Blue Diamond Growers · 13 hours ago
Manager, Quality
Turlock, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$103K/yr - $134K/yr
5+ years expBlue Diamond Growers is the world’s largest almond manufacturer, seeking a Manager of Quality to oversee Food Safety and Food Quality programs. The role involves supervising Quality Control staff, developing and enforcing quality policies, and ensuring compliance with the company's SQF System.
Food and BeverageFood DeliveryFood ProcessingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Supervises hires and trains Quality Control staff in a manner that will result in an informed, trained, and effective team
Develops, audits and enforces Quality Control policies and procedures that will result in consistent quality products that fulfill internal and external customer needs
Manages effective Quality Control data collection by conducting root cause analysis and problem-solving sessions with relevant cross functional teams
Analyzes, and reports on key quality attributes as needed
Tracks trends, average performance against the specifications, and overall process capability
Serves as a resource to production improvement teams on technical quality issues
Aids in the development of Quality Control worker instructions, calibration procedures, test procedures, Statistical Process Control (SPC) interpretation, and computer set up and data input
Can conduct customer-specified audits and visits
Leads and develops team leaders and department leads in the function
Reports complaint findings to Operations; supports the investigation of complaints and reporting to customers on a timely basis
Functions as a Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Practitioner; responsible for implementing, maintaining, verifying and validating of the Company’s SQF System; includes HACCP, Food Safety, Food Security and Food Quality
Provides back-up support for other SQF Practitioners
Ensures Quality Assurance documents and specifications are kept current
Serves as the liaison between Sales and customers on quality issues
Partners with Sales Managers and customers on defining product quality attributes are required
Works with Production to ensure that the manufacturing process is capable of meeting the customer’s requirements
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, or Food Science
5 years of food industry experience in a quality assurance environment, with at least 3 years at the supervisory level
Must be a proactive team player
Experience working with employees at all levels of the organization as well as external customers in the business and technical fields
Skilled in presenting concepts and ideas
Must be able to write and interpret complex documents in a clear and concise manner
Must exhibit a willingness to operate with a great degree of flexibility resulting from ever changing market conditions
Proficient use of computer and analytical software
Ability to develop, interpret and apply specification parameters
Expert knowledge of statistics and SPC
Strong technical background and ability to analyze laboratory reports and technical data
Excellent organizational skills. Administrative duties such as specifications administration, COA preparation, etc
Ability to review workload and testing frequency and make suggestions for increased effectiveness
On call 24/7; required to work weekends as production dictates
Required to possess or obtain certification as an SQF Practitioner
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, or Food Science plus 7-10 years of food industry experience in a quality assurance environment
3 years of supervisory experience
Experience in a food manufacturing environment
Experience working in the nut industry; knowledge of USDA Grades and Standards for the industry
Benefits
Numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement
Company
Blue Diamond Growers
Blue Diamond Growers is a food and beverage company that markets and process almonds & almonds products.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$90MKey Investors
U.S. Department of Agriculture
2024-05-13Grant· $45M
2022-09-14Grant· $45M
Leadership Team
Kai Bockmann
President and CEO
Mark D. Jansen
CEO Emeritus
Recent News
Deli Market News
2026-01-13
2025-11-24
2025-10-22
Company data provided by crunchbase