Regional Quality Assurance Specialist

This person will lead the product safety and quality programs at the Moab and Wendover, UT facilities. This person will ensure that products and services meet product safety (pet food/animal feed), customer, and quality requirements. The Specialist will sit in Moab with some travel to Wendover.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Ensure the products produced at IP meet or exceed applicable federal, regulatory, and local regulations as well as customer requirements

- Provide product safety and quality support to IP’s Wendover, UT location, as needed

- Monitor quality of production and shipments and provide guidance to IP operations personnel to help ensure compliance with internal and external product specifications

- Lead IP efforts to address customer concerns and complaints in coordination with Sales and Customer Service personnel

- Lead the Root Cause Analysis process to address customer quality concerns in a timely manner and guide management to execute appropriate changes within the operation

- Conduct internal audits of IP quality control processes and procedures to ensure compliance with Food Safety Modernization act (FSMA.507 and its subsections), Safe Feed Safe Food, kosher and OMRI requirements and any other future certifications

- Coordinate Customer and third-party audits of plant facilities and operating procedures with respect to Safe Feed Safe Food, kosher and OMRI requirements

- Provide guidance and assistance to IP operations and technical personnel on projects to ensure compliance with FSMA 507, Safe Feed Safe Food, kosher and OMRI requirements

- Assist with establishing IP product quality standards, policies and procedures

- Assist IPI Sales and Operations with matching product type and quality with customer needs and expectations

- Lead by example and champion company policies and procedures

- Designated Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for Intrepid Potash UT

- Designated Quality and Food Safety Leader (Q&FS Leader) for Intrepid Potash UT

- Designated Safe Quality Food Practitioner (SQF Practitioner) for Intrepid Potash UT

- Support lab operations, as required

- Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in quality at a food, feed or industrial plant/operation.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

- PCQI certification a plus

- Related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and work experience preferred

- Associates degree in a technical or business field preferred

- Ability to understand and interpret data and numerical information

- Experience working in operations and/or a lab environment preferred

- Sales, customer service or similar work experience is beneficial

- Knowledge of potash and fertilizer production is a plus

- Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time

- Valid Driver’s License

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Work is typically performed in potentially hazardous and/or significantly unpleasant work environment conditions and surface industrial processing facilities. The noise level in the work environment is usually quite loud. Incumbents must be able to perform work that requires typing, reading, communicating, sitting for prolonged periods of time, standing, and walking.

The employee:

- Is regularly required to use hands to type, touch, handle, or feel

- Is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms

- Ability to climb and descend vertical ladders and stairs

- Frequently lift objects weighing up to 25 pounds

Personal protective equipment including but not limited to head protection, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety shoes, and flame-resistant clothing may be required.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Intrepid Potash Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.