United States, where it is organized as a private company. In total, Agropur generated more than CAN$8.2 billion in sales in 2023 while processing more than 6.6 billion litres (15 billion pounds) of milk.
The Cooperative’s members and employees work together every day to achieve a shared vision, “Better Dairy. Better World.”, aimed at developing their communities economically and socially while respecting the environment and animal welfare.