Mfg. Quality Compliance Assistant - PCQI

Job Summary

The Compliance Assistant/PCQI is responsible for the daily facility implementation of the DII food safety and quality system. This includes maintaining the Food Safety Plan, overseeing components of preventive controls and prerequisite programs (CGMPs).

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties at any time.

• Serves on Facility Product Safety Team.
• Responsible for maintaining the facility food safety plan/s in cooperation with the corporate Quality Assurance and Product Safety Team.
• Participates in the annual food safety team review of the facility Food Safety Plan.
• Performs/observes activities as outlined in the Food Safety plan. Maintains facility CGMPs and COR policies.
• Verifies daily forms that are kept for CGMPs.
• Performs weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, and yearly QA activities.
• Certified PCQI holds the plant employees accountable for daily activities, reports to QC Manager
• Assists with training of all plant and fleet personnel on food safety requirements and CGMPS as applicable.
• Promotes a proactive food safety culture at all times.
• Helps host regulatory inspections, as well as internal, third party, and customer audits. Maintains resulting documentation/reports from these types of visits, including corrective and preventive actions as applicable.
• Attends regularly scheduled food safety, turnover, and safety meetings.
• Maintains clean, neat and orderly work areas at all times.
• Responsible for using assigned safety equipment including a hard hat, safety glasses or goggles, ear plugs and responsible for being familiar with and observing all Company safety rules and regulations.
• Responsible for observing all Company safety rules and regulations, recognizing safety as a top Company priority.
• All other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• PCQI certification in human food or animal food, or must become certified through Darling-lead or industry FDA recognized curriculum completion.
• Must be able to work weekends and holidays as business needs require

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Safety & Environmental, Industrial Management or related field preferred
• Previous experience/knowledge of FSMA, food safety, and quality assurance programs.
• Highly organized; superior time management skills.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral.
• Self-motivated; self-starter; able to multi-task.
• Works well with others in a team environment.
• Good computer skills in Microsoft Office applications.

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