Food Safety Practitioner

Position Overview

The Quality Manager oversees the quality assurance department with responsibility for total product/package quality, regulatory compliance, GMPs, and executing all Quality Assurance protocols to ensure Food Safety and Quality objectives are met.

Responsibilities

· Responsible for direct management of all Quality Assurance associates.

· Responsible for ensuring Food Safety and Food Quality policies and procedures are adhered to including but not limited by SQF Code, HACCP, Quality and any customer quality requirements.

· Responsible for direct management and coordination of internal / external product sampling (i.e. sensory, microbiology testing) and environmental testing.

· Optimize resources while ensuring raw materials and finished product meet specifications and manufacturing standards and in accordance with FDA, GMP's, HACCP, and all other governmental policies, procedures, and regulations.

· Oversee daily Quality Assurance inspections to ensure all products are meeting compliance.

· Write, update, and maintain SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) for Food Safety Management Program.

· Responsible for scheduling and leading internal auditing to support continuous improvements, shared best practices, and teamwork.

· Leads the development and implementation of Food Safety Fundamentals, the Food Safety Plans for all manufacturing and raw material holding sites.

· Oversee development, implementation, review and maintenance of SQF program.

· Communicate to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of SQF.

· Responsible for ensuring that all SQF documents are safely stored, maintained and accessible.

· Responsible for departmental non-conformances and implementation of corrective action ensuring all corrective actions are documented and outstanding actions closed in a timely manner.

· Responsible for preparing and providing food safety related training to employees.

Skills/Qualifications:

· Experience in Food Manufacturing

· Proficient in Excel, Word and Power Point

· Ability to analyze and solve problems, results oriented.

· Organized and detail oriented, adaptable to change.

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.

· Team player with strong focus on attention to detail

· Communicate clearly and respectfully in Interactions with all staff, suppliers and customers.

· Commitment to safety and a clean work environment

Education and Experience:

· BS Degree or Engineering preferred.

· Minimum 5 years of direct management experience in Quality within a manufacturing environment

· SQF Practitioner certification

· Have completed HACCP training and be experienced in implementing and maintaining HACCP based Food Safety plans.

· Quality Assurance management systems, food safety and security standards, and governmental regulatory relating to the food industry.

Working Conditions:

· Physical-Continuously standing or walking.

· Visual/Sensory-This position requires regular need to give moderate attention with one or two senses at a time.

· Work environment- Work and environment are very repetitive.

· Climate: This position requires the incumbent to have the ability to work in ambient hot and/or cold seasonal environments.