Quality Assurance Manager

Quality & Sanitation Manager

Winchester, VA

$100,000–$130,000 + 15% bonus + benefits

Relocation support available

You probably spend enough time explaining why food safety matters.

It would help if your next Site Director already agreed with you.

This one does.

He’s been making changes since joining the business. There’s a good team around him, but food safety and quality standards need to improve. He knows it. And he’s looking for someone who wants to take ownership of that.

You’ll have things to fix. Processes to strengthen. Habits to change.

You’ll also have a Site Director who wants you involved and a team to work with.

That’s where you come in.

Perhaps you’re already a QA Manager and want a role where you can make a visible difference.

Perhaps you’re the person doing much of the work already, waiting for someone to give you the responsibility to go with it.

They’re open to either.

What matters is that you know food manufacturing, understand what good looks like and can get people working towards it.

You’ll spend plenty of time on the plant floor. Talking to operators. Asking questions. Finding out why the same issue keeps coming back—and doing something about it.

You’ll own the site’s food safety, quality and sanitation programmes. Audits, corrective actions, complaints, training and compliance all come with the territory.

So does building relationships with the people who make those programmes work.

You’ll need some substance behind you.

• Experience in food manufacturing quality or food safety at Manager or Supervisor level
• At least three years leading people or projects.
• PCQI certification.
• Working knowledge of FDA, FSMA and SQF/GFSI requirements.
• A relevant degree.

Dry food manufacturing experience would be useful. Pasta, milling, bakery, cereals or snacks would all make sense.

And personality matters here.

You’ll need to be comfortable having difficult conversations, clear about standards and approachable enough that people tell you when something’s wrong.

Someone who enjoys working with people. Has a sense of humour. Can build trust while getting things done.

The package is $100,000–$130,000 base, a 15% bonus and benefits, with relocation support available.

If you’d like to hear more, apply or contact Adam Smith at The Sterling Choice for a confidential conversation.