Quality Systems Coordinator

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

A Typical Day

The Quality Systems Coordinator is responsible for coordinating, maintaining and driving effectiveness of the Hilmar Quality Management System (QMS), under the SQF (Safe Quality Foods) code.

Job Responsibilities

• Executes internal system audits against defined standards and company policy, and ensures the timely execution and completion of subsequent corrective actions without delay.
• Responsible for facilitating third party and customer audits (excluding regulatory) and ensures the timely execution and completion of subsequent corrective actions, without delay. They are the primary SQF practitioner for the site.
• In the event that the Site Quality Systems Coordinator is unable to perform their food safety duties, the Food Safety Supervisor, or their designee will perform the duties.
• Responsible for site level document control against defined standards and company policy.
• Writes and modifies site level documents including but not limited to, format, grammar, and typographical corrections.
• Ensures all documents are released, reviewed, and revised as needed, and gathers appropriate approvals prior to release for use
• Follows and enforces compliance with HCC’s standard operating procedures
• Responsible for facilitating, organizing and executing traceability exercises
• Responsible for participating in mock recalls, as needed
• Brings together staff of different disciplines and drives groups to develop, implement, and maintain food safety and quality processes and procedures.
• Executes the implementation and communication of HCC food safety and quality policies and goals throughout the site.
• Perform technical writing and administrative task, as needed
• Technical interpretation, guidance, and expertise for SQF (Safe Quality Foods) Code.
• Executes site procedure and policy change training, as needed.
• Project or other assignments, as required.
• Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.
• Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Hold self and others accountable to HCC’s food safety & sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates.
• Participate in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times.
• Report any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up.
• Participate in departmental safety teams.
• Complete annual OSHA required safety training.
• Compete annual Food Safety overview training.
• Promote Company Culture
• Achieve common business goals through cooperative alignment with all departments.
  
  

What You Will Need

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write, and speak English.
• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of related experience or equivalent experience
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of SQF (Safe Quality Foods) Code approved GFSI Standards.
• Knowledge of production operations, laboratory, quality, and food safety.
• Advanced industry related courses: HACCP, Internal Auditor
• PCQI and SQF Practitioner Certified
  
  

Physical Demands & Work Environment

Required

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
• Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.
  
  

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.

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5B:Salary Range: USD (68879.0 - 103319.0) ANN