Lead, Production Quality, Sherwood Park West

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The Lead, Production Quality is responsible for the leadership of the quality function at the facility and will assist the Plant Manager in the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the facility. This role manages the processes that ensure that products and services are of the highest quality, while complying with all regulatory requirements.

Essential Duties&Accountabilities

Plans, coordinates and directs quality assurance and food safety programs designed to ensure quality production of products consistent with established standards.

Implements and maintains the SOPs that ensure compliance with regulatory and quality assurance programs such as Health Canada, Food Safety, HACCP, etc.

Acts as the facility's point person for any customer or third‑party quality or food safety audits.

Maintains the Customer Compliance Log and investigates quality complaints, recommending and implementing corrective measures.

Serves as a technical resource to all departments as necessary.

Updates and maintains all product specifications, control specifications, processes and practices, working with all technicians to ensure updates are understood and adhered to.

Responsible for delivering selected training programs.

Conducts required mock product recalls and emergency response drills.

Promotes and develops safe work behaviors through existing policies and procedures and an emphasis on safety behavior management techniques.

Assists with safety incident investigations, including near misses, using root‑cause analysis and recommending corrective actions to eliminate recurrences.

Assists with the development of training tools and conducts training to support company safety, regulatory, continuous improvement and operational efficiency initiatives.

Ensures applicable regulatory requirements are met and applicable training and record‑keeping are performed to meet departmental and location requirements.

Reviews the completion of maintenance activities in terms of the maintenance process and follow‑up.

Maintains the operational files and records, completes all required paperwork accurately, timely and in compliance with company policies and procedures to ensure full regulatory compliance.

Education and/or Experience

Two‑year technical degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and related experience.

Experience working within a quality assurance program in a processing environment.

Working knowledge of food safety programs including SQF, HACCP.

Industrial plant operations experience a plus.

Key Skills

Understanding of process equipment and technologies used at the facility.

Instrumentation and electrical: understanding of electrical principles in practical situations involving the operation and repair of complex electrical devices.

Mechanical aptitude: basic skills in mechanical systems maintenance.

Safety and compliance: fundamental understanding of all applicable regulations, laws, certifications and standards with a focus on achieving success in a manufacturing environment.

Leadership: foundation to learn leadership skills to engage effectively with a production staff.

Maintenance programs: familiarity with modern maintenance programs, asset management systems and principles.

Moderate to advanced knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications.

Extremely organized with skills administering quality and technical programs, including establishing and maintaining a plant filing system and control of engineering documents.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to write routine technical procedures and policies in English.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees and/or customers.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals using the English language.

Travel Requirements Occasionally (10–20% of work time) travel to other plants in Canada, or for training purposes. Occasionally may need to go to Scotford CO2 Plant.

Our Differences Make Our Performance At Air Liquide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

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