Food Safety & HACCP Coordinator

We offer HEALTH & DENTAL BENEFITS DAY 1 OF HIRE!  Blommer understands that our employees are our biggest assets. With this in mind we offer a generous benefits package, tuition reimbursement, and 10 pounds of free chocolate for your birthday! 

Blommer has been providing delicious, high quality chocolate and cocoa products to customers since 1939.  Built as a family business, we are continuing to grow and are looking for motivated and reliable associates to help in our mission of Bringing Chocolate to Life! 

Job Purpose:

The Food Safety & HACCP Coordinator is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and improving food safety and quality systems in efforts to meet or exceed regulatory and customer expectations with regard to food safety and quality. This role is responsible for food safety activities within the operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

Food Safety

• Responsible for food safety functions including maintenance of food safety system, food safety forms, maintaining database on food safety activities, investigation of foreign material, and corrective actions.
• Validate in-process testing is completed in all areas to ensure food safety.
• Update internal databases regarding food safety and quality activities.
• Maintain reports on all incoming materials, daily test results and outgoing shipments using the batch system and LIMS
• Create flow diagrams for each process in the facility and update as necessary.
• Perform HACCP reviews for change controls, new products and new equipment.

Participate in resolving customer product concerns

• Work with production to identify root cause and resolve quality issues.
• Initiate hold process for off specification products and work in process.
• Communicate work status to all affected internal parties.

Audit Compliance and Monitoring

• Ensure compliance with quality assurance and control programs through internal audits.  Develop and verify corrective and preventative actions.
• Assist in the preparation for customer and regulatory audits.
• Dispose of samples and held materials following procedures.
• Coordinate third party warehouse audits to ensure compliance with quality policies and procedures.
• Enforce Blommer standards from raw material procurement through customer delivery.
• Participate in HACCP audits and other quality audits as needed.

Update Quality Control Manager

• Provide ongoing updates to QC Manager on product observations, analytical results, and quality issues.
• Operate within the Blommer core values of respect and care for others

Note: The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in related field; food science preferred
• HACCP Certified, PCQI preferred
• Five (5 ) years experience in food manufacturing or laboratory environment
• Comprehensive knowledge of food safety systems and requirements for HACCP, FSMA, allergen and GMPs with a proven track record of implementation and enforcement of such programs.
• HACCP and GFSI audit experience
• Experience with internal and external auditing procedures
• Knowledge of FSMA
• Knowledge of SQF/BRC food safety standard
• Able to read and write English to perform tasks successfully
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational skills are essential
• Must be able to taste and consume chocolate and related products
• Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Office suite, and familiarity with warehouse and laboratory information management systems (LIMS), and enterprise resource management systems (ERP)
• Expected to identify, communicate/escalate and problem-solve as issues arise

Blommer Chocolate Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.