HiFyve is hiring a Food Safety & Quality Assurance Assistant Manager in Alma, GA!
Salary: $65,000-$85,000/year + 10% Bonus
Shift: Days | 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Alma, GA
Benefits: Full benefits package
About the Role
This role supports food safety, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives within a food manufacturing facility. The position partners with operations and quality teams to ensure products meet food safety, quality, customer, and regulatory requirements.
Job Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary liaison with USDA/FSIS and ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements
- Assist with the development, implementation, verification, and maintenance of food safety and quality programs, procedures, and documentation
- Support and oversee BRC certification activities, HACCP programs, food safety plans, quality plans, internal audits, and supplier audits
- Investigate customer complaints and lead corrective and preventive action initiatives
- Maintain and verify pest control, traceability, recall, food defense, allergen control, and prerequisite programs
- Coordinate and deliver food safety, HACCP, GMP, and quality training programs for plant personnel
- Oversee laboratory operations, environmental monitoring programs, scientific testing, and corrective action activities
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure food safety and regulatory compliance during new product development and product changes
- Maintain sanitation programs and support sanitation-related continuous improvement initiatives
- Conduct validations of critical control points (CCPs), intervention systems, and food safety processes
- Manage food safety records, compliance documentation, hold logs, investigation records, and regulatory files
- Support export compliance activities and ensure required documentation and procedures are maintained
- Develop, revise, and maintain food safety manuals, SOPs, and quality system documentation
- Lead food safety and quality initiatives that drive compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
- Supervise Quality Assurance Supervisors, Quality Assurance Technicians, HACCP support personnel, and other food safety team members
- Interview, train, coach, mentor, evaluate, and develop quality and food safety staff
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, Meat Science, Microbiology, or a related field; equivalent industry experience considered
- 5+ years of experience in food safety, quality assurance, or food manufacturing environments
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience within quality, food safety, laboratory, or regulatory functions
- Strong knowledge of USDA/FSIS regulations, HACCP, BRC, GMPs, sanitation, microbiology, allergen control, traceability, recall, food defense, and corrective action programs
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining food safety and quality management systems
- HACCP certification required
- Food Safety and Food Handling certifications required
- Experience supporting audits, regulatory inspections, and customer compliance requirements
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and quality documentation systems
- Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Experience with labeling systems and label approval software preferred
- Bilingual Spanish or Polish is a plus
- Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and implement effective corrective actions
If you're interested, please apply!