Quality Assurance

We are looking for a detail-oriented Quality Assurance specialist to join a food and food processing organization in El Segundo, California on a contract-to-permanent basis. In this role, you will help keep quality and packaging initiatives moving forward by coordinating priorities, maintaining compliance standards, and supporting timely project delivery. This position is well suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced setting, communicates effectively across teams, and brings strong organization and follow-through to day-to-day operations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead quality assurance and packaging projects from planning through final execution, ensuring work progresses according to established goals and timelines.
• Partner with operations, quality, packaging, and outside suppliers to align activities, resolve issues, and keep deliverables on track.
• Monitor schedules, milestones, and dependencies across multiple active initiatives while providing clear progress updates to stakeholders.
• Anticipate project risks, identify potential delays, and take timely action to minimize disruption and maintain momentum.
• Verify that packaging components and product quality practices meet internal expectations as well as applicable regulatory standards.
• Prepare and maintain organized project records, meeting notes, status reports, and supporting documentation for cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate discussions, coordinate follow-up actions, and serve as a central point of communication among internal partners and vendors.
• Contribute to process improvement efforts that strengthen quality assurance workflows and packaging execution.
• Support coordination related to inbound shipments as needed to help maintain continuity across operational and packaging activities.
• At least 3 years of project management experience, preferably within quality assurance, packaging, food manufacturing, or a related production environment.
• Working knowledge of quality assurance procedures and packaging operations in a regulated or high-volume setting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage several priorities at once while meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and external partners.
• High level of organization and attention to detail when handling documentation, reporting, and project follow-up.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience supporting operational activities involving inbound shipments is a plus.