Quality Specialist

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

UT Ogden

Job Type:

Quality

Job Posting Title:

Quality Specialist

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of more than two dozen production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.  

What You Gain: 

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way. 

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups. 

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day! 

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll. 

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays). 

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs.  

Job Description:

About the Role: 

The Quality Specialist's primary responsibility is being the Quality expert with regards to the Food Safety Plan, Safe Quality Foods (SQF), Product Identity, GMP and understanding the principle of HARPC and FSMA.  The Specialist is responsible for maintaining audit readiness, serving as the contact person for regulatory, third party and customer audits. You will add value to this role by:

• Overseeing assigned Document Control Specialists  
• Managing Certificate of Analysis review processes 
• Reviewing and researching Customer Complaints investigations 
• Ensuring Facility is Audit ready at all times 
• Managing the Pro-Active Foreign Material Prevention Program 
• Reviewing New Ingredients and manage monthly food safety audits 
• Creating monthly Trend Review trainings for the plant leadership team 
• Verifying Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual ingredient usages. 
• Managing and updating the Plants Food Safety Plan, Quality Plan, Food Defense Plan, and Business Continuity Plan 
• Completing Traceability audits, and prep for customer, corporate, SQF, and regulatory audits 
• Serving as the IQS (Infinity Quality Systems) owner for the facility 

Important Details:  

This is a full-time, on-site position at our Ogden, UT facility with a day time schedule, Monday – Friday, that may require some flexibility.

About You: 

You’ll fit right in if you have: 

• BS in Food Science, Microbiology or related field OR comparable experience 
• 3-5 Years technical related experience 
• Demonstrated experience following instructions/process documents and providing effective communication, both verbal and written 
• The ability to problem solve, collect data, and effectively present information to managers, customers, and emplo