Quality Assurance Compliance Coordinator

East Coast Seafood Group (ECSG), established in 1981, recently celebrated an anniversary milestone of 40 years in the seafood industry. The company is proud to continue diversification plans and strategic focus on processed seafood and value-added product lines for distribution in North America, Europe, and Asia. We've built an unrivaled reputation as a global leader in North American lobster, North American scallops, and finfish. Through our North American live lobster procurement division, we remain one of the largest buyers of live lobster in the world for processing operations and wholesale distribution. Operating globally, East Coast Seafood provides a diversified line of top-quality seafood to the foodservice, retail and direct-to-consumer markets.

We are currently looking for a Quality Assurance Compliance Coordinator for our seafood production operations in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This role is responsible for the administration tasks associated with multiple quality assurance related activities and internal audits in adherence with regulatory and customer's standards. Must have experience with Microsoft Office programs, particularly Excel. Experience in food manufacturing and/or the seafood industry is a plus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Addressing non-conformities from previous internal and external audits
• Interaction with regulatory agencies and/or third party auditors
• Set-up nutritional analysis, reports and database
• Maintain and manage document compliance software and vendor approval processes
• Vendor set-up/approval with multiple reviews and maintaining individual files for each vendor.
• Update/create product specifications for branded products and customer brands
• Domestic and foreign customer document request (audit certificates, specs, lab reports, HACCP plans)
• Partnering with Marketing team for product labeling review including nutritional and allergen label set up
• Registration renewals associated with grant applications
• Develop and maintain finished product specifications
• Determine sources of quality variances and specific steps to be taken in correcting the process and product.
• Prepare and submit reports as required
• Seek continuous improvement on food safety and quality programs.
• Maintaining customer-specific requirements
• Internal data entry for QC reports
• Must be detail-oriented, have strong computer skills, be resourceful and collaborative
• This position is an on-site role, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts

The East Coast Seafood Group portfolio of seafood companies includes but is not limited to East Coast Seafood, Seatrade International, Salt & Sky, and MySeafood.

• Headquartered in New Bedford, MA (USA largest fishing port by landed value)
• Proudly named a Top 15 North American Seafood Supplier
• More than 40 years as a leader in the seafood business
• Procuring lobster and scallops directly from the boat
• Committed to supplying high-quality seafood and company-wide BRC certification
• Offering MSC CoC certified state-of-the-art production facilities
• Producer of private-label and branded value-added CPG products

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran or marital status, genetic information or other protected status covered by Federal, State or local law.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.