Food Safety Auditor

Food Safety Auditor - United States - Remote

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Food Safety Auditor to join our Business Assurance SAI Global / Intertek team Remotely. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in Food Safety.

In a world where a company’s success depends on its reputation for quality, safety, and socially responsible products and processes, Intertek employees make a difference. Whether it’s testing in the lab or field, engaging with customers, or helping our operations run smoothly, every role is essential to delivering Total Quality Assurance to our customers.

The Business Assurance group of SAI Global / Intertek provides a full range of business process audit and support services, including management systems certification, custom supplier audits and training. Our range of services helps to ensure customer management systems are optimized to facilitate successful growth
 

What are we looking for?

SAI Global / Intertek is looking for a Food Safety Auditor that will be responsible for performing assessments in manufacturing and services industries against 1st-Party, 2nd-Party and 3rd-Party food safety management systems while adhering to SAI Global / Intertek policies, procedures, and guidelines.

FROM THE TEAM

The Food Safety auditor will be a part of the best team ever.  The auditor will travel conducting audits to help companies all over North America become the best they can be. Our team works closely together despite being geographically distant. We have a team culture to work toward goals. We look forward to growth in our business!

This will be a travel-based position, with extensive travel to client sites required. Candidate must be comfortable travelling 3 to 5 nights per week.  This is a remote position; however, applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in the United States. 

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.  

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more. 

What you’ll do:

The Food Safety Auditor role will be required to conduct food safety audits of client’s facility, provide technical training to management and employees at client’s facility regarding the adequacy of food safety program, integrated pest management, operational methods, personnel practices, maintenance for food safety, and cleaning practices.  The role will prepare a written report for management to recap all issues of observations and, if needed, corrective actions that should be taken. The Food Safety Auditor must be able to be away from home and travel extensively up to 85% and provide practical and technical support to the food and beverage industry in the areas of food safety operations. Support will be provided through effective in-person and virtual training, consulting, and inspections.

• Conduct document reviews and pre-assessments to ensure that the requirements of the standard have been met and provide the appropriate feedback to the customer to address any shortcomings.
• Prepare and send to the auditee an Audit Plan using appropriate documents and forms well-before the audit.
• Arrange all travel plans, provide directions and other relevant information to audit team members. 
• Conduct Opening and Closing Meetings, explaining the broad objectives, the scope, audit process and establishing audit plan.
• Conduct audits, seeking conformity to applicable standard; by interviewing relevant personnel, making observations and inspections and sampling records.
• As necessary, liaise with other team members to determine validity of their findings in relation to lead auditor findings.
• Effectively define and present findings to the customer. Advise customers of SAI Global requirements, such as the number of days to address non-conformances.
• Assess corrections, corrective action/plans and corresponding evidences
• Prepare the Audit Report. 
• Lead Auditor, reviews all team members’ documentation for accuracy and completeness.  Ensure all documents required by the respective standard are in place for presentation to the Registration Review Team.
• Effectively respond if any Review Findings issued.
• Other duties as assigned.

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