Quality & Safety Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

This role will drive occupational safety, food safety, and quality results in the assigned Service Center through successful training, implementation, and monitoring of IFCO’s Safety and Quality Management System.

At IFCO, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more competitive, and more resilient company. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. IFCO is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Responsibilities :

• Drive safety, food safety, and quality results in assigned Service Center. Monitor key processes and data that drive safety, food safety and quality, process consistency, review food safety and quality metrics & key performance indicators, identify gaps and concerns, and work with the management team to improve results.
• Perform and initiate all activities in support of environmental health and safety and quality initiatives, New Employee Orientation, and Quality Management System training.
• Ensure effective and efficient compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and agencies, managing facility safety, food safety, and quality processes.
• Evaluate root cause remediation and coordinate appropriate corrective actions as well as communications for food safety and quality nonconformance’s.
• Enforce compliance of regulatory requirements (OSHA, EPA, etc.) including company EHS policies and procedures.
• Oversee hazardous waste storage area, waste reduction monitoring, and ensure regulatory agency compliance, labelling, containments, proper disposal and documentation.
• Require all new materials and supply orders to include Safety Data Sheets (SDS) to evaluate new raw materials for facility use considering safety and regulatory factors.
• Manage facility workplace incident investigations to include responding to and reporting all incidents, incident investigations, determine root cause, establishing recurrence prevention plans, and follow through. Recognize and reward input from employees that improve safety and health in the workplace.
• Improve Quality dashboard tracking by site and partner with the Global Safety & Quality team and Operations Plant leadership to drive improvements where necessary.
• Lead the development, implementation, documentation and execution of the wash machine cleaning and sanitization procedures including standard work instructions, scheduling guidance, nozzle cleaning and monitoring and compliance monitoring and tracking to set standards.

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Languages : Required - English; Desirable - Spanish

This is a non-remote role requiring on-site presence at the service center.