Total Quality Lead

Our plant in Evansville, IN is looking for experienced Total Quality Lead. The Total Quality Lead ensures that products exceed customer and consumer expectations. Ensures that all Quality Department process stays within established specifications and standards. Engages plant personnel to strive for the highest quality standards at all times.  Supports the Total Quality (TQ) Manager in developing and guiding the TQ team.

Total Quality Lead Responsibilities

• Act as the frontline quality liaison between processing and packaging teams.
• Review the daily production schedule, gather required materials, and distribute them to TQ personnel.
• Monitor and enforce the facility’s food-safety program.
• Conduct random product-weight checks and take corrective action when targets are not met.
• Complete all quality documentation and reports accurately and on time.
• Enter data in SAP in accordance with work instructions.
• Keep the quality workspace clean, organized, and audit-ready.
• Verify code dates, seals, product weight, and overall appearance meet specified parameters and customer requirements.
• Confirm that all equipment is in proper working order and promptly report any deficiencies.
• Perform visual product inspections to ensure acceptable quality.
• Maintain a tidy work area and perform assigned sanitation tasks.
• Deliver first-day safety orientation for new hires.
• Recommend process and procedural improvements that support company goals.
• Verify that all scheduled personnel are present, fit for duty, and effectively performing their tasks.
• Foster a positive, collaborative work environment within the department and across other functions.
• Train new employees and monitor their progress, including Safety, HACCP, and Food-Safety protocols.
• Serve as the acting supervisor when the supervisor is absent.
• Lead monthly safety meetings and participate in plant-wide communication sessions.
• Work safely at all times, adhering to all company safety requirements.
• Ensure GMP, food-safety, quality, and safety standards are continuously met, taking or following up on corrective actions when deficiencies occur.
• Apply company policies and handbook rules consistently (e.g., attendance, safety).
• Maintain compliance with HACCP requirements and AIB Gold Standard criteria.
• Confirm all food-safety principles and legal requirements are effectively applied.
• Flexibly work various shifts, including holidays and weekends, as business needs dictate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, food science, or a related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or related quality control role in a food manufacturing environment. Requires one year of experience in the following:

• Conducting physicochemical tests with recognized industry methods and comparing results to written product specifications.
• Inspecting incoming ingredients and packaging, recording findings in electronic quality or inventory systems, and approving or rejecting lots.
• Operating standard food-lab equipment such as moisture or protein analyzers, precision balances, viscosity or rheology testers, and pH/conductivity meters.
• Preparing and reviewing laboratory procedures, certificates of analysis, and corrective-action reports within an established quality-management framework.
• Entering analytical data and generating quality reports in enterprise resource-planning (ERP) or laboratory information-management systems (LIMS).
• Working in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices, food-safety plans, and third-party audit requirements.

Our Full Benefits Package includes Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Life insurance and AD&D Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Flexible Spending Accounts. Additionally, we offer a 401(k) plan with matching, Paid, shoe allowances, Vacation Pay and 7 Paid Holidays. Employees also benefit from an employee discount program on products.

Gruma Corporation and its affiliates, including but not limited to Azteca Milling, L.P., are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely for the purposes of determining suitability for employment, verifying your identity, and maintaining employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity with-out imposing undue hardship on Gruma. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Send resumes to AMPLrecruitment@aztecamilling.com.

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