Smithfield Foods is looking for a motivated individual to manage their Plant Food Safety and Quality Assurance Department to ensure the production of safe, high-quality products that meet customer expectations and comply with USDA and FDA regulations.
Requirements
- In-depth understanding of microbiological testing and limited chemistry testing.
- Knowledge of various pathogens and microbes associated with food production.
- Hands on experience conducting microbiological testing of meat and poultry products.
- Comprehensive knowledge of USDA, FSIS, HACCP, and SSOP requirements.
- Knowledge of Database software; Inventory software; Manufacturing software; Spreadsheet and Word Processing software; QMS system and SAP.
- USDA/HACCP Certified, preferred.
- SQF Certified Expert, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Verifies that all Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Regulatory programs are functioning as designed, being followed and correctly documented – thus ensuring the facility has the “regulatory evidence” required to prove they have produced safe and wholesome products.
- Ensures USDA regulatory compliance by making scientifically defendable decisions that do not result in unjustified decreases in operational productivity or efficiency.
- Able to quickly and thoroughly investigate a product/process failure, determine the root cause and take prompt corrective actions; while minimizing product exposure and production down time.
- Accountable for the preparation and the execution of USDA daily verification tasks, as well as numerous 3rd party audits and USDA food safety system assessments. Takes appropriate corrective action as a result of any findings generated.
- Develops and fosters a strong working relationship with the USDA.
- Accountable for the overall design of the facility’s sanitation program. Including authoring a written USDA regulatory program, sanitation performance tracking, training of applicable facility production and meeting regularly with the USDA to discuss sanitation findings.
- Ensures that operational and pre-operational sanitation is acceptable. Implements and develops necessary verification activities including micro sampling to verify the effectiveness of sanitation activities.
Other
- Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in a position of leadership to include team development and management, required.
- Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.
- May be required to work long hours and weekends.
- Must have the ability to complete required applicable forms in English, which requires the ability to read and write in English.
- Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
