Provide technical quality support to Quality Assurance, Operations, and Product Development with an emphasis on continuous improvement, consumer/customer requirements, and continuous product quality. Act as the official back-up for the Plant Quality and Food Safety Manager. Support, implement, and maintain food safety practices as required through SQF. Responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices.
Responsibilities
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Provide leadership for the plant’s compliance to the SQF standard as serve as plant SQF Practitioner. Practitioner will oversee the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF system.
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Serve as plant Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for the facility.
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Responsible for plant Food Safety Plans (FSP’s) and pre-requisite programs. This would include development, implementation, review and maintenance of these programs.
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Manage and develop plant Quality and Food Safety Scientists.
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Support site-wide activities where technical expertise is needed.
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Develop and ensure that the Quality and Food Safety training plan is executed and meet internal, 3rd party, regulatory, and SQF requirements.
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Serve as primary back-up for QFS Manager. This could involve supporting meetings and other plant leadership team activities.
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Back-up other positions in the department as needed.
Education:
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Four-year college degree in Food Science, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, or other related field of study required
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Preventative Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI), HACCP, Food Defense and SQF Certification preferred
Experience:
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Minimum of 5 years food product experience required preferably as a QA Scientist or Quality Supervisor
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
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Ability to work with a PC and have demonstrated math/statistical computation skills
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Knowledge of SPC
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Ability to work safely with chemicals, as well as, in and around equipment
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Ability to compile, analyze and present collected data in summary form as well as being capable of performing a variety of tests.
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Ability to communicate technical, scientific, and regulatory information, both written and verbally.
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Interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to make presentations, facilitate meetings, probe for root cause, and provide training to various groups within the organization
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Knowledge of CI problem solving tools.
