Ready to lead food safety at a fast-paced, growing operation? As our FSQA Manager, you'll head the FSQA department at your location, owning the policies and programs (SQF, regulatory, and internal) that keep our products safe and compliant with USDA, FDA, SQF, and Corporate standards. You'll work alongside USDA inspectors daily, run internal and third-party audits, and partner with teams across the business, turning technical requirements into clear, simple guidance everyone can act on. You bring hands-on HACCP, FSMA, and prerequisite program expertise, plus HACCP certification and PCQI status. Experience in Ready-to-Heat, Ready-to-Eat, Produce, or Commissary settings is a plus.
Employee Benefits Include:
- Health,Vision and Dental Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
What is an Employee Stock Ownership Plan??
An ESOP is like a 401K..but rather than the employee making contributions, it is funded entirely by the company! It's essentially a retirement fund at no cost to you!!
Advance your career and earn your slice of this 100% Employee Owned Company!
- Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or a related field.
- HACCP certification.
- PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual) certification.
- Certified SQF Practitioner.
- At least three years of experience in food safety and quality assurance supervision or management within a food manufacturing or processing environment.
- Lead and manage FSQA Technicians, including job structures, check prioritization, and data utilization.
- Participate in developing, implementing, and maintaining corporate food safety and quality programs and Supplier Certification requirements.
- Create and implement the site-specific HACCP program, SSOPs, and SOPs; validate them and ensure they remain current.
- Develop, review, and update controlled documents and SOPs for quality, food safety, and operational activities, including GMPs, calibrations, and other food safety processing programs.
- Review and maintain food safety and quality documents to meet current SQF requirements.
- Monitor and support facility-specific food safety programs, including pest control, chemical control, and environmental monitoring.
- Oversee environmental sampling for Listeria, Salmonella, APC, and ATP.
- Manage pre-operational (pre-op) and operational sanitation inspections in accordance with regulatory, SQF, and company standards.
- Provide technical assistance to Sanitation to maintain a sanitary environment.
- Ensure compliance with GMPs and written SOPs and SSOPs.
- Conduct and lead food safety plant inspections, document findings, and ensure timely follow-up as needed.
- Establish and conduct organoleptic and microbiological shelf-life studies of finished products.
- Manage the product recall program by establishing and implementing traceability and mock recalls.
- Maintain the Organic certification program and keep it current, as applicable.
- Work cross-functionally to identify and resolve food safety and quality issues promptly, creating CAPAs with defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
- Document, track, and trend food safety and quality CAPAs.
- Act as food safety liaison for regulatory, third-party audit, and customer inspections during site visits.
- Provide clear verbal instruction and written CAPAs following an audit, when necessary.
- Train employees on new or revised food safety procedures and implement them.
- Assist in developing and implementing training programs and presentations in English and in languages specific to the facility.
- Promote quality and food safety programs, policies, and teamwork.