About the Role:

Pacific Seafood is seeking a highly motivated and experienced VCQ Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing the food safety and value creation quality program to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement food safety and quality training programs.
• Lead the VCQ programs in meeting regulatory requirements and customer expectations.
• Implement hazard analysis and Critical Control Points Program (HACCP).
• Interpret and implement FDA, ODA regulations ensuring HACCP, SSOP, COOL Act standards are met.
• Establish and maintain GFSI/BRC/SQF standards in order to meet audit requirements.
• Interact with Regulatory Agencies and third party auditors; monitor scheduled audits.
• Develop and implement applicable training.
• Remain current on all regulatory requirements and law changes.
• Maintain knowledge on microbiological testing and be familiar with laboratory environment.
• Oversee the mock recall and recall process; conduct and coordinate procedures and training.
• Provide support and direction with customer complaint investigations.
• Perform internal/external audits and inspections to ensure that all standards and requirements are met.
• Identify, investigate and report on critical quality defects on production processes and products.
• Determine source of quality variance and specific steps to be taken in correcting the process and product.
• Ensure systems are in place to make certain that vendors are capable of meeting food safety, quality, and regulatory expectations.
• Assist facilities and VCQ Managers and offer on-site support to address critical issues; provide necessary training
• Prepare and submit reports as required.
• Participate in management and strategic planning meetings in the pursuit of operational excellence.

What We Offer:

Pacific Seafood offers a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) retirement plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time-off for all regular FT team members to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
• Employee assistance program providing confidential professional counseling, financial and legal assistance at no charge to team members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program

Requirements:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Minimum associate degree from an accredited college or university in food science, marine/fishery science, biology, microbiology, or other related discipline; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum three years of quality assurance experience with food or seafood industry.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Regularly lift and or move up to 20 pounds.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.