Sysco specialty meat and/or seafood company is looking to ensure compliance of products and processes to corporate and regulatory requirements through the implementation of food safety and quality assurance programs and inspection/audit procedures.
Requirements
- FSQA experience at a federal CFIA/FDA meat and/or seafood processing plant (as appropriate).
- Formal job training in total quality management (TQM) principles, standard procedure call (SPC), HACCP concepts, CFIA/FDA regulations would be beneficial.
- Formal quality and sensory analysis training would be helpful.
- Safe quality food (SQF) practitioner or equivalent global food safety initiative (GFSI) scheme experience.
- Meat and/or Seafood HACCP Certified (as appropriate).
- Ability to use personal computers, lab equipment, food preparation equipment, and office communication equipment.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.
Responsibilities
- Administer the implementation of food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) programs including hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) program, sanitation standard operating procedures, pest control, good manufacturing practices, approved supplier program, foreign material control, plant sanitation, chemical control, product quality assurance, FSQA customer complaints, and food defense and security.
- Supervise or assist employee training of FSQA programs, policies, and procedures.
- Oversee or aid recall and traceability programs including mock recalls.
- Direct the implementation of independent FSQA audit program – safe quality food (SQF) audits.
- Assist when necessary for product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier/customer communication to assist other staff members.
- Assist as needed in any manner capable of during emergencies the plant president or general manager (GM) determines are paramount to the business.
- Frequently interacts with the following: Sysco specialty meat company(SSMC)/Sysco specialty seafood company (SSSC) personnel, operations, sales, transportation and maintenance as well as Sysco operating companies, and supplier/customer personnel at the line level.
Other
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 1-5 years meat and/or seafood industry (as appropriate).
- Raw meat or seafood industry experience will be accepted in place of combined experience.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to write reports, basic business correspondence, as well as to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers.
