QA Food Safety Superintendent (Engineer)
Job Duties:
-Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the facility’s Food Safety Management System. Ensure all products comply with the HACCP plan
-Meet and exceed food safety and quality goals set forth by plant management by leveraging advanced engineering skillsets
-Ensure compliance with USDA regulations, HACCP, SSOPs, GMPs, and customer requirements. Communicate frequently with USDA inspectors.
-Coordinate the activities of the Food Safety and Quality Assurance team for the implementation of quality and food safety programs and procedures
-Conduct investigations of plant FSQA processes and suggest process improvement projects and tasks to be completed.
-Look for continuous improvement in operating processes and procedures and encourage ownership of all processes.
-Conduct microbial testing. Establish and maintain shelf-life requirements, finished product specifications, leaker testing, formulation weights, temperatures, and other necessary standards
- Minimize customer claims through engineering controls.
-Investigate food safety incidents, implement corrective actions, and verify effectiveness.
-Lead regulatory interactions with USDA personnel and external auditors
-Drive continuous improvement of microbiological performance, foreign material prevention and sanitation effectiveness
-Improve food safety by identifying hazards and problem shooting solutions
-Manage labor to a zero budget
-Partner with engineering and maintenance to design and install hygienic equipment that meets sanitary design principles.
-Review equipment specifications and layouts to ensure compliance with food safety and sanitary design requirements.
-Lead food safety input for capital projects, facility expansions, and equipment modifications
-Evaluate process flow to eliminate cross contamination risks and improve quality risks.
- Identify engineering controls that reduce pathogen, foreign material, and quality risks
-Lead validation of new processing technologies and equipment.
-Support preventative maintenance strategies that minimize food safety risks associated with equipment failure. Review preventative maintenance work orders for food safety impact
-Perform sanitary design evaluations using industry standards
-Validate preventative controls and intervention systems
-Assess water flow, drainage, air movement, and traffic patterns to minimize contamination. Provide technical guidance on drainage, product flow, zoning, ventilation, and clean ability
-Monitor key performance indicators related to food safety, quality, sanitation, and process capability
The position of the QA Food Safety Superintendent (Engineer) for JBS Grand Island, Inc. requires, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree in food science, food engineering, biotechnology, or a closely related engineering field.
EOE/VETS/DISABLED
Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.