Bring your passion for quality, food safety, and leadership to a long-established, family-owned New Mexico winery producing award-winning wines. This is a hands-on role where you’ll shape and implement quality and safety systems in a dynamic production environment. The Quality Assurance & Safety Manager plays a pivotal part in ensuring both the integrity of the product and the well-being of the team—your work directly supports the excellence behind every bottle.
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary – DOE
Benefits package includes: Health, dental, and vision insurance, PTO and paid holidays, Retirement plan, Employee discounts, Relocation assistance
Location
Onsite in Deming, New Mexico, a vibrant agricultural community in southern New Mexico.
What You’ll Do
Oversee and optimize quality control systems for raw materials, bottled wine, and in-process products
Manage food safety programs including HACCP, GMPs, and internal audits
Conduct safety inspections and ensure compliance with OSHA and environmental standards
Design and validate lab testing methods to ensure analytical accuracy
Supervise QA, lab, safety, and sanitation personnel
Maintain documentation, reporting, and regulatory compliance for all QA and safety functions
Collaborate with winemakers and operations teams to identify process improvements
Lead customer complaint investigations and product recalls if necessary
Stay current on regulatory requirements and implement necessary updates to ensure ongoing compliance
Who We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, or a related field
Prior experience managing quality or safety programs in a production or manufacturing environment
Strong understanding of HACCP, OSHA regulations, and quality assurance practices. HACCP and OSHA certifications preferred (10 or 30-hour)
Experience in the food & beverage, wine, or agricultural processing industry is a plus
Comfortable supervising cross-functional teams and training others
Able to lift 50 lbs and work in a physical, production-focused setting
EEO Policy
The Hire Firm and our clients are Equal Opportunity Employers. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Abby Dietz moved to Santa Fe from Northern Virginia/DC Metro area in 2011. She joined The Hire Firm in a temporary role but fit the culture so well we decided to keep her! Her strong background in sales, customer service, and executive administrative skills was the perfect blend for a staffing and recruiting professional. Abby has a fantastic ability to quickly understand clients’ needs and match those needs with talented candidates. She now focuses on managing the firm bu still recruits because she enjoys it so much.
Abby is a living success story for temporary and temp-to-hire opportunities and has obtained three long-term, rewarding positions in her career that started as temporary or temp-to-hire. She believes in what we do and knows first-hand how being open and flexible can lead to great opportunities. She would love to share her story with anyone who is curious about it!
When she’s not working, she enjoys recharging on backpacking trips, spending time with family, friends, and fur babies, and taking classes on whatever is currently of interest to her! Her pronouns are she/her and she invites you to share yours.
Abby was AMAZING to work with. She guided me along all of the steps of the hiring process and was very communicative. 100/10 would recommend!
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