QA Specialist - Bilingual (Mandarin/English) - Seafood / Meat
- Richmond, BC, Canada
$80,000 to $90,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $80,000 to $90,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- Overall, 6+ years of relevant Quality Assurance (QA) experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
In this role, you will leading the QA programs, CFIA compliance, Tier 1 retailer audits, complaint management, and supporting R&D initiatives.
Client Details
Our client is a well known importer, wholesaler of premium quality frozen seafood products. They have a global presence and have been in this business for 30+ years.
Description
- Evaluate, optimize, and execute our existing Quality Assurance systems and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across all value-add processing lines, driving continuous improvement initiatives to elevate overall seafood quality and maximize team efficiency.
- Complaints: Handle customer health and safety complaints, and quality related inquires.
- Regulatory & Audits: Act as the primary CFIA liaison and co-leading and passing Tier 1 global retailer factory audits.
- Sample Zone Management: Guarantees flawless product traceability, rigorous sensory standardization, and an audit-ready presentation standard for executive and client showcases.
- R&D Support: Support on the validation and sourcing of ingredients, finalize formulation ratios, and translate subjective culinary creations into strict, scalable data specifications for the production floor.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class otherwise protected under applicable human rights legislation. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled and all other qualified applicants.
Profile
- Overall, 6+ years of relevant Quality Assurance (QA) experience.
- Extensive experience with process optimization and food safety, with a proven track record of auditing, refining, and managing existing QA frameworks to continuously elevate quality standards and team productivity.
- Proven ability to directly challenge the production department to ensure necessary standards and testing are strictly enforced.
- Hands-on experience passing Tier 1 supermarket audits (nice-to-have).
- Experienced managing CFIA regulations
Job Offer
- A competitive base salary ranging from $80000 to $90000 CAD annually.
- Permanent position with opportunities for growth and development.
- Job Location: Richmond (British Columbia)
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead and improve quality assurance systems and procedures across value-added processing lines, manage customer health, safety, and quality complaints, and serve as the primary CFIA liaison while supporting retailer audits. Maintain product traceability and sensory standards, and support R&D through ingredient validation, sourcing, and scalable production specifications.
Requirements
Requires at least six years of relevant quality assurance experience, with strong food safety and process optimization expertise and a record of improving QA frameworks. Candidates should be able to enforce standards with production teams and have experience managing CFIA regulations; experience passing Tier 1 supermarket audits is an asset.
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Food Safety
- CFIA Compliance
- Quality System Optimization
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Process Optimization
- Retailer Audits
- Complaint Management
- Product Traceability
- Sensory Standardization
- Ingredient Validation
- Product Sourcing
- Formulation Development
- Production Quality Control
- Seafood Quality
- Mandarin
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Growth And Development Opportunities
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Food & Beverage
- Manufacturing
- Security & Safety
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Quality Assurance
- Food Safety
- CFIA
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Process Optimization
- Continuous Improvement
- Tier 1 Retailer Audits
- Factory Audits
- Complaint Management
- Customer Health And Safety
- Product Traceability
- Sensory Standardization
- Sample Zone Management
- Research And Development
- Ingredient Validation
- Ingredient Sourcing
- Formulation Ratios
- Production Specifications
- Seafood
- Meat
- Frozen Products
- Value-Added Processing
- Mandarin
- English