Manager, Food Safety & Quality Assurance

Job Description

What You’ll Do :

Manage and oversee the development, implementation, review, monitoring, verification, validation, and auditing of the Food Safety and Total Quality Management systems, including the Food Safety Fundamentals and Food Safety Plan. Ensure compliance to applicable food safety, customer, quality, and regulatory requirements. A commitment to developing the best team through sound people strategies.

• Take appropriate action to facilitate the development and implementation of and maintain the integrity of the Food Safety, Site Security, and Total Quality Management system across the assigned geographical location (district, facilities, etc.)
• Track federal, state, and local required licenses and permits for commodities handled, and update as required
• Provide support to Operations through coaching and management to enable them to effectively lead food safety, quality and regulatory compliance
• Responsible for assisting in identifying key food safety, quality, health, and sanitation gaps training needs
• Conduct network-wide food safety training – various topics (e.g., integrated pest management, HACCP, Internal Auditing, etc.)
• Manage, validate, and verify activities outlined in governmental Food Standards Code (e.g. USDA, FDA, or country equivalent) and other associated food safety standards / guides (e.g. Woolworth’s, Safe Quality Food (SQF), Import/Export, C-TPAT) are being performed within assigned business unit
• Support locations as needed for customer issues, contract review, regulatory involvement, and any other associated food safety concerns
• Ensures closure of food safety and quality concerns and verifies hold process is properly implemented at the sites in partnership with site and local / regional Inventory Control personnel
  
  

What Experience And Education You Need

• Bachelor degree (or in-country equivalent) in science-related field
• Minimum of 5-8 years’ experience working in a USDA or FDA (or equivalent in-country regulatory agency) food manufacturing or distribution environment
• Experience with internal auditing for food safety compliance - ASQ certification a plus (e.g. Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer, HACCP Auditor), or equivalent
• Experience with Export/Import Programs, C-TPAT certification, and Facility Environmental Compliance
• Completed a HACCP training course
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
• Experience developing, implementing and maintaining SQF (or equivalent) certification and HACCP plans
• Travel: To perform the essential functions of this position, the associate may spend approximately 30% of available time in the field (warehouses) with site management
  
  

What Could Set You Apart

• Multi-site responsibility experience
• Experience with Export Programs
• Sound knowledge of relevant food safety legislation, industry best practices, and hazard/risk management principles
• Ability to critically analyze processes and procedures to identify and assess potential food safety hazards, quality and compliance defects
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business
• May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing
• May require carrying loads related to travel and the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
  
  

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We Offer

Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

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About Us

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.