Safety, Foods Safety and Quality Assurance Technician

Qualifications

• Work well in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work well in a team as well as independently
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work with individuals in different functions
• Must be organized and detail oriented
• Self-motivated, professional work ethic & service-oriented and a hands-on approach
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to read and write in English
• Flexibility (different shifts – early morning, evening, weekends, holidays)
• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance knowledge
• Good computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook)
• Knowledge of GMP, SQF, HACCP, ISO, and food safety systems
• Food Safety Certification, (including but not limited to SafeServ training)

Benefits

• Estimated pay range: $19.00 - $22.00/hourly
• A wonderful workplace to call home, events, and fun colleagues
• A business where you can have a real impact, we’re not afraid of new ideas

Responsibilities

• Completes daily food safety activities including but not limited to pre-operational checks, operational checks, and post-operational checks, calibration, sanitizer checks, and verification on cleaning activities 
• Respond to questions regarding food safety processes; reinforce GMP best practices by completing regular floor walks and self-audits
• Escalates non-compliance to the FS/QA supervisor and/or FS/QA Manager, and Department manager and follow up on timely corrective action
• Conducts regular traceability audits, regular lab collections, and regular swabs for testing
• Ensures quality assurance and product/food safety and regulatory compliance, adhering to local, state, federal, environmental, health and food safety regulations
• Provides support before/at customer audits, health department inspections, training and consultations and ensures employees understand and comply with applicable standards
• Complete necessary microbiology testing (external and internal testing) including in-house ATP, environmental microbiological swabbing, and testing
• Completes other duties, as assigned by FS/QA supervisor or Manager
• Support with pest control management
• Regularly audits the facility for cleanliness; audit the bathroom cleaning checklist
• Completes swab testing and ensures all necessary chemicals are within the facility and in their appropriate departments (i.e. porters, pot wash, dish room, transportation)
• Employee Training: Completes on the spot coaching, as necessary, when completing floor walk through
• Trains employees and provides coaching on hygiene and safety matters
• Becomes a backup training for hygiene new hire orientation
• Identifies areas of deficiencies or retraining needed on the floor and provides suggestions and schedule training
• Manages the annual re-training process
• Proper receiving of inbound material
• Cross referencing inbound material with Kosher Portal