Food Safety Lead/SQF Practitioner

Food safety is paramount to our business and will be of the utmost importance. You will help to foster a culture that puts our customer’s safety as a top priority. You will adopt and comply with all food safety requirements.

Job Summary:

• Assist with the day-to-day regulatory requests regarding quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance issues and providing additional purchasing and QC/R&D/Technical/Audits assistance as needed or required.
• This position is a resource to the business unit for auditor training and calibration, and must be familiar with SQF, HACCP, ISO (audit lead), corporate food safety, quality and regulatory compliance standards.
• Interfaces with all levels of the business in regards to compliance, regulatory, and EH&S requirements. This includes assisting in all audits, customer regulatory requests as well as facility certifications and license registrations.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare information, documents or responses as requested by customers and regulatory agencies.
• Provide technical review of data or reports that will be incorporated into regulatory submissions to assure scientific rigor, accuracy and clarity of presentation.
• Assist in reviewing product labelling, batch records, specification sheets or test methods for compliance with applicable regulations and policies.
• Determine the types of regulatory rules or rule changes and ensure that they are communicated through corporate policies and procedures.
• Determine the types of regulatory submissions or internal documentation that are required in situations such as proposed device changes or labelling changes.
• Maintain technical files as necessary to obtain and sustain product approval.
• Coordinate efforts associated with the preparation of regulatory documents and/or submissions.
• Maintain product hold logs, foreign materials logs and other various logs. Assures that nonconforming product is addressed timely and reported to the appropriate personnel and follows correct process flow.
• Identify, establish, define, document and implement training needs for DFC’s personnel to ensure they have the necessary competencies to perform those functions affecting product legality, food safety and food quality.
• Maintain Food Safety programs, procedures and systems on site. Hold monthly FS meetings, in charge of corrective actions, assists with document control and customer complaints.
• Assist in Pre-requisite Program validation, documentation, implementation and monitoring of the program effectiveness as it relates to food safety limits.
• This position also acts as the backup to the purchasing specialist position.
• Responsible for scheduling and conducting internal audits for SQF program effectiveness including facility & equipment inspections as well as documenting & implementing changes as needed or required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology or other related discipline.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction. Previous experience working in laboratory environment in a technical capacity required.
• Previous experience working in laboratory environment in a technical capacity required.
• Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure and properties of substances and the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

About Us:

DyStar is a leading specialty chemical company with a heritage of more than a century in product development and innovation from the textile industry. Today, the company operates with more than 1700 employees spanning across 50 countries and with 13 production sites, supporting customers from diverse sectors and supply chains with reliable products and solutions.

DyStar is committed to sustainability. Our service supports the supply chain, including brands, retailers and their industry partners, to ensure that they meet stringent quality and ecological specifications in a cost-efficient way and with short lead times.